Good news came from Shanghai Sany Science & Technology a few days ago that its crawler cranes sales broke through the limit of 50 sets successively in April and May, of which,: the total sales in April amounted to 280 million RMB, breaking the sales record of Sany Science & Technology, and the domestic sales first broke the limit of 230 million RMB in April. The international export sales also exceeded 100 million RMB in May for the first time.
Sany Science & Technology has overcome many adverse factors since the second quarter of this year, such as the inadequate production spaces, tight global supply chain, increase of the prices of raw materials, sharp fluctuation of exchange rates etc. We have also addressed such problems as the bottleneck restriction for productivity, business procurements, and personnel. The company achieved the success of sales in major international and domestic markets by upgrading products, refined manufacturing, and improvement of product quality, increase of core capabilities of R&D and services, and some other measures. According to China Construction Machinery Association's 'Data of 1-4 Months', the total sales of Sany Science & Technology's crawler cranes leaped to the first in the industry.
In domestic sales, Sany Science & Technology has further strengthened marketing and operation by means of informal discussions with minor domestic customers and referrals for the major customers. Meanwhile, the company put in good order its branch management system and provided value-added services to customers. These measures have achieved remarkable results. Since the beginning of this year, its crawler cranes above 150 tons continued to hold the highest market share in China, maintaining Sany's leader status in the industry.
Always standing on the level of 'internationalized products, market and human resources' in international market development. Toward this end, Sany Science & Technology has revised and improved its international goals in time, strengthened the international brand building of Sany's crawler cranes and internationalized research and development, and actively raised the international competitiveness of products. While introducing its first-class products, Sany Science & Technology attaches great importance to the building of a first-class international service system and the training of international reserve talents. The sales of crawler cranes in oversea markets continued to expand in depth since April, which are sold in more than 20 countries and regions in the second quarter, including the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, South Korea, India, the United Arab Emirates, and Cambodia. At present, the export orders of Sany Science & Technology's crawler cranes have been placed to the mid-2009 with its products covering about 50 countries and regions around the world.