Tianjin North network news: on March 11, Tianjin Port Co.Ltd(600717) Free Trade Zone Management Committee and Canada linama group successfully signed an investment cooperation agreement on Skyjack platform Asia Pacific headquarters and production base. As another important achievement of linama group’s development in Tianjin, the successful signing of the contract marks the further expansion of linama group’s investment territory in Tianjin and indicates that the first production plant of Skyjack brand in the Asia Pacific region has officially settled in the Tianjin Port Co.Ltd(600717) bonded zone.
As a diversified global manufacturing enterprise, linama group is one of the top 100 global auto parts enterprises. At present, linama group has 60 manufacturing plants, 10 R & D centers, 25 sales teams and more than 27000 employees in 11 countries and regions such as North and South America, Europe and Asia. Now linama group has become a global leading supplier of automotive engines, transmission transmissions, power transmission modules and systems, mobile air platforms and other products.
As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canada linama group, since its establishment in Tianjin Port Co.Ltd(600717) free trade zone at the end of 2011, linama Tianjin has always focused on the R & D and production of automatic transmission, engine parts and components and other products. After more than ten years of development, linama Tianjin factory has successfully built a high-end and complete automatic production workshop with more than 200 employees, and has established long-term and good cooperative relations with Volkswagen, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and other customers. “For more than ten years in the bonded area, we have been deeply attracted by the convenient transportation and beautiful environment here, and we are full of hope for the development prospect of the bonded area. Therefore, we have decided to further expand the business market and land Skyjack, the business segment of the group’s aerial work platform, in the bonded area.” Said Chan tran, general manager of linama group and vice president of skejco Asia Pacific.
It is reported that Skyjack was founded in 1985, successfully listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1994, and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of linama group in 2002. Since its establishment, its main products include scissors fork aerial work platform, curved arm aerial work platform, extended and retracted straight arm aerial work platform and telescopic arm fork loading. In the vigorous development of more than 30 years, skejco has occupied the top three in the “top 10 global self-propelled aerial work platform manufacturers” for many consecutive years, and ranked 36th in the “top 50 global construction machinery manufacturers” released in November 2021. At present, skejco has two factories in Canada and one factory in Hungary, and has warehouses, after-sales centers or sales representative offices in many parts of the world.
It is reported that the total investment of Skyjack Asia Pacific production base project settled in Tianjin Port Co.Ltd(600717) free trade zone is 90 million US dollars. After the completion of the project, it will become the first production plant of Skyjack brand in the Asia Pacific region.
“Looking back on the past ten years, the rapid development of linama Tianjin in Tianjin Port Co.Ltd(600717) free trade zone is enough to prove that linama group’s investment vision and decision-making ten years ago were very correct.” Chan tran, general manager of linama group and vice president of skejco Asia Pacific region, said that in the future, linama Tianjin will work together with skejco Tianjin, relying on the unique location advantages and superior business environment of Tianjin Port Co.Ltd(600717) Free Trade Zone, and actively land in business sectors such as R & D center and financing lease, committed to serving the Asia Pacific market and promoting the export of products to European and American markets, While contributing to the high quality of manufacturing industry in Tianjin Port Co.Ltd(600717) Free Trade Zone, we will make every effort to contribute to the construction of “strong manufacturing city” in Tianjin.
