A 90 second offline engine: the "gold content" of global power leaders
What can be done in 90 seconds? After listening to a prelude to popular music and watching a short video; Alternatively, take down an engine.
In Weichai Group's No. 2 factory, intelligent transport vehicles loaded with parts shuttle between production lines, and various robots are arranged in an orderly manner on both sides of the road. These robots are responsible for sequentially installing complex components onto the engine body with precision and speed. If you stand at the end of the production line, you will find that every 90 seconds, an engine goes offline.
On December 10th, global customers and partners from nearly 40 countries and regions gathered at Weichai Group's 2025 Global Partner Conference. This enterprise demonstrates its "gold content" as a global leader in the power industry to customers and partners worldwide through its strong technological innovation capabilities.
Li Mingyu is the Business Development Manager of Pinnacle Marine, a Singaporean shipbuilder, which produces approximately 70% of Singapore's small boats. Previously, we mostly used European products. Since three years ago, we have been using Weichai engines, "said Li Mingyu. It takes 9 to 10 months to obtain goods from European suppliers, but Weichai Group's supply period has been compressed to three months. Along with timely supply, Weichai Group's excellent engine performance and thoughtful after-sales service have established a good reputation in Singapore.
In the context of net zero emissions in the shipping industry, shipbuilders like Pinnacle Marine are paying more attention to reliable clean energy engines. On October 10th of this year, China Classification Society Singapore Branch signed a four party research cooperation agreement with Weichai Singapore Limited, Nanyang Technological University Marine Energy and Sustainability Research Center, and Singapore Pinnacle Marine in Singapore. This project is the development and joint testing of B100 biofuel ship power, relying on ships in Singapore port waters to conduct a 1000 hour continuous operation test of biodiesel (B100). Li Mingyu revealed that they have placed an order and expect to conduct shipbuilding tests early next year.
The cooperation with Pinnacle Marine is not only a typical example of Weichai Group's exploration of clean energy power forms, but also a microcosm of its strategic breakthrough in Southeast Asia.
Taking the marine power market as an example, based on the traditional market share of over 60%, Weichai Group has expanded its marine engine product layout to 21 series. At present, the market for marine transportation equipment power products has more than 130000 units, covering over 20 market sectors and serving more than 34 countries and regions worldwide. Data shows that in 2024, Weichai Group's engine export quantity and revenue are expected to increase by 8% and 13% year-on-year, respectively. Especially for data center power generation products in high-end markets such as Europe, America, and Southeast Asia, export revenue is expected to increase nearly six times year-on-year.
Nowadays, Weichai Group has achieved the world's top sales of heavy-duty power systems, top three global sales of energy and power systems, and top three global sales of medium speed marine power systems. How did Weichai achieve high growth above a large base?
The most important thing is their hard power in technological innovation. After 78 years of development, this enterprise has accumulated profound research and development capabilities, and can build a competitive product indicator system based on the characteristics of different segmented markets around the world. Among them, the high-end power testing base dedicated to the research and development of large bore engines is globally leading. Moreover, Weichai Group has eight manufacturing bases worldwide and has established three supply chain centers overseas, with a service network covering over 150 countries and regions.
At present, the global ownership of Weichai Group's engines has exceeded 6.5 million units, with overseas ownership exceeding 1.2 million units.
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