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| Headquarters | Liuzhou, Guangxi, China |
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| Operating income | RMB 5,180,000,000 (2006)[1] |
| Employees | 10,000+ |
| Website | http://en.liugong.com/ |
LiuGong Construction Machinery Also known as, Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd. is China's largest construction equipment manufacturer[1] and ranks 21st largest in the world.[2] LiuGong both manufactures and sells its construction equipment around the world.[3] LiuGong employs over 10,000 people worldwide,[2] has 880 sales outlets, 100 dealers, 16 manufacturing facilities, seven regional parts depots and six global offices.[4]
Founded in 1958 in Liuzhou, China,[5] LiuGong has produced construction equipment for more than 50 years and is expanding all across the world.[6] The company has been named one of the top 100 brands in China, ranking 60th. LiuGong offers a full line of machines, including wheel loaders, dozers, backhoe loaders, skid steers, forklifts, graders, excavators, rollers, truck mounted cranes, pavers and cold planners.[7] Currently LiuGong manufactures the largest wheel loader built in China, the CLG899.
There are five LiuGong subsidiary companies, in Houston, Texas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, New South Wales, New Delhi, India and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.[8]
LiuGong manufactured China’s first modernized wheel loader in 1966 and by 1976 had already added its first articulated and oversized wheel loaders to the product line.[9] In 1993, it became China’s first publicly traded construction equipment company.[10] Then, to take advantage of western technologies, it entered into a joint venture with the German transmission manufacturer ZF in 1995, a partnership that continues today.[11] In 2000, LiuGong acquired Jiangyin Roller Company,[12] and soon after, continued to expand its product offering to include a total of 12 different product lines. These lines include a full array of construction equipment and specialized machines such as materials handling equipment and mobilized cranes.[13]