LiuGong facility creates electric feeling

A recent visit to LiuGong's Global Research and Development Centre in southern China by the company's Australian distributor has further reinforced the manufacturer's market lead for the introduction of a wide range of electrically-powered equipment in this country.

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Liugong was one of the first equipment manufacturers to identify the potential of battery electric vehicle (BEV) technology. It has since launched more than 90 products, offering solutions for almost every application and segment, including mining machinery, industrial and port equipment, agricultural machinery and various other products.

There are 11 product lines, including loaders, excavators, mining trucks, aerial work platforms, industrial vehicles and agricultural equipment.

A wheel loader was the first electric machine to be released in LiuGong's striking green livery and there are now more than 6000 of the loaders operating globally through Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America and Latin America. And they already have helped to save hundreds of thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.

LiuGong's Global Research and Development Centre is located in Liuzhou, situated within the Guangxi region in southern China, and some of the top brass from Australian distributor, McIntosh Distribution, were taken aback when they visited the site recently.