Ricardo Signs Framework Agreement with China’s Sinotruk
12 July 2007
Ricardo has concluded an agreement with Sinotruk, China’s biggest heavy-duty truck manufacturer, which will enable Ricardo to provide engineering support in the development of new products for the company.
The signing ceremony coincided with an event to celebrate the successful completion of the upgrade of the company’s HAEP WD615 engine which had been carried out in collaboration with Ricardo. As a result of this project, the new engine re-engineered with Ricardo now meets the Euro 3 emissions certification required in China and has been up-rated by 11% to 400hp.
Founded in 1956, Sinotruk was China’s first as well its now largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer. The company’s core products include tractors, tippers, cargo trucks and other customized trucks such as concrete mixers, cranes and garbage trucks. In addition to vehicles Sinotruk also manufactures many of its own components including diesel engines. The company markets its products in more than 50 countries worldwide and over the past 5 years has enjoyed sales growth of more than 60%.
Why not upgrade the engine to Euro4 (with potential to meet Euro5 with urea srubbers), and have a global market, instead of just developing south-east asian and latin american markets?
Posted by: realarms | 12 July 2007 at 03:03 PM