China National Heavy Duty Truck Group

China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd.
中国重型汽车集团有限公司

Company type	State-owned enterprise
Industry	Truck manufacturing and sales
Founded	1935 (1935)
Founder	Kuomintang government of the Republic of China
Headquarters	Jinan, Shandong , China
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Ma Chunji
Products	Trucks
Revenue	110,049,530,000 renminbi (2018)
Owner	Chinese Central Government
Parent	The SASAC
Divisions	Zongtong Bus, Luye, Keytrans, Wuyue, Sinotruck Huawin, Yunqaing, Sinotruck King, Howman, Huánghé,
Subsidiaries	Sinotruk (Hong Kong) (51%)
Website	www.cnhtc.com.cn

China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd., CNHTC or Sinotruk Group is a Chinese state-owned truck manufacturer headquartered in Jinan, Shandong province.¹ It is currently the third largest truck manufacturer in Mainland China. It is known for developing and manufacturing China's first heavy duty truck - "Huanghe" (黄河, lit. Yellow River) JN150.

CNHTC was founded in 1935 by Kuomintang Government of the Republic of China era on the basis of Jinan Automobile Works. It started developing heavy-duty trucks in 1956, with its first truck modeled after Škoda 706 RT. In 1984, Jinan Automobile Works began to produce Steyr 91 with technology imported from Steyr-Daimler-Puch. Since the reform and restructure in 2001, the company has got rid of the operating losses for previous years.

Most of the group assets was now listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in 2007, as a Hong Kong-incorporated company, Sinotruk (Hong Kong).² Another subsidiary (subsidiary of Sinotruk (Hong Kong)), Sinotruk Jinan Truck (SZSE:000951), was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

After the collaboration with Steyr, Sinotruk had done collaboration with Volvo Trucks (which terminated around 2009), sold under the Howo nameplate,³⁴ and later, collaboration with MAN AG, sold under Sitrak nameplate.⁵

Some Howo model like Howo 7 series uses Volvo FL10 derived cabin,⁶ others like Howo A7 uses Volvo FH derived cabin.⁷ Sitrak models on the other hand, uses MAN TGA derived technology.⁸

In October 2019, Shandong Heavy Industry became the controlling shareholder of "China National Heavy Duty Truck Group", acquiring a 45% stake.⁹

Sinotruk sells trucks in various South American countries. They came to Brazil in response to a group of businessmen with experience in the transportation industry. Sinotruk has sold 2,000 vehicles thus far. Sinotruk began building their first plant outside China in 2013 with an initial investment of more than 300 million dollars. Its location will be in Lages, Brazil.

Sinotruk entered India in 2014 with an order of 60 Howo dump trucks¹⁰ and in 2015 Sinotruk partnered with a Hyderabad-based company to set up assembly plant in India they planned to set up a plant in Maharashtra or Telangana.¹¹ In 2018 Sinotruk launched HOWO Mine King a 98-ton GVW 6x4 dump truck with a 12.4 liter diesel engine based on MAN producing 480hp supported by an Allison 4600 ORS automatic transmission.¹²

Sinotruk also produces trucks in Pakistan through a joint venture with Dysin Automobiles.¹³

They are also active in the Philippines as well since 2011 through dealership, selling light and heavy trucks.¹⁴¹⁵

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  A 6x6 Sinotruk Howo truck in use in Russia
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  A 10x10 Sinotruk Howo truck in use in Iran
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  Howo Sinotruk 380 tractor truck in Jamaica (front fascia inspired by Mercedes Benz Actros, but using Volvo FL10 derived cabin)
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  Howo A7 model, cabin from Volvo FH
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  A Sitrak C5H 280 postal truck in Beijing, technology from MAN TGA
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  A Sitrak C7H truck in Beijing
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  Howo ZZ6186GBEVQ2 articulated bus manufactured by CNHTC

• Howo S6 commercial - mid-size pickup truck
• Howo S7 city - mid-size pickup truck
• Howo S9 offroad - mid-size pickup truck
• Howo EV - mid-size pickup truck¹⁶