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Multiple contemporaneous trade-press reports (Equipment World, Construction Equipment Guide[2][4], OEM Off-Highway[5]) independently give 24 August 2012 as the opening date of the Lingang factory.Sany opened its $818 million Lingang facility near Shanghai, calling it the world's largest excavator factory. Automated underground tunnels move structures and components through 5.9 million square feet of production space.
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