[China's automotive engineering industry wins bid for forklift project in Thailand] Recently, China Automotive Industry Engineering Co., Ltd. (CAE) successfully won the bid for the general contracting project of industrial vehicle assembly and lithium battery pack production of Heli Industrial Vehicles (Thailand) Co., Ltd. The project is located in the second phase of Longyan Industrial Park in Chumphon, Thailand, with a construction area of nearly 50000 square meters. The main construction contents include joint factory buildings 1-3, battery workshops, comprehensive station buildings, and related supporting facilities. After the completion of the project, it will have an annual production capacity of 10000 forklifts and 10000 sets of power batteries. This winning bid marks the recognition of the general contracting strength of Chinese enterprises in the field of industrial vehicle manufacturing in Southeast Asia, demonstrating the competitive advantage of Chinese manufacturing in the integrated output of the vehicle and new energy industry chain. Editor/Yang Beihua

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• 2026.04.03 16:07
• [The domestically produced largest diameter hard rock TBM is offline]
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• 2026.04.03 15:53
• [China Kazakhstan's $125 million large order landed]
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