Yutong


Yutong is a Chinese manufacturer of commercial vehicles, especially electric buses, headquartered in Zhengzhou, Henan. Yutong also covers areas of construction machinery, real estate, and other investment businesses. As of 2016 it was the largest bus manufacturer in the world by sales volume.

Background

Yutong has four manufacturing bases for conventional buses, new energy buses, special vehicles and parts and components, and has the largest single plant of bus manufacturing in the world. As of 2018, Yutong has formed a complete 5m-18m product lineup consisting of over 140 series of buses and coaches. From 2005 to 2017, Yutong buses have been exported to many countries and regions, like France, UK, Australia, South Africa, Cuba, Venezuela, and Chile. In 2017, its sales volume of large and medium-sized buses reached 67,268 units, among them 24,865 units are new energy buses. Yutong has sold in over 30 countries and regions such as France, UK, Australia, Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Macau, Taiwan and so on with a market share of over 30% in China and over 15% in the world with more than 210 chartered service companies and over 330 authorized service outlets.

History

The company was established in 1963 as the Zhengzhou Bus Repair Factory.
Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. is a large-scale modern manufacturing company specialized in the R&D, manufacturing and sales of bus products. Its main plant is located in the Yutong Industrial Park in Guancheng Hui District, Zhengzhou, and covers an area of 1.12 million square meters. The new energy bus plant of Yutong Bus which was put into operation in 2012 covers an area of over 1.33 million square meters and has an annual production capacity of 30,000 units.
In 2016 with the collaboration of a Pakistani heavy vehicle manufacturing company Master Motors, Yutong started a manufacturing plant at Port Qasim in Karachi where buses are manufactured under the brand name Yutong-Master. In August 2017, the venture manufactured their 200th bus. Both of the companies are planning to export buses of European standard manufactured in Pakistan to Middle Eastern and South Asian markets.

Products

Yutong Heavy Industries

Another core part of the Yutong Group is Yutong Heavy Industries, a manufacturer of construction equipment formed in 2003, and with about 3,500 employees and more than 120 products.

Products

Yutong has already provided transportation services to a number of events at home and abroad like the Beijing Olympic Games, Shanghai World Expo, Belt and Road Forum, China-Africa Cooperation Forum, APEC conference, World Economic Forum, G20 Summit and other international events.

Export milestones

In total Yutong exported more than 57,000 buses and coaches. Here are some export milestones of Yutong:
  1. In 2005, Yutong exported 400 buses to Cuba, which was the largest export order of China's bus industry at that time.
  2. In 2006, Yutong exported 630 buses to Cuba again.
  3. In 2007, Yutong signed a 5,348-unit order with Cuba.
  4. In 2009, Yutong exported 175 ZK6118HGA city buses to Kuwait.
  5. In 2010, Yutong signed an agreement of 202 double-decker buses with the Macedonian government in Skopje.
  6. In 2010, Yutong signed a 490-unit order with Ghana, following the 250-unit order signed with Ghana in 2008.
  7. In 2011, Yutong signed a 1,216-unit procurement contract with the Venezuelan Ministry of Transport to help them establish and complete the first BRT system in Venezuela.
  8. In 2012, Yutong signed an SKD order of over 100 units with Ethiopia, and in 2014, Yutong signed a CKD order of over 200 units with Ethiopia again.
  9. In 2012, a Yutong tourist coach has entered the Israeli market for the first time.
  10. In 2013, Yutong delivered 300 LNG city buses to Peru.
  11. In 2013, Yutong signed a 160-unit order with the Philippines.
  12. In 2013, Yutong delivered over 300 buses to Israel, which hit a record high in the bus import history of the country.
  13. In 2014, Yutong got a 1,500-unit bus order from Venezuela.
  14. In 2015, Yutong got an order of 1,833 units from Cuba and signed a KD contract of 2,300 buses with Venezuela.
  15. In 2015, Yutong was invited to attend the 23rd annual conference of FNTV. In addition, Yutong was also involved in the “BUS 2025” program of RATP and provided a full electric bus for trial operation, which was also showcased at the UN Climate Change Conference.
  16. In 2016, Yutong signed the Cooperative Framework Agreement on Cuban Public Transport Improvement & Bus Capacity Enhancement Program.
  17. In 2016, Yutong successfully delivered 110 buses to Bulgaria.
  18. By the end of 2017, Yutong totally delivered more than 3,000 buses and coaches to France, UK, Israel and other countries that applied European standards.
  19. In 2017, 500 units of Yutong natural gas, city buses were delivered to Yangon, the capital city of Myanmar.