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Sany Opens Its Lingang Excavator Factory Near Shanghai
- Sany opened what it calls the world's largest and most advanced excavator plant near Shanghai, reported on 24 August 2012 - the date the pin carries[2]
- Cost $818.5 million, with computerized production management running from raw steel plate to final assembly[2]
- The plant mainly builds 20-ton to 30-ton excavators, and parts move automatically through underground tunnels[2]
- The two sources give different throughput and cost: the 2012 report says the factory can produce an excavator every five minutes at $818.5 million[2], while the later documentary says "1,600 specialists ensure a breathtaking output: theoretically every ten minutes a new excavator can roll off the production line" and that "for half a billion euros, the construction machinery giant has built the mega factory"[1]
- The documentary's size figure is also not usable: it states "1000 square meters of production area, equipped with high-tech machines of the latest generation", far below the 5.9 million square feet in the pin, which neither wiki supports[1][2]
- The site includes 43,000 sq ft of gardens, pools, bamboo and marble patios[2]
- Production halls use the latest generation of robots which "process up to 250 tons of steel every day"; in the welding plant "twenty-four workers were replaced by thirty-two robots. They do the work in half the time", described as more precise, safer and more cost-effective long term[1]
- The plant's mid-range top-seller is the SY215, priced at "one hundred and ten thousand euros" and "cheaper than any competitor model from Europe or United States"; the 23-tonne machine is produced "in just twenty-four working hours", and its "blackbox" sends recorded vehicle data to the control centre in China in real time[1]
- At the "marriage section" the "heavily swaying, twelve-tonne upper part has to be moved with millimetre precision onto the narrow slewing ring", with ten minutes allowed at that station[1]
- Sany America chairman Tim Frank said the team produces almost as many excavators yearly as are sold in the US by all manufacturers combined, with base excavator kits shipped to Sany America's assembly facility in Peachtree City, Georgia[2]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=M2SE6mqVpLUyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Aug 24, 2012 ✓· 33% of score
Multiple contemporaneous trade-press reports (Equipment World, Construction Equipment Guide[3], OEM Off-Highway) independently give 24 August 2012 as the opening date of the Lingang factory.
- [2]80%Sany Opens World's Largest Excavator Factory Near Shanghairermag.com· Added Sep 19, 2026· 34% of score
Reports Sany opened what it calls the world's largest excavator factory near Shanghai.[1]
- [3]75%SANY Opens World’s Largest Excavator Factory : CEGconstructionequipmentguide.com· Added Sep 15, 2026· Starts Aug 24, 2012· 33% of score
Construction Equipment Guide and sibling trade publications report SANY opened its Lingang, Shanghai excavator plant - built for about $818.5 million - on 24 August 2012, calling it the world's largest.
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