China to Set-up Heavy Duty Truck Plant in Pakistan
Pakistan Times National News Desk
ISLAMABAD: A Chinese firm would invest US $ 100 million for setting up of first-ever heavy duty truck, dumper and carrier manufacturing plant in Pakistan, said Ma Xiaoyan representative of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Company (CNHDTGC).
“Seeing the market demand, our company is considering to invest US $ 100 million for manufacturing of heavy duty vehicular transport in Pakistan,” he said while briefing newsmen at the launch of ware-house of the company here Sunday.
He said Sino Pak Truck Private Limited has been established in Pakistan for the introduction of wide range of heavy duty vehicles manufactured by CNHDTGC, meeting demand in oil, construction, food (cold storage), logistics, sundries, and military sectors.
“Our company manufactures 100 types of heavy duty transport vehicles sufficing needs of almost every sector,” he said.
The company which has been manufacturing heavy duty transport vehicles for the last five and a half decades, holds a number of international certifications like, ISO-9001 (Quality Assurance), American Bureau of Shipping Marine Container Certificate, Germany TVU Certificate and Chinese State Class High Technology Enterprise Certificate.
Xiaoyan said only during the last year the company had exported 10,000 trucks to Iran, and 30,000 containers to APL USA while a number of supply orders are in-hand with CNHDTGC, which he said manufactures highly cost effective dumpers, carriers and prime movers.
He said Pakistan has a vast scope for the use of such heavy transport vehicles as the country is showing progress by leaps and bounds in every sector.
Due to this reason, he said, the company has been planning to make such a huge investment in the field of transport manufacturing.
He said the company is initially in the process of setting up of mechanism for supply of spares and certain consumable besides provision of after sales services.
In reply to a question, he said a number of deals for the supply of heavy duty vehicles are being negotiated with certain firms and departments in Pakistan.
He said the supplier had already won orders for provision of a considerable number of trucks and dumpers from various organisations working in logistics sector.?