SANY Heavy Industry released its 2020 annual report. Last year, SANY's total 
sales revenue reached 15.14 billion USD with 31.29% year-on-year growth. Total 
assets increased to 19.25 billion USD, and net assets attributable to 
shareholders of the public company were 8.62 billion USD. 

Continuous growth in core competencies  

The report revealed that the SANY excavator achieved a sales revenue of 5.721 
billion USD, an increase of 35.85% year-on-year, ranking at the top of the 
Chinese market for 10 consecutive years. Excavator production in 2020 exceeded 
90,000 units, the most among all manufacturers globally. Meanwhile, SANY 
concrete machinery maintained its position as the world's leading brand with 
4.124 billion USD in sales revenue, a 16.6% year-on-year increase, and SANY 
hoisting machinery, the top brand in China, hit 2.959 billion USD in sales 
revenue, a 38.84% year-on-year increase. In addition, SANY piling machinery 
grew in sales revenue by 41.9% year-on-year to 1.04 billion USD, retaining its 
position as the top brand in China. As for road machinery, sales revenues 
increased by 30.59% to 430 million USD, with the domestic market share of SANY 
pavers maintaining its number one rank and that of graders and rollers enjoying 
a clear improvement. 

Improvements in operating capacity 

The net profits attributable to shareholders reached 2.35 billion USD, 
achieving a 36.25% year-on-year growth. The period costs, including those on 
sales, administration, research and development, and financial affairs, dropped 
by 1.84%. The company made concrete steps in improving its risk management 
capability as the overdue loans ratio continued to decrease and cash flow 
increased by 12.45% to 2.04 billion USD. While the inventory turnover was 4.17 
times/year in 2020, 0.23 more than that of 2019, the receivables turnover fell 
to 80 days from 120 days in 2019.

Progress in digital transformation

Among SANY's flagship factories, technologies such as vision recognition, 
process simulation and heavy-duty robotics were widely applied to boost 
productivity and cut labor costs. The levels of standardization, digitization, 
automation and intelligence were significantly improved upon in key business 
processes. Integrated operating software was introduced to interconnect all 
links in business including manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, R&D, and 
marketing and sales. Ten new electrically powered products have rolled off the 
line including excavators, cranes, truck mixers, dump trucks and road 
machinery. Self-driving technology, remote control, intelligent operation, big 
data analysis and 5G became new elements in product design.  

Moves on internationalization 

The year 2020, hit by the pandemic, saw a 27% reduction in the global market 
for construction machinery. However, SANY's global businesses maintained a 
steady growth in the context of the pandemic, achieving an increase of 3% in 
year-on-year sales topping 2.4 billion USD. A major growth of over 30% was seen 
in the overseas market share of SANY excavators, especially in North America, 
Europe, India and Southeast Asia. Progress was made in the development of 
overseas market channels, overseas service capability, global dealer networks 
and overseas service and spare parts supply system.

Remarkable results in R&D and innovation

Incentive policies were introduced to facilitate technical innovations on all 
product lines. In 2020, R&D investments increased by 33.2% to 954 million USD, 
accounting for 6.3% of the company's total annual revenue. The number of R&D 
employees reached 5,346, a 69% increase over 2019. By the end of 2020, SANY had 
applied for 10,278 patents and authorized 7,613, more than any other single 
company in China in 2020. Some representative new products include: 

The super-large excavators SY870, SY980 and SY1250 
The new-generation product line of intelligent excavators 
The 4,000 t crawler crane SCC40000A 
Moving forward, SANY remains committed to its motto, "Quality changes the 
world". SANY will spare no effort to increase value for customers through its 
brand, products, marketing, and service and will continue to defend its 
position in the highly competitive international market. All SANY executives 
and employees will continue making the utmost effort to make SANY a world-class 
leader in the manufacturing industry.

Source: SANY Group

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