10月，英國KHL集團(tuán)旗下世界知名高空作業(yè)平臺雜志《Access International》發(fā)布了專訪柳工董事長&CEO曾光安的文章。該文介紹了柳工MEWP（移動式升降工作平臺）領(lǐng)域的規(guī)劃與發(fā)展，宏觀地分析了國內(nèi)外升降工作平臺的發(fā)展趨勢。曾董從柳工的技術(shù)與產(chǎn)能、市場環(huán)境及行業(yè)發(fā)展、制造商與租賃公司的情況等方面，詳盡剖析了當(dāng)前MEWP的市場格及潛在問題，同時展現(xiàn)了柳工在該行業(yè)的發(fā)展藍(lán)圖與雄心壯志。Emerging GiantCompared to some other Chinese manufacturers, many of which are themselves relatively new to the access industry, LiuGong’s MEWP division is still in its infancy - yet its ambitions are strong.As Zeng Guang’an, the chairman and CEO of Guangxi Liugong Machinery, explains, the company’s access division was officially started at the beginning of last year, with a move to the company’s Zhenjiang manufacturing facility, where it has traditionally built skid steers and backhoe loaders.In fact, LiuGong has produced access equipment for a number of years but until now it was part of the crane product division.The new division currently incorporates 4m to 14m scissors, launched last year, and 14m to 24m platform height articulated boom lifts; one of them being diesel engine-powered, and six telescopic booms from 20m to 32m platform height; four of them being diesel.Indeed, the company’s main focus will be scissors and booms going forward, although it has introduced a vehicle mount division, which is taking a back seat at present.To meet its ambitions, the company installed separate state-of-the-art robotic lines for its scissors and booms and now manufactures much of the products in-house, including the chassis frames and boom elements.“We are quite new compared to some other producers in China and of course Europe and America but we are not new in technology or manufacturing.We are very strong in R&D systems and very experienced in manufacturing of course, and we have a very strong ma
