On 11th April, SANY South Africa, together with its local partners, held a grand delivery ceremony in Gauteng Province of South Africa, officially handing over the first 2-metre milling machine, SCM2000C-10R, to customers, which will be put into Gauteng Province's 22-kilometre provincial highway renovation project, injecting the key equipment power to enhance the capacity of South Africa's transport network. The delivery marks the breakthrough of Sany Heavy Industry's large-scale road machinery in the African market, and also highlights the global competitiveness of Chinese construction machinery enterprises in the field of high-end equipment.

Amazing performance in the first month of operation, customers praise the ‘super-expected experience’

Since it was put into operation in March, SCM2000C-10R has won the recognition of customers with its excellent performance. The chief engineer of the project commented: "This machine is easy to operate, powerful, and the milling flatness far exceeds the industry standard, and the fuel efficiency is 15% lower than similar products, which significantly reduces the workload of subsequent processes. What's more critical is that Sany team provides all-weather technical guarantee and fast response parts supply, which completely eliminates our worries."

According to on-site data monitoring, the average daily operating efficiency of the equipment is 15% higher than that of the traditional model, and the intelligent predictive maintenance system it is equipped with can monitor the status of the equipment in real time and warn of potential failures in advance, reducing the risk of unplanned downtime by 30%. This innovative technology has proven its reliability in many national road projects around the world, and has become the ‘technology business card’ of Sany Heavy Industry's pavement machinery.

Full Life Cycle Service Escort, Building Localised Ecological Closed Loop

In addition to the hard power of the products, Sany Heavy Industry's globalisation strategy of ‘Hardware+Service’ has also demonstrated its value in this project. The South African branch laid out the spare parts storage network in advance to ensure that the key components are delivered directly within 48 hours; the Chinese engineer team and the local service network collaborate to provide the whole process support from equipment commissioning to operation training. This service mode of ‘localised response + globalised resources’ builds a solid foundation for the project delivery on schedule, and also wins the high evaluation of ‘super-expected cooperation experience’ from the customers.

Deep ploughing into African market, empowering the ‘Belt and Road’ with high-end equipment

As the economic hub of Africa, Gauteng province's highway upgrading project is a key project of South Africa's ‘National Infrastructure Plan’. The successful application of Sany Heavy Industry's 2-metre milling machine not only fills the blank of local large-scale pavement maintenance equipment, but also verifies the adaptability of China's high-end equipments under complex working conditions in Africa.

The person in charge of Sany Heavy Industry Africa said: "This delivery is an important milestone for Sany to deepen its strategy in Africa. In the future, we will continue to invest resources to promote intelligent, low-carbon products to the ground, help South Africa to build a modern transport system, and set a new benchmark for China-Africa infrastructure cooperation."

Industry Observation: Globalisation of Chinese Construction Machinery Advances Again

Currently, the global infrastructure market is experiencing a surge in demand for high-efficiency, intelligent equipment. Sany Heavy Industry SCM2000C-10R's practice in South Africa proves that China's manufacturing is upgrading from ‘price-performance advantage’ to ‘leading technology + service ecology’ in all dimensions. With the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative and the depth of the African development agenda, Sany, as a representative of Chinese construction machinery enterprises, may reshape the competitive pattern of the global pavement machinery market.