On February 8 Beijing Time, Sochi 2014 Olympics drawing global attention raised its curtain. The success of various events marks that Yuchai engines have weathered the test of severe cold and wrapped up services for construction of the venues and infrastructure for Sochi 2014 Olympics.

Construction of the venues and infrastructure for Sochi 2014 Olympics ran three years from 2011 to 2013, and they went into operation in 2014. According to Wang Zhenjin, director of Russia Office of Yuchai Machinery Co., Ltd., Yuchai-powered pavers and loaders were involved in road paving and venue construction. In construction of alpine competition areas and tunnels, Yuchai engines operated in harsh conditions and had to stand the test of severe cold in order to ensure construction success.

On the coast of the Black Sea in the southwest of Russia, Sochi is relatively warm throughout the year but has a minimum temperature of three to four degrees Celsius in the coldest months of January and February, while the temperature of mountains can be as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius. To host Sochi 2014 Olympics successfully, Sochi invested heavily in massive urban infrastructural construction. Take construction of the road to the ski resort for example, Sochi built 17 bridges and 14 tunnels, and the longest tunnel stretching four kilometers is the longest of its kind in Russia.

To ensure that Yuchai engines operated normally in infrastructural construction, Russia Office sent special personnel for timely follow-up services. There have been over 10,000 engines operating in Russia to date. Besides off-road vehicles, Yuchai-powered vehicles include heavy-duty trucks, buses, etc. Yuchai engines cover vast areas from Vladivostok in the Far East to the capital Moscow. Previously, Yuchai engines also served APEC Russia 2012 in Vladivostok and Universiade Summer 2013 in Kazan. In these major events and games, Yuchai engines had strong performance.

(Song Yonggeng)