Konecranes has exported equipment to China since the 1970s. After establishing Chinese sales offices in the 1980s and 1990s, Konecranes opened its first Chinese factory in Shanghai in 2002. The plant was expanded in 2005.
The factory in Dalian for harbour crane assembly and production was inaugurated in 2004. Konecranes’ fourth Chinese plant started production in Lingang in April 2007.
Konecranes employs 50 people in Dalian for the manufacture of components for rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes used for lifting and stacking containers in ports and intermodal terminals.
Konecranes president and CEO Pekka Lundmark, who is part of the business delegation travelling with the president, hosted the visit together with Harry Ollila, region president, north east Asia, Michael Ho, managing director, Konecranes China and Simo Rainio, production manager.
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