In the vast starry sky in the excavator field, SANY excavator is like a star shining with unique light. Looking back on its development history, it is full of twists and turns and stories of progress.
In the early 1990s, foreign brands occupied an absolutely dominant position in my country's construction machinery market. However, in 1999, Sany Heavy Industry resolutely joined the excavator industry with extraordinary courage and determination. In March 2000, Sany sy200 crawler hydraulic excavator officially rolled off the production line, opening a magnificent chapter in Sany's excavator business. But in its initial stage, SANY excavators also experienced difficult explorations. From 2001 to 2002, only a few dozen units of the first-generation products were sold. Due to design defects and quality problems, they even faced the crisis of all returns, and the business fell into serious losses. Facing the difficulties, on July 30, 2003, Sany Group acquired land in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province to establish Kunshan Sany Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. and invested a lot of money to continue research and development. During this process, after intense internal discussions, it was finally decided to fully learn from Japanese companies. Through unremitting efforts, the manufacturing process has been greatly improved, the mean time between failures of the excavator has been significantly extended, and the reliability has made a qualitative leap.
2005 became a key turning point in the development of Sany excavators. With the maturity of 20-ton hydraulic excavators, the output exceeded 500 units. Sany Heavy Machinery began to recruit talents on a large scale and promote the development of product series. By 2009, annual sales of Sany excavators exceeded 6,000 units, surpassing the global leader Caterpillar. This achievement gave Chinese companies hope for the rise of local brands. In 2020, SANY excavators achieved the feat of rolling off 100,000 units a year. This year, Sany’s three super-large models of 87 tons, 98 tons, and 125 tons rolled off the assembly line, completing “full model coverage” from 1.6 tons to 200 tons.
In the second-hand market, Sany excavators also have a high degree of attention. Some professional second-hand engineering equipment dealers will conduct professional evaluations and transactions on Sany excavators. These dealers will conduct detailed inspections of the purchased Sany excavators, and evaluate each aspect from the performance of the engine to the operating condition of the hydraulic system, from the wear and tear of structural parts to the maintenance records of the overall equipment. They will price the equipment reasonably based on factors such as its length of use, maintenance history, appearance condition, etc., and provide buyers with detailed equipment information, allowing buyers to make informed decisions when purchasing second-hand Sany excavators.
Today, SANY excavators are not only the absolute leader in the industry in terms of scale, but also the leader in leading China's excavators into the "Golden Era". Sany's success is no accident. It has gradually grown through the process of continuous innovation, breakthrough and learning. Looking forward to the future, Sany Heavy Machinery is making steady progress towards the ambitious goal of becoming the world's No. 1 excavator brand, and its legendary story in the field of excavators continues to be written.