In today's global hydraulic industry facing green and intelligent transformation, how can century old hydraulic brands turn around brilliantly? On October 18th, at the Shandong Heavy Industry Weichai Power Global Partner Conference, Weichai Hydraulic, with 121 years of technological accumulation, completed a profound brand transformation and officially switched from "Linde Hydraulic" to "LHY". This is not only a name change, but also a comprehensive brand strategy upgrade. This "globalization transformation" marks the identity change of the enterprise from "component manufacturer" to "overall solution provider".

The innovation of LHY brand logo is not just a superficial effort to replace the logo, but contains profound strategic significance. The "L" continues the classic wavy design, reflecting the inheritance of Linde's century old technological genes; HY "comes from the first two letters of" Hydraulics ", which clearly defines the positioning of the core business of hydraulics; The newly added 'Powertrain' marks the strategic transformation of the enterprise towards becoming a provider of powertrain system solutions. The new brand embodies Germany's rigorous craftsmanship spirit and China's system innovation capability, covering a complete product system from core hydraulic components to hydraulic power assemblies. Its business scope is widely applicable to diverse scenarios such as construction machinery, agricultural equipment, material handling, port logistics, and high-end manufacturing, providing comprehensive services to global customers in Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, and other regions.

With this update, LHY is committed to becoming a high-end hydraulic powertrain system solution supplier with core technology in all fields, enhancing its competitiveness in the global hydraulic market. Currently, the construction machinery market, which holds a significant share in the global economy, is experiencing a wave of electrification transformation. Faced with industry changes, LHY breaks through the boundaries of traditional hydraulic business and extends to more comprehensive and forward-looking areas of electrification and new product solutions.

Relying on Weichai Group's advantages in battery and motor resources, LHY deeply integrates hydraulic and electric drive technologies, launches a green distributed excavator solution, and improves the overall efficiency of the excavator to 57%, far exceeding the industry average level; Forward looking layout of electric intelligent hydraulic system, efficiently assisting the industry's green and low-carbon transformation; The pre research of ECVT technology with synchronous advancement is expected to achieve a dual leap in transmission efficiency and control accuracy; The new generation main pump CPR-D focuses on comprehensive improvement of NVH, efficiency, cost, and reliability; The new generation main valve OCVE-02, which focuses on reducing pressure loss and enhancing fuel efficiency, will continue to lead the industry's technological iteration direction. Moreover, in the field of agricultural equipment, the CVT powertrain solution brings significant benefits to tractors, such as a 15% increase in operating efficiency and a 10% reduction in fuel consumption.

Such comprehensive and cutting-edge system solutions also benefit from LHY's deep integration development model of "two countries and three regions", covering the entire chain of research and development, production, procurement, sales, quality control, etc., which is also the core support of its globalization strategy.

In terms of R&D layout, the German Aschaffenburg Hydraulic team focuses on mature hydraulic technology iteration, the Aachen Innovation Center tackles cutting-edge technology, and the Chinese Weichai Hydraulic Transmission R&D Center is committed to market application transformation and localization adaptation. The diversified R&D system enables LHY to have both local and international advantages, integrate global smart resources, form collaborative innovation effects, and better respond to the diverse needs of the global market.

In practical operation, this model has achieved significant results. Taking the bending shaft motor produced by Weifang factory as an example, the product not only meets domestic demand, but also successfully radiates to the Asia Pacific market and is sold back to Europe and America. Moreover, localized production has cost advantages.

This achievement fully demonstrates the international competitiveness of LHY products and the success of its global strategy. As a new unified brand image, the release of LHY is not only a symbol, but also a global commitment. Whether the products come from China or Germany, they all follow the same set of top-notch technical standards, quality systems, and brand commitments, truly achieving the integration of China and Germany, East West collaboration, and global operation.

This brand switch is an important measure for LHY to build an international development pattern and an important brand strategy upgrade. In the next five years, LHY plans to increase global sales from 2 billion yuan to 5 billion yuan, and increase the global market share of high-end hydraulic components from 3% to 5%. We believe that this brand will continue to uphold the concept of openness, cooperation, and win-win, bringing more global innovation and breakthroughs to the industry.