Balance Technology and Market—LiuGong Holds Global Construction Machinery Technology Forum in Liuzhou

LiuGong’s “Global Construction Machinery Technology Forum” was successfully held today in LiuGong’s newly opened Global Research & Development Centre. Nearly 300 distinguished guests from government officials, industry and association leaders, experts and scholars, internationally renowned component manufacturers, leading dealers and customers of LiuGong, media, etc. gathered to participate in the forum. The forum fully displayed the inexhaustible innovation energy of LiuGong and allowed for a platform to discuss the industry and its technology. 

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In recent years, the global construction machinery industry has experienced a slow recovery and a new period of adjustment has approached, global customers have paid more and more attention to energy saving, efficiency promotion, emission reduction, safety, and easy maintenance of construction equipment. Now the problems facing the industry are how to change the mindset of R&D to adapt to the ever-changing market demand and anticipate opportunities in the next round of competition. 

To accelerate the innovative upgrade and independent innovation of the construction equipment industry, LiuGong held the Global Construction Machinery Technology Development Forum and attached great importance to technological trends and innovation. At the Forum, the discussion was mainly focused on the topics of “Age of Big Data and the Opportunities and Challenges Brought by Industry 4.0”, “Global Trend of Construction Machinery Market”, “Technologies and Solutions to Cope with Emission Regulations Around the World”, “Energy Saving and Efficiency Improving Strategies of Construction Machinery Drive System”, and “Future Development Trend of Construction Machinery Hydraulic System". 

The speakers for the forum included: David Phillips, Managing Director Off-Highway Research; Li Peigen, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; Hermann Beck, Senior Executive Vice President, Industrial Technology Division, ZF Friedrichshafen AG; Sun Bo, Deputy Director of Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration; David Beatenbough, Vice President of LiuGong; Peng Lixin, Vice President of Cummins; Peter Dschida, Senior Vice President Sales of Bosch Rexroth AG; Wang Guiqing, Vice Chairman of China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products.