I. Main generator manufacturers
1. CUMMINOS
Country: USA
Founded: 1919
Products: Diesel and natural gas engines, hybrid and electric power platforms and related technologies, including filtration, aftertreatment, turbocharging, fuel system, control system, air intake treatment system, automatic transmission, energy, battery, electrical power system, hydrogen production and fuel cell products.
About the company:
Cummins, founded in the United States in 1919, is a globally recognized power solutions provider, providing power generation systems, parts and services worldwide. The company offers diesel and natural gas engines, hybrid power, electric power platforms and associated technologies.
As a pioneer in power technology, Cummins designs, produces and distributes a wide range of power solutions along with service support. With approximately 578,800 employees worldwide, the company is committed to fulfilling its corporate responsibility by promoting education, the environment and equal opportunity, to create a healthy community and drive global prosperity and development.
Cummins provides product and service support to its customers through thousands of dealers located throughout the world. In 2020, the company had revenue of US$19.8 billion and a profit of approximately US$1.8 billion.
2. WEICHAI
Country: China
Founded: 1946
Products: Power system, automobile business, engineering machinery, intelligent logistics, agricultural equipment, marine transportation equipment.
About the company:
Weichai, founded in 1946, is one of the earliest diesel engine manufacturers and now a large enterprise integrating power systems, automobile business, engineering machinery, intelligent logistics, agricultural equipment, marine transportation equipment and other businesses.
With more than 90,000 employees worldwide, Weichai achieved revenue of more than 260 billion yuan in 2019 and has business segments around the world, including Europe, North America and Asia. Its subsidiaries are involved in the business of automotive power systems, engineering machinery, intelligent logistics, agricultural equipment, marine transportation equipment and more.
Weichai emphasizes scientific and technological innovation, with national research centers for commercial vehicle engine engineering technology and internal combustion engine reliability. Weichai also has research bases such as “Academic Workstation” and “Postdoctoral Workstation”, a national industrial innovation strategy alliance and a national intelligent manufacturing demonstration base.
The company has R&D centers in China and cutting-edge technology innovation centers around the world. Weichai has created a global collaborative R&D platform to ensure that the company's technology is always at the forefront of the world.
Weichai has created a coordinated industrial layout in the world, and in 2004, Weichai Power was listed in Hong Kong, becoming a listed company in China's internal combustion engine industry in Hong Kong. It merged with Hunan Torch Automobile Group in 2005, creating a heavy truck gold industry chain, and later absorbed and merged Hunan Torch through share exchange, returning to A shares from H shares, creating a “ Weichai Model” in the capital market.
Since 2009, Weichai has achieved several milestones:
- Merged and acquired the French Bodouan Engine Company, with a history of 100 years.
- Strategically reorganized luxury yacht manufacturer Faraday of Italy.
- Established a strategic partnership with the industrial forklift and service provider Grupo Kaiao.
- Merged and acquired Linde Hydraulic and achieved localization.
- I supported Grupo CAO in the acquisition of Dematic, an automated logistics provider.
- It has made strategic investments in US natural energy systems supplier PS Company, UK solid oxide fuel cell supplier Siris Company and Canadian hydrogen fuel cell supplier Ballard Company.
- Strategically reorganized the German company Otis and the Austrian company VDS.
- Global coverage and balanced development of strategic businesses achieved.
Weichai has also established production bases in India and other places through technological production, production capacity cooperation and other methods, realizing localized manufacturing.
Along with its rapid development, Weichai advocates energy conservation, emission reduction and green production, vigorously promotes the upgrading and progression of industrial technology, and shares development achievements with all sectors of society.
3. HONDA
Country: Japan
Founded: 1948
Products: Motorcycle, automobile, LifeCreation, etc.
About the company:
Honda Motor was founded in Japan in 1948 and is a leading manufacturer of motorcycles and automobiles.
The company started out producing power-assisted bicycle engines and is known worldwide for its automotive safety systems.
The Civic series, first launched in 1972, is one of Honda's most famous car models, known for its excellent handling and high-cost performance.
In addition to the Civic, Honda's Accord, Lingpai and Fit models are popular in China.
Honda Technology Research Industry Co., Ltd. has more than 130 production facilities in 29 countries and regions around the world.
Honda business projects in China
Automotive field: GAC Honda Automobile Co., Ltd., Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd., GAC Honda Automobile Research and Development Co., Ltd., Dongfeng Honda Engine Co., Ltd., Honda Automobile Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd ., Dongfeng Honda Auto Parts Co., Ltd., Honda Production Technology (China) Co., Ltd., Honda Auto Supplies (Guangdong) Co., Ltd.
Motorcycle field: Wuyang Honda Motor (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., New Continental Honda Motor (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Research and Development Co., Ltd
Life Creation: Honda Power (China) Co., Ltd
4. YAMAHA
Country: Japan
Founded: 1955
Products: Motorcycles, scooters, diesel engines, general purpose engines, generators, car engines, industrial robots, etc.
About the company:
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. was founded on July 1, 1955 and has been a professional motorcycle manufacturer since then. Since 1960, we have diversified our product line to include power boats, outboard engines and automobile engines.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is a global company that has been ranked among the world's top 500 companies on numerous occasions. We have factories and operating institutions located all over the world.
In 2006, we invested one billion dollars in Zizhu Science Park in Minhang District to establish “Yamaha Motor Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.”
began manufacturing power boats and outboard engines in 1960, which, together with our engine and FRP technology, has allowed us to expand into new areas of business and move toward diversification.
Today, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is engaged in a variety of businesses, including motorcycle, boat, energy products, automobile engines, intelligent chemical plant equipment, aviation and PAS businesses. Our products range from land to sea to sky, reflecting our commitment to innovation and growth.
5. YUCHAI
Country: China
Founded: 1951
Products: Filter, lubricating oil, connecting rod
About the company:
was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Yulin, Guangxi. It is a large state-owned business group specializing in investment and financing management, with main operations focused on capital operation and asset management.
The company has more than 30 wholly owned, controlling and shareholder subsidiaries. Yuchai is a leading internal combustion engine manufacturer in China, with a wide range of product types.
The company has industrial bases located in Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Hubei, Sichuan, Chongqing, Liaoning and other regions.
Yuchai is actively developing the engine industry chain and new energy industry chain. Guided by the key engine and new energy supporting parts, it has created a comprehensive industrial cluster base that integrates the internal combustion engine industry, the new energy vehicle industry, the key parts manufacturing industry, the manufacturing industry of terminal equipment, as well as the trade, finance, and logistics industry.
This has resulted in the creation of a multi-billion dollar industrial cluster, led by Yuchai, which is driving the high-quality development of the mechanical industry in the region.
Engine manufacturing and industrial chain: strengthen the main engine industry, actively extend upstream and downstream, form an integrated “parts, complete machine and terminal” equipment manufacturing system, and build a golden industrial chain.
With subsidiaries including Huayuan Co., Ltd., Yuchai Advanced Lubricants, Chengxin Company, Jinchuang Company and others, our company will focus on the development of filters, lubricants, connecting rods and other products. We will continually expand our product line to include key components such as backend processing, common rail electronic control and electrical component systems, as well as other emerging high-value-added products. This will help us establish the advantages of the core component system.
Our company will use subsidiaries including Yuchai Co., Ltd., Power Company, CRRC Yuchai, Ship Power Company and others to make specialized use of refined vehicles, agricultural equipment, engineering machinery, marine applications, power generation, locomotives and military engines . . We will accelerate the development of new power systems, integrate power systems, make full use of intelligent production methods, and transform our manufacturing company into a service-oriented manufacturing company.
With subsidiaries including Yuchai Special Automobile, Yuchai Dongte, Yuchai Heavy Industry and others, we will accelerate the development of high-tech, high-value-added and environmentally friendly special vehicles, environmental sanitation equipment and engineering machinery and equipment. We will strengthen our terminal industry to better serve our customers.
With the assistance of Yuchai New Energy Vehicle Company, Yuchai Special Automobile Co., Ltd. and Yuchai Dongte, our company will focus on new energy vehicles and fuel cell business. Our goal is to build a new energy and environmental protection industrial chain, starting with pure electric commercial vehicles, urban logistics vehicles and environmental sanitation vehicles.
We will actively research, develop and produce “three electricity systems”, which include electric drive, battery and electronic control. We will also vigorously develop new power systems, electrical accessories, fuel cells and other essential components for new energy vehicles.
Our vehicle manufacturing platform will be used to expand the variety and scale of new energy vehicles, including new energy police vehicles, escort vehicles, monitoring vehicles, fire engines, emergency rescue vehicles, logistics vehicles, van, sanitation vehicles and much more.
We will rely on Yuchai New Energy to invest heavily in the construction and professional management of the operation of clean energy power generation projects. This will include the installation of photovoltaic plants, fast charging batteries and power plants.
Guided by our goal of serving the new energy automobile industry chain, we established Yuchai Financial Leasing. This will expand our financing channels and platforms, allowing us to expand our financial leasing, car trading and car after-sales services, among others.
We will rely on Yuchai Logistics Co., Ltd. to build our logistics, warehousing, distribution and terminal businesses. Our goal is to develop our logistics and supply chain financing industrial parks, ultimately building a complete logistics sector chain.
Yuchai has established a marketing management system that integrates product sales, application development, after-sales service and parts monopoly. This system includes more than 3,000 service stations and more than 5,000 parts sales points located throughout the world. These stations and service points offer high quality services to our users.
6. SDEC
Country: China
Founded: 1947
Products: diesel engine
About the company:
(formerly known as Shanghai Diesel Engine Co., Ltd., Shanghai Diesel Engine Factory, Shanghai Wusong Machine Factory, etc.) was founded in 1947 and is now owned by SAIC Motor Corporation.
In 1993, the company was restructured into a state-owned holding company and issued A and B shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. It is now an advanced supplier of diesel engines for a wide range of applications in China, providing customers of commercial vehicles, engineering machinery, agricultural machinery, ships and generator sets at home and abroad with technologically advanced products.
In 2021, the company will realize a new standard of integrated development in the “heavy trucks+diesel engines” industries, implementing a major asset restructuring. The heavy truck business will use the wholly-owned SAIC Hongyan Automobile Co., Ltd. as a platform to actively develop intelligent heavy trucks and new energy heavy trucks, and establish a leading position in these fields by through innovation in new energy, intelligent driving, intelligent networking and other technical fields.
The diesel engine business will continue to position itself as an advanced domestic supplier in a full range of applications, expanding its product line and market segments, increasing its differentiated competitive advantage in new energy and smart grids, and providing technologically advanced products for commercial vehicles, engineering machines, agricultural machines, ships and generator sets at home and abroad.
The company has a nationally certified enterprise technology center and postdoctoral workstation, a standard quality management system for passenger cars, and advanced digital and automated production lines. The company also actively promotes the construction of smart factories.
7. CHANGCAHI
Country: China
Founded: 1913
Products: Medium and small power diesel engine
About the company:
Changchai began operations in 1913 and is one of the earliest professional manufacturers of internal combustion engines in China. It has an annual production capacity of 800,000 diesel engines, 550,000 tons of castings and 2,200,000 gasoline engines. The company specializes in the research, development and production of medium and small power diesel engines.
Changchai Co., Ltd. is a listed company and a national industrial enterprise with a history of more than 100 years. It has A shares and B shares. Changchai has produced more than 30 million diesel engines, which have been exported to 78 countries and regions.
Changchai mainly produces medium and small power diesel engines with a power range of 1.62-117.6 kilowatts. There are more than 1000 varieties and its products are widely used in various areas, such as pickup trucks, light trucks, low-speed trucks, tractors, harvesters, gardening machines, plant protection machines, high-speed plug-in machines, generator sets , engineering machines, cold chains, ships and much more.
The company has an enterprise technology center, a postdoctoral research workstation and a small and medium power internal combustion engine engineering technology research center in Jiangsu Province. Changchai has successfully launched National III, National V electronically controlled non-road diesel engines and National V diesel engines for vehicles using three advanced technology routes, namely high pressure common rail, electrically controlled single pump and electrically controlled VE pump. These engines have been recognized by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China and offer a variety of models.
The application of new technologies has made Changchai products more reliable and economical, fully meeting the requirements of various areas such as transportation vehicles, harvesters, wheel trailers, loaders, plant protection machines and others.
In the field of non-road machinery, Changchai has many multi-cylinder engines that have passed the US EPA and EU CE emission certification, obtaining green licenses to enter the European and American markets, making it competitive in the international market.
Changchai has nearly 40 provincial and municipal high-tech products and has obtained 145 authorized patents at home and abroad, including 14 invention patents.
The company has advanced internal combustion engine manufacturing equipment and technology in China. It has introduced advanced internal combustion engine casting, processing, assembly and testing equipment from the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Austria and other countries.
The application of advanced, modern and intelligent equipment has improved the manufacturing level of Changchai equipment and effectively led and promoted the technical development of the agricultural machinery industry.
Changchai has built a sales and service network covering the entire country of China, with 5 sales business units, 27 sales and service centers and 799 service stations. It is a senior customs certification company, with a perfect diesel engine sales system and service network, and can provide customers with high-quality, efficient and timely services.
8. SAY HOW
Country: China
Founded: 1996
Products: Military equipment and smart energy
About the company:
Founded in 1996, Tellhow is a large-scale enterprise that focuses on industrial development in the field of military equipment/smart energy. It is a company specializing in the field of smart energy and a significant player in the military equipment industry.
was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in July 2002. It is a private company listed in Jiangxi Province with stock code 600590. After years of development and accumulation, the company has established a relatively perfect governance structure. , has formed a complete internal control system and has nearly 40 branches and subsidiaries in Nanchang, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Indonesia, as well as more than 10 high-tech industrial parks.
Since its establishment, the company has continuously improved and upgraded the industrial system, optimized the industrial structure, and concentrated resources to vigorously develop the two major industries of military equipment and intelligent energy.
Tellhow's military equipment business focuses on the development and service of communication command, ship combat auxiliary systems, special power stations and air conditioning, information warfare data platforms and other series of products. Conducts research and application of military science and information technology.
Tellhow's Smart Energy Business focuses on developing products and services of energy informatization, energy Internet of Things, intelligent emergency power supply and intelligent power distribution equipment. It also carries out research and application of new generation energy information technology.
In addition to its focus on industrial development in the field of military equipment and intelligent energy, Tellhow also actively pays attention to M&A opportunities in relevant areas. This strategy has helped make the company a large-scale company in the field of military equipment and a company specializing in the field of smart energy.
In 2019, the company's total assets were nearly 14 billion yuan, the total number of employees was nearly 3,000, and the number of actually authorized patents and copyrights was nearly 2,000.
9. Zonsen Power
Country: China
Founded: 1992
Products: engine
About the company:
Zonsen Industrial Group is a power system integration service provider with motorcycle engines and general power at the core. It is also a professional manufacturing base of thermal power machine products with complete and large-scale varieties in China.
One of the main subsidiaries of Zonsen Industry Group is Chongqing Zonsen Power Machinery Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Zonsen Power”). The company became a listed company on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange through asset restructuring in 2003, with the stock code 001696.
In recent years, the company has adhered to the strategic positioning of “power+” and continued to consolidate and strengthen the dominant position of its two main traditional businesses of motorcycle engines and general aviation. It also accelerated the construction of three major new energy, general aviation and parts platform companies. The company intends to promote its transformation and upgrade from a traditional production company to a “digital, scientific and intelligent” energy system integration service provider.
is a main subsidiary of Zonsen Power and has focused on R&D and manufacturing of motorcycle engines since its founding in 1992. With more than 2,700 employees, the company produces more than 130 varieties and 1,800 specifications of motorcycles. engines ranging from 35CC to 850CC. Its products are sold nationally and internationally in more than 100 countries and regions.
The company has an advanced R&D center and engine production system and is known for its high-quality products in the industry. The company has established a typical domestic automatic coating production line, an automatic engine assembly line, and introduced various sophisticated inspection and detection equipment to significantly improve the quality of engine products.
In 2017, the company invested tens of millions of RMB to build the first Industry 4.0 intelligent production line in the engine industry, which went into production in September 2018, further improving the consistency and product quality of Zonsen engines.
Zonsen Engine has established itself as a specialized Chinese company focused on the industry and sustainable growth of motorcycle power through more than two decades of intensive cultivation in the motorcycle engine business.
The company has implemented a high-standard management method and lean production, gaining high recognition from the industry and society. Zonsen Engine's products cover a wide range from 35CC to 850CC, more than 130 varieties and more than 1,800 specifications. Its product sales network covers the entire country and exports to more than 100 countries and regions.
In 2004, Zonsen Engine collaborated with the renowned European motorcycle manufacturer and scooter ancestor, Italy Biagio Group, to introduce Biagio power products and successfully localize them, gaining high recognition from Biagio and the international market. This international cooperation has also injected continuous energy into the company's multidirectional innovation. The company passed 1S09001 quality system certification, ISO14000 and OHSAS18000 system certification and integrated them into one in 2006, further increasing management efficiency.
Zonsen Engine is an innovative and successful company in China's motorcycle industry.
With the Zonsen National Technology Center and continuous investment in equipment and personnel, the company's R&D and design level has always been at the forefront in China.
The power of the Jinzhan series heavy-duty tricycle, the special power of the NC450 sports off-road vehicle, TC380R, ZS650 and other double-cylinder large-displacement power are new heights in China's motorcycle power technological advancements.
Zonsen Engine Company has accumulated nearly 600 invention patents, utility model patents and appearance patents.
10. LIFAN
Country: China
Founded: 1992
Products : Cars, motorcycles and engines
About the company:
Lifan was founded in 1992 and listed in 2010 (stock code: 601777). It is a large company that integrates research and development, production and marketing of automobiles, motorcycles, engines and machines in general, with a strategic focus on the new energy industry.
The company currently holds 10,436 authorized patents and employs more than 5,170 people, with more than 1,985 people having university education or higher.
Lifan has been selected as one of the top 500 Chinese companies for 13 consecutive years and has remained at the forefront of the automotive and motorcycle industry in Chongqing for many years.
On November 25, 2010, the company was successfully listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
