About SANY America
SANY Group Company Ltd. was established in 1989 in China. SANY is the largest heavy equipment manufacturer in China, and also one of the top 10 heavy equipment manufacturers in the world. SANY employs more than 30,000 employees worldwide.
SANY Heavy Industry, a core entity of SANY Group, is a publicly traded company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. SANY Group has had an annual growth rate of 50% for the past 10 years. Despite the impact of global economy recession in 2008 and 2009, SANY Group maintained a 50% annual growth rate and achieved $3 billion in sales revenue.
As one of the overseas subsidiaries of Sany Heavy Industry Company, Sany America Inc. was founded in 2006. This North American headquarters is located in Peachtree City, Georgia.
September 12, 2007 Sany Heavy Industry signed an investment deal with the State of Georgia. According to this agreement, Sany shall invest in 228 acres and over $100 million to create and establish a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility constructing and engineering Sany products to be competitive both in price and quality for all of North America. We have broken ground on phase one of our facility and estimate completion in the second half of 2011. The first phase on construction will consist of a 360,000 square foot manufacturing facility as well as 3 stories of office area totaling 180,000 square feet. With an expected 300 employees by the third year, SANY America will focus on R&D, assembly, marketing and sales of our Truck Mounted Concrete Pumps, Stackers, Handlers, Motor Graders, Drilling Rigs, Excavators and Hydraulic Crawler Cranes which will begin production soon after the completion of our manufacturing facility.
With pride we integrate global resources to provide our customers with excellent equipment and services with unique advantages in cost, performance and localized manufacture, localized management and localized services. At Sany America, we are committed to the North American Market and bringing our customers a successful, outstanding product.
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Sany America News
SANY America: Construction Commencement Ceremony
By: LaRese Ferguson
SANY America, Inc. held a ceremony to mark the start of construction on the site of what will become the company’s first North American manufacturing facility and corporate headquarters in Peachtree City, GA. This event demonstrates Sany’s strong belief in and commitment to North America and its Construction Equipment markets. The booms of Sany’s Concrete Pump Trucks filled the sky as the company celebrated with the official Construction Commencement Ceremony. All Sany America employees were invited to come out to the construction site to see the progress and mark this special occasion.
"The new building represents a significant investment by SANY Group" said Jack Tang, President of SANY America at the Construction Commencement Ceremony, (pictured right). "It will ensure that we continue our progress in recruiting some of the best engineers in the world, and will provide them with an environment that will allow them to push the boundaries of innovation and quality in our brand of construction equipment."
Sany’s new facility is being constructed on a 228 acre site in Peachtree City, Georgia, and will be focused on the Research & Development, Sales & Marketing and manufacture and assembly of Lattice Boom Crawler Cranes, Rough Terrain Cranes, Truck Mounted Concrete Pumps, Hydraulic Excavators, Motor Graders, Reach Stackers, Container Handlers, and Rotary Drill Rigs. Construction of the new facility is planned to be completed in approximately 12 to 14 months, with product production expected to begin soon thereafter.
Perkins and Will, an internationally recognized architectural design firm, created an innovative, modern design for Sany’s new facility referred to as “The Wave.” The entire front façade, as well as the eastern wall of the facility, will be constructed with glass giving the facility a very distinctive and sleek appearance. There will be a total of 360,000 square feet under roof and the new facility will reach almost 50 feet in height.
The office portion of the building will be arranged on three levels with each floor containing 60,000 square feet of space. The building will house all members of the company’s corporate staff, engineering, sales & marketing, research & development, in addition to manufacturing and warehouse employees. It will also serve as the North American distribution center for both finished goods and service parts, plus it will have both outdoor display and storage areas for finished machine inventory. In addition to the usual employee amenities there will be outdoor picnic and activity areas on the attractive landscaped grounds of the facility, designed to accommodate up to 500 employees.
Construction on this, the first phase of SANY America’s North American Headquarters, has a projected cost in excess of $60 million dollars and is scheduled for completion in 12 to 14 months. Currently, 115 are employed at SANY America, with plans to grow to 300 by the end of 2012. The property itself provides up to 1.2 million square feet of buildable area allowing Sany America to continue to grow and develop with phases II, III and IV. Kyle Nape, Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing noted, “It is an exciting time for our customers and the entire team at Sany America. It will be an impressive site!”
SANY at BAUMA 2010: A Look Back
By: Ken Poshedly
If ever there was a place and time for a major product introduction, it was BAUMA 2010 held April 19-25 at the New Munich Trade Fair Center. So it was there that SANY chose to impress the world with its 72-meter truck-mounted concrete pump and its bitumen-cement-mortar semitrailer.
And quite a show it was, with the SANY exhibit area (Booth N608) occupying 4,500 square meters (48,438 sq ft) of exhibit space. The event featured building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment from across the world. SANY made a major splash with 27 sets of its various models of hydraulic excavators, rough terrain cranes, crawler cranes, reach stacker, motor grader, rotary drilling rig, stationary concrete pump, concrete batching plant, single-drum vibratory roller, and asphalt mixing plant.
The big news, though, were the 72-meter truck-mounted concrete pump and its bitumen-cement-mortar semitrailer.
Released on December 31, 2008 and now rated first worldwide in longest boom length and concrete output, the 72-meter truck pump surpasses another SANY machine, the 66-meter truck pump released only a year earlier in 2007. Both machines were developed solely by SANY, and with the introduction of the 72-meter machine, show that China has now mastered the technologies of designing and manufacturing truck-mounted concrete pumps for use worldwide. SANY is now 
the world's largest manufacturer of truck-mounted concrete pump, with annual output reaching 3000 sets.
SANY now looks forward to building on this new technology to develop even more advanced products.
The SANY bitumen-cement mortar semitrailer also introduced at BAUMA 2010 has successively passed 160 tests by Munich University and by BOGE International GmbH (Germany). And so impressed was BOGE, already an authority in the bitumen-cement mortar semitrailer industry of Germany, that it decided to purchase new SANY bitumen-cement mortar semitrailers instead of its own products for use on projects in Turkey.
This unit covers 49 patents, including 10 invention patents and 35 authorized patents. It was awarded the honors of “Hunan Excellent Technical Innovative Project” and the “2009 Hunan First Science & Technology Progress Award” and was also appraised as “National Major New Product” in 2007.
For more information about SANY and its comprehensive line of heavy construction machinery for all needs, go to http://www.sany.com.cn.
SANY Prepares for WINDPOWER 2010 - Booth 11854
By: Ken Poshedly
Sany Electric Co. LTD, a large Chinese wind turbine manufacturer and subsidiary of SANY Group, is entering into the U.S. market by showcasing their entire wind industry product line at the 2010 AWEA Windpower exhibition in Dallas, Texas. Their 2.0MW wind turbine is already producing wind energy within the Chinese market and will be erected in the U.S. in several different states. The SANY 2.0MW wind turbine uses middle-speed double-fed technology, has a double bearing support structure with a lower gearbox load and transmission ratio creating a slower rotational speed. This 2.0MW turbine combined with all other SANY wind industry products, including the tideland construction and offshore wind turbine installation equipment, the grid wind-PV-battery complement hybrid power generation system, as well as the 2800WE and the 6800WE crawler crane make up a complete portfolio of custom-made newly designed products for SANY's launch into the U.S. market.
SANY Electric will be in good company when it showcases its new wind energy andsupporting products in Dallas, TX, at WINDPOWER 2010, May 23 - 26. As the premier wind energy event in North America, the AWEA event drew over 23,000 attendees and nearly 1,300 exhibitors in 2009 and looks to be even bigger this time.
The SANY exhibit area will be located at Booth 11854. And at that SANY exhibit will be all the info you'll need on the SANY line of wind energy equipment.
The SANY Electric 2.0 MW Turbine Generator System uses medium speed double-fed technology in its SE8220III,SE8720III, SE8720IIIE and SE9320III wind turbine models. All were designed and are manufactured according to IECstandards. (For use in ambient temperatures -30° C to +40° C / -22° F to +104° F.)
Because of the wet ground, soft soil and poor load-bearing capacity of tideland soil, very specialized equipment is required in those locales. SANY Electric recognizes those needs with a specialized product line just for tideland wind farms.
And already advanced in offshore wind turbine installations (six-degree adjustment), SANY Electric offers advanced, specific-purpose equipment with designed-in innovational solutions that can improve your offshore wind installations.
Additional support equipment for erection includes the SANY SCC2800WE and the SCC6500WE cranes.
SANY Prepares for BAUMA 2010: Booth #N608
By: Ken Poshedly
With mere weeks away, participation by SANY in BAUMA 2010 in Munich is ramping up to include over two dozen different pieces of heavy construction machinery and nearly 500 SANY representatives on hand to present and explain that machinery.
Officially titled the "29th International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery", the event will be held April 19 - 25 at the New Munich Trade Fair Center and will include building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment from across the world. And while the entire BAUMA 2010 exhibit area will occupy over a half million square meters (5,382,131 sq ft) of exhibition space, the SANY exhibit area (Booth N608) itself will take up 4,500 square meters (48,438 sq ft).
And on that acre of floor space will be the best and newest SANY machinery from a variety of work classes including the following:
- SY135C813K, SY55, SY75, SY215C91, SY240C91 and SY420 Hydraulic Excavators -- feature high performance of Isuzu or Mitsubishi engine (model-dependent) with lower malfunction ratio and better roughness-wearing; intelligent malfunction diagnosis system, extended overhaul period and lower maintenance costs; advanced intelligent control system for easier operation and higher efficiency; meet Euro 2 emission standards, lower fuel consumption.
- SRC550 Rough Terrain Crane -- with the latest developments in crane technology, including a four-section, 11.28 - 34.5-meter (37 - 113-ft) fully powered telescoping boom equipped with nylon sheaves, antifriction bearings and working light; an all-steel operator cab mounted on anti-vibration pads and featuring optimum visibility, tinted safety glass throughout and rubber floor; the latest in controls situated on armrest, control handles, steering column, etc.; earthmover-style tread tires for extended service life and high load ratings; more accessories and extra features than can be listed here.
- SCC800C, SCC1800 and SCC6300 Crawler Cranes -- featuring Cummins engine that meets the U.S. Nonroad Diesel Engine Tier III Emission Standards and similar European standards; external gearing swing mechanism for stronger swing torque and better operating stability; plus, much, much more.
- SY5310THB43 (43-meter), SY5361THB48V (48-meter) and SY5650THB72 (72-meter) boom truck-mounted concrete pumps -- with an advanced S-valve system for long service life with ideal sealing performance, simple structure, and easy changeout of wear-items; diesel engine, energy-saving technology for oil consumption reduced by more than 20% on the average; automatic retraction technology of the concrete piston for convenient and quick replacement as required; fully automatic, high-low pressure switching and toggle switch operation; free of hydraulic oil leakage and emissions; quick removal of tube blockages.
- RSC45-5C Reach Stacker -- one of the most ergonomic machines on the market with an advanced load- sensing electro-proportional control system for stepless speed governing.
- PQ190IIIA Motor Grader -- featuring CE-certification and the unique short-drive-line Sany hydrostatic drive system with fewer components for easy and more economical maintenance and service; high wear-resistance and blade service of life 2 to 6 times that of "normal" blades; anti-slip control via single-pump/dual-motor/axle-free drive; one pump drives two motors for independent left and right wheel operation; automatic control of blade angle and piercing depth.
- SR150 Rotary Drilling Rig -- a 1,500 mm (59 in.) drilling diameter and 56 meter (184 ft) drilling depth make it is most suitable for pile foundation construction for industrial and government buildings; available with either Kelly Bar or Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) work equipment (CFA version at BAUMA 2010).
- SR220C Rotary Drilling Rig -- with a 2,500 mm (98 in.) drilling diameter and a 67 meter (220 ft) drilling depth, it excels at large pile foundation construction projects; available with either Kelly Bar or Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) work equipment (Kelly Bar version at BAUMA 2010).
- 60C1816DIII Stationary Concrete Pump -- with an advanced S-tube valve system for good leak protection, plus simple structure, hard carbide glass plate and cutting, PLC controls, and real-time text display of working conditions mean safe, reliable operation and long service life.
- HZS180 Concrete Batching Plant -- cost-efficient with modular structure, excellent efficiency, clear-at-a-glance dual displays for system monitoring and data management, plus many more features.
- YZ12CE Single-Drum Vibratory Roller -- fully hydraulic, two-wheel drive, four-gear stepless speed, short turning radius, great gradability mean great operation at low cost; air-conditioned cab with Grade-IV vibration-control system prevents cab window damaged after extended use.
- LB4000 Asphalt Mixing Plant -- modular structure for quick, easy installation; high-efficiency, energy-saving heating system, and many, many more features to save you money and increase productivity.
- SY9300TSJ500 Asphalt (Bitumen) Cement Mortar Semitrailer -- with high-precision, aseismic measurement, full-working condition, fast automatic leveling, high-efficiency operation; automatic fault detection and alarm, perfect production data report system; compatible with track mortar construction of German board,
In addition, SANY will also have its SY5360JBC28 Mixing Pump, its SAC2200 All-Terrain Crane, and its STC500 and STC1000 Truck-Mounted Cranes on display as well.
For more information about SANY and its comprehensive line of heavy construction machinery for all needs, go to http://www.sany.com.cn.
Chicago Hosts Chinese Pump's Big U.S. Debut
Photography and Story By: Tudor Van Hampton
Chicago may have lost the 2016 Olympic Games, but the global competitive spirit on the jobsite is still alive. A Windy City contractor is test-driving the world’s largest Chinese concrete pump—and the first of its size to appear on a U.S. construction project.
The pump, manufactured by Changsha-based Sany Heavy Industry Co. Ltd., is wrapping up its U.S. debut at the site of the roughly $1-billion Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, under construction in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood and scheduled to open in 2012.
“This is the first, really big [Sany] pump used in America,” says Jeff Wang, regional manager at the manufacturer’s Atlanta-based U.S. subsidiary, Sany America Inc.
The machine, a model HBT90, can pump up to 2,700 ft high and 117 cu yd per hour. The same model pumped up the 1,614-ft-tall Shanghai World Financial Center, completed in 2008, says Wang.
Executives of Concrete Structures of the Midwest Inc., West Chicago, say they first saw the pump at the annual World of Concrete exhibition in Las Vegas. There, Sany has made a heavy push to enter the North American market for several years.
The Chicago-area concrete firm purchased the machine and put it to work last summer placing walls and floors for the 1.25-million-sq-ft, steel-and-concrete children’s hospital.
The decision to buy came with some risks, executives say. Because many concrete pumps are sourced globally, clients care less about who builds them and more about who can service them in the field.
Established suppliers, such as Schwing, Putzmeister and Alliance, have the infrastructure to service North American contractors quickly. Options are limited, however, because there are so few suppliers.
Some also are facing financial trouble. St. Paul, Minn.-based Schwing America Inc. is currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. And on Jan. 18, Putzmeister dealer and pump contractor Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Inc. and subsidiary JLS Concrete Pumping filed for Chapter 11 in Denver.
Another deciding factor was simply owning versus renting. The Sany machine cost about $400,000, or 10% to 15% cheaper than established brands, providing faster payback.
“For the biggest jobs, we always rent,” explains Vadim Kontorovich, project manager for the Chicago-area concrete firm. “We decided this time, let’s see if we can buy it.”
False Starts...Chicago’s construction scene, as in other big cities, is not always friendly to outsiders.
Adding even more pressure, the pump had some problems right out of the chute. A computer glitch kept the stationary pump’s twin engines from synchronizing, and crews worried that it might overheat.
“We didn’t have a good start,” says Kontorovich. Within 24 hours, Sany had sent out a technician to replace and reprogram the motherboard. “It is working fine now,” Kontorovich says.
Aside from computer parts, which come from China, Sany builds using well-established engines, controls, hydraulics and other parts; clients say this gives them easier access to replacement parts.
Eventually, Sany says, it will assemble whole pumps in the U.S. Plans to build a factory near Atlanta are a full go! “We are trying to build an American company, not a Chinese company,” says Wang. “Challenges exist, but we will solve it. It will take time.”
There also are the language barriers. And workers, skeptical that the machine would stand up to the rigors of the big hospital project, harbored early resentment for the “Chinese monstrosity,” Kontorovich says. As they gained experience with the pump, they found it to be exceptionally smooth.
“If everything’s going well, we can get 90 yards an hour,” says Tom Rutkowski, the pump’s operator. “The faster we run the engine, the smoother it pours,” adds Kevin Finucane, superintendent.
Working as a subcontractor to joint-venture construction manager Mortenson/Power, the concrete sub now has used the pump to pour 33,000 of the 23-story hospital’s total 38,000 cu yd of concrete.
As the construction market remains in a slump, concrete firms say they are looking to save on equipment. Will China be their next bet?
“We would love to have the work to continue to buy Sany equipment,” says Frank Aiello, president of Concrete Structures. “The experience has been that good.”
SANY SCC2500 Crawler Crane Joins the Largest Hydraulic Engineering Project in North America
By: Ken Poshedly
A SANY SCC2500 Crawler Crane has joined the fleet of heavy construction machinery now contributing to the successful completion of the largest hydraulic engineering project in North America, the Niagara Tunnel Project, a major clean-energy project. The SANY machine was introduced to the project in early 2010.
Supplying the SANY SCC2500 machine is Can-Pick Crane Co., Ltd. of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The design-build contractor for the project is Strabag AG of Cologne, Germany, a major construction group with extensive experience in 
large tunnel construction.
With a lifting capacity of 250 metric tons (276 U.S. tons), a Cummins QSL9 electric-control inline six-cylinder, water-cooled and four-stroke diesel engine, compliance with the Non-road Tier III Emission Standard of Europe and the U.S., major hydraulic system components by either Kawasaki or Rexroth and a number of other features, the SANY SCC2500 machine is most suitable for the Niagara Tunnel endeavor.
Begun in 2006, this third diversion tunnel will be an incredible 14.4 meters (47.3 feet) wide and 10.2 kilometers (6.3 miles) long and approximately 140 meters (460 feet) beneath the surface of Niagara Falls City and its surrounding area from the Niagara River to the Sir Adam Beck hydroelectric generation complex in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Water delivered by the new Niagara Tunnel will complement previous upgrades at the SAB plant and increase the efficient use of the power of the Niagara River.
Gravity alone will propel the water through the tunnel at an incredible 500 cubic meters (17,660 cubic feet) per second.
Due to slower-than-projected boring progress because of constant tunnel roof water leakage, the project completion date has been extended to at least 2013, with a total projected cost of $1.6 billion US. Sany America News will keep you updated on the progress of this project.
Stay Tuned!
SANY Group's International Recruiting Efforts
SANY Group will host “Recruiting the Elite" on May 15th, 2010 at the Astor Hotel located Milwaukee, Wisconsin. SANY is a China-based heavy equipment manufacturer with its North American headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
SANY seeks to add professionals to both its North American and Chinese teams, with emphasis on heavy duty truck, mining truck and engine design experts and engineers. We are also looking to add specialists in lead manufacturing, assembly, welding, paint & coating, transmission, chassis, etc.
Mr. Jack Tang, president of SANY America, will lead the recruiting efforts at the Astor Hotel on May 15th and present SANY’s various career growth opportunities and incentives to attract leading talent along with Company Globalization and Optimization Strategies and Policy. For a full listing of open Sany Group positions, click here, and for more information about the Milwaukee recruiting meeting or SANY Group’s recruiting efforts, you can always submit your resume with your current salary and future salary requirements to sanygroup@sanyamerica.com, or please contact Tommy Chen at 678-251-2826.
Event:
Date: May 15, 2010
Time: 1:30 PM – 4:00PM
Location: Astor Hotel, 924 East Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Interest in SANY America at WOC2010 Points to a Promising Future
By: Ken Poshedly
Judging from the floor traffic and interest at the Sany America product display booth at the World of Concrete 2010 event in Las Vegas, NV, it won't be long before Sany America machines become commonplace at construction sites nationwide.
Interest was intense at the Sany America WOC location where no less than four of the company's truck-mounted pumps and a hydraulic excavator were available for scrutiny, with inquiries received about demo units for trial use.
The pump truck lineup consisted of machines with 37-meter, 46-meter, 56-meter and 60-meter booms; the 56- and 60-meter boom pump trucks were the first to be produced at the Sany America assembly facility in Peachtree City, near Atlanta, Georgia.
With the Sany America 37-meter pump truck already CPMA-certified and the 46-meter machine having passed its CPMA audit before final certification, the 56- and 60-meter pump trucks are soon to follow for their own certification as well. Watch the Video!
Much of the pump truck interest centered around three features that make the Sany America equipment stand out -- electronic final axle steering system, hydraulic pump piston cup auto-retraction and a simple high-low output pressure switch.
While a nearby non-Sany pump truck also at the show uses mechanical steering on its 61-meter pump truck's sixth axle, the angular transducer method on Sany America machines weighs a fraction of the commonplace mechanical steering arrangement, for a considerable savings in maintenance expenses and weight. What's more is that Sany America's final axle steering system is the first to be factory-installed by Mack trucks.
Another time- and maintenance-saving feature is the piston cup auto-retraction arrangement on the hydraulic pump. While standard pumps require nearly four hours for pump service, the Sany America pump feature shaves down pump service time to about 30 minutes.
And pump output pressure switchover is now a breeze with a toggle switch. No more time-consuming and labor-intensive pump and hydraulic hose changeouts; just install an adequate inline piping system to the hopper, move the HI-LO output pressure switch to the "HI" setting and you're good to go.
As for hydraulic excavators, the Sany America SY235 (23-ton capacity) unit surprised many who wondered why an excavator at a concrete trade show and who also didn't realize that Sany America even offered a line of excavators.
After being reminded that yep, you're going to need that excavator for site prep before bringing in that pump truck (GREAT thinking by Sany America, eh?), the inquiries ranged from how do Sany America excavator units compare with those by more familiar names (Sany competes head-to-head with all of them), how does Sany America price its machines (VERY aggressively) and how to become a Sany America dealer (answer: call678-251-2869, or e-mail to sales@sanyamerica.com).
First SANY America Pump Trucks Set for World of Concrete
By: Ken Poshedly
Sany America announces the official introduction of the first two truck-mounted concrete pumps to be assembled and shipped out from the company's facility in Peachtree City, Georgia (near Atlanta).
The 56-meter (183 ft 9 in.) SYG5400THB56M(SZ) and the 60-meter (196 ft 10 in.) SYG5502THB60M(SZ) pump trucks will both be on display at the World of Concrete trade show February 2 - 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
While both the 56-meter and 60-meter pump trucks feature a five-section, fully hydraulic boom configuration, dual-axle (front two axles) steering, and tri-axle drive (axles 3, 4, and 5), the six-axle 60-meter truck also features final-axle steering (axle 6) as well. Pump pressure for both trucks is rated at 1,204 psi (83 bar) and output up to 222 cubic yards (170 meters) per hour.
Other selected specs for the 56M -- Truck length 45 ft 5 in. (13.85 m), horizontal reach 167 ft 4 in. (51 m), reach depth 120 ft 1 in. (36.6 m), front outrigger spread 30 ft 6 in. (9.3 m) and rear outrigger spread 37 ft 10 in. (11.53 m).
Other selected specs for the 60M -- Truck length 51 ft 7 in. (15.72 m), horizontal reach 182 ft 5 in. (55.6 m), reach depth 131 ft 3 in. (40 m), front outrigger spread 37 ft 3 in. (11.35 m) and rear outrigger spread 40 ft 4 in. (12.3 m).
Sany America, Inc., was founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of Sany Heavy Industry Company (China) and is moving forward to produce a full line of U.S.-assembled truck-mounted concrete pumps, reach-stackers, handlers, motor graders, drilling rigs, excavators, crawler cranes and rough-terrain cranes.
SANY is back on track for 2010 opening
By: John Munford
If all goes well, Sany Corporation’s assembly facility in Peachtree City
will be up and running July 2011. The Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer already has its U.S. corporate offices in Peachtree City
with 80 employees. Once the assembly plant is online, there will be an additional 250-300 employees added to the mix, according to Sany America’s Jack Tang. “We are seeing signs ofrecovery in the economy”, Tang said Monday morning. The assembly building will be located on a large tract off Ga. Highway 74 South adjacent to Cooper Lighting." The
site has already been cleared and compacted", Tang said.
The company has purchased $10 million in steel for the project, and about 30 percent of it is already fabricated, Tang said.
Announced in September 2007, Sany since has delayed construction of the assembly building due to the economy. Now the company is finalizing its new drawings for the facility. The facility will assemble heavy equipment with parts shipped in from China. About 90 percent of those parts will be pre-painted, meaning only 10 percent will need painting here, Tang said.
Products to be assembled here include truck mounted concrete pumps, stackers, handlers, motor graders, drilling rigs, excavators and hydraulic crawler cranes.
Once operational, the assembly facility will need staff for a variety of roles including assembly, welding, parts, shipping and receiving, and more, Tang said. Sany projects that once the assembly facility is operational, the company will see an increase in U.S. sales because of the company’s new presence here, which will also impact the company’s marketing and branding operations.
Meanwhile, the company is running out of space at its current office location to house the additional staff and engineers Sany is hiring, Tang said. The company is adding additional space in the corporate building they currently rent, he said.
The assembly building is only the first phase of Sany’s commitment to Georgia. The company has purchased a total of 228 acres and plans on future expansions to build its U.S. corporate headquarters along with research and development operations. An expansion of the assembly plant is also part of the company’s projected future growth here. Sany’s headquarters, once developed, will be a first for Peachtree City’s industrial park because it will include several homes that will be used for visiting corporate representatives.
Once all is said and done, Sany anticipates investing $100 million at its Peachtree City locations and having more than 600 employees here. One of the top 10 heavy equipment manufacturers in the world, Sany employs more than 35,000 people worldwide. Despite the global economy, in 2008, 2009 and 2010, the company has maintained a 50 percent growth rate and topped $4 billion in sales revenue.
Sany received $1.2 million from the state of Georgia, Fayette County and Peachtree City to fund land acquisition. Also, officials agreed to a property tax break that incrementally increases from 10 percent the first year by an additional 10 percent each year. By the end of the 10-year period, the company will be paying its full property tax rate at an estimated $500,000. That figure represents just the first phase of the development, not including the projected additions to the plant in the future.
By: Ken Poshedly
Photography: Sylvester Garza
It was an eerie scene – much like one from the 2005 film “War of the Worlds” (based on the H.G. Wells novel of the same name). A vibrant, bustling community with all the trappings and traffic that accompany it, now occupied by three giant, metallic invaders illuminated by nearby streetlights, poised upright, but “probing” downward as if studying smaller creatures in a foreign landscape. The constant hum of the drive systems
of these mechanical “beings” draws bystanders closer.
In the movie, the innocent earthlings met an untimely end; such was not the case one recent autumn evening in downtown Houston, Texas. That’s where folks, out for some nightlife, were drawn to nearby sidewalks and virtually mesmerized by the sight of the towering booms of concrete pump trucks nodding ever so slightly as three Sany America THB truck-mounted concrete pumps poured concrete throughout the night into a pit that would form the mat for the Embassy Suites Hotel to be located at 1515 Dallas Street in downtown Houston.
When completed sometime in 2011, the 19-story hotel will have about 6,000 square feet (557 m²) of meeting space, a rooftop swimming pool, spa and fitness center, restaurant, street level café, wine bar and 262 two-room suites. But like all great things on the surface, a solid and strong foundation must be the logical beginning – and that is where our story takes place.
After careful mat sizing and other calculations were completed, it was determined that a continuous pour rather than start-stop batches would take advantage of the night’s cooler temperature. In order for this pour to work, the timing of many factors was critical: the exact number of appropriate sized pumps had to be continuously fed the right volume of concrete mix by the right number of mixer trucks, all the while with the right-size crew in and around the pit making sure every cog and every gear worked as planned.
At the heart of it all were the three Sany America truck mounted concrete pumps, two model SY5361THB48 meter units and one model SY5400THB52 meter unit – each on a side near the pit wall at street level feeding a different section of the mat 35 feet (10.7 meters) below. (A Sany Model SY5360THB45 meter unit was held in reserve, but was never required.) Golden Arrow Concrete Pumping, Inc of Houston, Texas owns 30 Sany America pump trucks, so the units working this night were only a small part of the company’s total fleet. Barclay Branch, Senior Sales Representative at Golden Arrow Concrete Pumping, attributed his company’s choice of Sany America machines to “good quality, good service – good performance and value.”
With pump pressure for all three Sany machines rated at 1,204 psi (83 bar) and of up to 222 cubic yards (170 m³) per hour, meeting the output required for the job was no problem for the Sany units. The work began at 11:45 p.m., September 25, 2009, with a pair of Southern Star mixer trucks at each of the three Sany pump hoppers. As one mixer emptied, the other mixer continued feeding, with the first truck pulling away only to be replaced within a minute by another from the long line just outside the work area.
Without missing a beat, the pour continued. With the Mack chassis-mounted 5-section, R-Z style booms of the Sany SY5361THB48 meter and the SY5400THB52 meter pumps, coverage was never a problem at all as the pit crew easily guided the placement booms across the rebar, directing the steady flows of concrete to fill the voids. While each Sany 48M unit allows a 144 ft (44 meter) horizontal radius and nearly 102 ft (31 meter) vertical reach, the Sany 52M machine takes you out to a 154 ft (47 meter) radius and 108 ft (33 meter) vertical – all these units include a 10 ft (3 meter) end hose.
The pumps continued to hum, more mixer trucks arrived, unloaded and pulled away while workers in the pit supervised concrete placement and spreading under the bright lights running along the top of the pit’s perimeter. Problems? – Zero. Breakdowns? – None. Concrete Shortage? – Never happened.
Right on time, shortly after sunrise on Saturday morning, it was finished; 3,460 cubic yards (2,645 m³) had been poured throughout the night into the 35 ft (10.7 meter) deep pit and a sturdy concrete base measuring 6 ft (2 meter) thick and approximately 125 x 150 ft (38 x 46 meter) in area for the soon-to-be luxury hotel was now in place where only a dirt pit and rebar had been before. Besides the mat, one of the Sany America pumps was used from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to pour an additional 80 cubic yards (61 m³) for a vertical wall portion of the foundation – again with no problems.
In the end, everything went well – spectacularly well. Ches Bromley, Job Superintendent for General Contractor Linbeck Construction, was himself very impressed: “We had to make sure about the flow of mixer trucks into the site, and as it turned out, our staging plan worked very well – we received no complaints.”
It would be less than 48 hours later – Monday morning – when the next crew arrived to begin structural work for the new tower on the mat itself.
The staging plan was coordinated by Golden Arrow Concrete Pumping.” Says Golden Arrow’s Barclay Branch, “We coordinated everything with Linbeck, (general contractor), Xavier Structure Corp. (concrete contractor), and Southern Star Concrete, (readymix provider) by letting them know that we were looking to achieve 450 cubic yards (344 m³) per hour. Southern Star dedicated 80 mixer trucks for the project, batching from four different production facilities.”
"The actual mix was high in fly-ash,” says Southern Star’s Joe Lucas, “because it doesn’t produce as much heat during the cure. Heat hydration was a concern. You don’t want to get over 165° F because that high of a temperature changes the strength of the mat and creates more chance for thermal cracking.”
Perhaps the biggest acclamation for Golden Arrow’s Sany America pumps was that they surpassed the output goal and helped cement (pun intended) a promising working relationship between Xavier Structures and Golden Arrow Concrete Pumping.
In a congratulatory message, Project Manager Eric Curry of Xavier Structures thanked Golden Arrow for its commitment to the project and to Xavier Structures. “It was a great feeling to see weeks of planning and collaboration come together in one night and to show the true power of teamwork. Our initial goal was to average 450 cubic yards per hour; we not only met that goal, but exceeded it and in fact, averaged 480 cubic yards per hour. We could not have done that without Golden. I’m looking forward to a safe and productive project and forming a stronger bond between both Xavier Structures and Golden Arrow Concrete Pumping.”
Another pleasant surprise was that according to both Barclay Branch and Linbeck’s Ches Bromley, were the lack of any noise complaints from anyone in the nearby hotels, due to the low-decibel operation of all three Sany America machines. Branch (with 17 years in the concrete pumping industry), said “The Sany machine does not appear to generate as much noise as competitors, but produces the same, if not more, pumping volume.”
The World’s Biggest Reach Stacker Successfully Produced
Recently, the combined reach stacker RSC45C2-P, the result of Sany Port Machinery Company’s independent R&D was constructed and delivered to the client.
At the end of 2008, Sany Port Machinery Company received an order from an Alaskan Company asking for a unique reach stacker with a piggyback telescopic spreader. Though Sany manufactures no such kind of equipment, the demand from Europe and America is huge. Engineers from Sany Port Machinery Company worked hard and encountered many technical difficulties. Finally they finished this project successfully in a half year and delivered the product to the client in July 2009.
This new reach stacker RSC45C2-P （wheelbase up to 7000mm, self weight up to 80000kg）is thus far the biggest reach stacker in the world. This equipment has excellent technical performance, top grade configuration, powerful lifting capacity, and high reliability. It also has an advanced electro-hydraulic control system, security protection system and a comfortable operation environment. Moreover, this equipment has many core technology patents such as “anti-collision system”, “secondary ROPS” etc
Sany reach stackers (RSC45C2-P) are applicable in ports, logistics center and other places to load or upload and handle containers (or containers and trailers as a whole). The successful R&D of this reach stacker (RSC45C2-P) has greatly improved the international competitiveness of our port machinery series.
