Press Release
Grand Opening Ceremony of KION Baoli (Jiangsu) Forklift Co., Ltd.
Industry leader invest in economy forklift
Baoli join KION group as the 4th brand
New brand image
New products show after facelift
Apr.2nd 2009, a nice spring day while the world is warming up, the grand Opening Ceremony of KION Baoli (Jiangsu) Forklift Co., Ltd., which is jointly invested by KION Group as majority share holder, Jingjiang Baoli Forklift Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Baoli Group, was held in Jingjiang Economic Development Zone, Jiangsu Province, China. KION Group is one of the Top 2 leaders in global material handling industry, who owns three famous brands of Linde, STILL and OM. Jiangsu Baoli Group is a new star in forklift truck industry in China. After joining KION Group, Baoli has become the 4th brand of KION group as well as the only economy forklift brand in the world invested by global industry top leaders. The competitive strength between the premium operation of KION Group and the low-cost and comprehensive manufacturing platform of Baoli have been perfectly combined to provide trustworthy and practical products as well as standardized services to the mass market. KION Baoli will take a strong position in global economy materials handling market.
KION Baoli has strong manufacturing capability with construction area of 120,000 square meters, large processing center, CNC plasma cutting machine, CNC laser cutting machine, robot welding machine, CNC manipulator bending machine, 500 tons hydraulic press machine and other advanced processing equipment, with annual production capability of 15,000 units. KION Baoli is professional in design, production and sales of 1-10t internal-combustion forklifts, 1-3t electric forklifts and 1-2t warehouse forklifts. In addition, the company has comprehensive manufacturing capability to develop and produce core components.
On the ceremony Mr. Ching Pong Quek, President of KION Asia and Chairman of KION Baoli said: "In less than 3 months we have achieved lots of integration work. We will offer to the market facelift products with improved efficiency and quality. KION Baoli will adapt best practice from KION Group in terms of manufacturing process and quality assurance." All these changes have been witnessed by guests to the Ceremony. The new brand logo shows a very modern style; 16 units of newly facelift forklifts with sapphire blue color also attracted the eyes of all participants: lift speed improved by 19%; the function of automatic speed reduction when cornering on the 3-wheel electric truck ensures higher safety while operating in narrow spaces. Meanwhile by best practice sharing from KION Group, key actions on quality improvement have been implemented, such as quality gate, quality feedback and control system.
Baoli forklift trucks have been distributed to customers nation-wide, and exported to overseas market in more than 80 country and regions. KION Baoli has a global network with more than 200 sales and service center, and established branch offices in USA, Germany and Dubai.
Around 800 guests and VIPs participated the event, including Jiangsu provincial and municipal government officials, General Consul of German General Consulate in Shanghai, German Chamber of Commerce, representative of the State Ministry of Commerce, Secretary General of China Industrial Trucks Association, China National Supervision and Inspection Center for Construction Machinery, Mr. Riske, CEO of KION Group, and more than 200 dealers and customers from all over the world.
For More information please visit KION Baoli company website: www.baoli-mh.com
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