As Li Hanyang, chairman of Yuchai Heavy Industry Company Limited (YHI), announced, "YC-9 new excavators have rolled offline!" four YC-9 excavators (YC50, YC60, YC85 and YC135) wearing red flowers and stretching arms moved out of the trial-manufacturing and validation workshop in order amid the applause of all ceremony attendees.

On June 6, YHI held the offline ceremony of YC-9 new products at the trial-manufacturing and validation workshop of the construction machinery research institute. YHI Chairman Li Hanyang was present along with the members of the leading body, leaders of the functional departments and the technical staff of the construction machinery research institute.

According to YHI Chief Engineer Pan Guoyuan, the YC-9 new products are characterized by new appearance, low emission, low noise, low fuel consumption, high efficiency and power, high comfort and high reliability. Their rolling offline showcases YHI's tremendous R & D strength and is of great significance to YHI's victory in the market.

Li spoke at the ceremony. He said today is an extraordinary day to YHI and will go down in YHI's history, and this is the glory of all. Competition in the construction machinery market is grim just like confrontation between masters and products are just "sharp weapons" against opponents. Outstanding products are inseparable from the efforts of top R & D teams, and engineering technologists are the R & D force of products and enterprises' primary productive force. YC-9 new products' rolling offline is only a periodic victory. In the future, we will ceaselessly launch new products on the market in order to rejuvenate YHI.

According to sources, the YC-9 new product project was launched in April 2011. There will be a series of procedures such as performance test, design perfection, industrial test and small-volume trial-manufacture between the ceremony and product launch. The YC-9 new products are expected to be launched on the market in 2015.

(Yang Mingze)