Zoomlion: Global Benchmark Heavy Machinery Company

Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Development Co. Ltd. is a manufacturer of advanced technologies used in infrastructure constructions. Zoomlion is a public company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Since the company’s founding in 1992, Zoomlion has maintained its annual growth rate of 65% to become the world’s fastest growing construction equipment enterprise. Zoomlion also has the most complete product lines of construction machineries – 13 categories with 86 series, for more than 800 varieties of products.

Zoomlion has a capitalization of RMB 7 billion. Its sub-operations contributed RMB 85 billion in revenues in 2011 with tax payments amounting RMB 12 billon. These achievements placed Zoomlion 7^th in the world in the construction equipment industry.

Research is at the forefront of everything Zoomlion does. It continuously pushes forward with reforms. The company is responsible for institutionalizing a mechanism with the principle “research supporting the industry and the industry financing the research”. The principle became a model for all the state-owned enterprises in their restructuring. Its expansions were fueled by acquisitions and reorganizations through the company’s active participation in many state-owned reforms, transformations and reorganizations so that new mechanisms and technologies may be implemented in the old enterprise. Zoomlion was able to achieve both social and economic benefits that made the company a benchmark for the reformation of state-owned enterprise.

The company is the proud owner of over 2,400 local and over 200 international patents. Among the most notable projects that Zoomlion has undertaken are the Large Mobile Cranes Research and Industrial Development, the Hoisting Truck Safety Monitoring and Early Warning Applications Development, and the Construction Machinery Electrical Systems Electromagnetic Compatibility Key Technologies Research. Zoomlion has over thirty other local and international science and technology projects.

Zoomlion is the first Chinese engineering machinery company to integrate overseas resources into the industry. It has adopted a capital leverage that integrates excellent quality assets on a worldwide scale which resulted in rapid international expansions and built a global manufacturing, marketing and service network. Zoomlion has had nine local and international acquisitions and mergers.

New Manifestations of Success

When Google initially established, it served as an avenue to better navigate the ever-proliferating landscape of the Internet. It quickly beat out other search engines with a method that proved intuitive and efficient and helped people shape their online activities into more efficient uses of time. Today, the super corporation remains the go-to for search, but its imagination and ingenuity expanded into other markets, as well.

As Managing Director of Agency Development in North America with Google, seasoned new media professional Torrence Boone assist the firm in maintaining its reputation for innovation in all things net. He oversees a team that works alongside creative agencies to produce campaigns and products that render the formerly traditional realm of advertising interactive and client-specific. Boone maintains relationships with firms throughout the continent as they continuously conduct research to better understand their audience and executive campaigns to connect with them. As a leader in this regard, he embraces the relationship between the Internet and marketing and, ultimately, a niche that undergoes near-constant shifts in definition.

Boone commands a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He embarked on his professional path as a Manager with Bain & Company in Boston, where he employed skill in mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategies, and creative consultancy campaigns. Torrence Boone later acted as Vice President and General Manager of Avenue A (now Razorfish), a client services venture in New York City; President of digital media firm Digitas Boston; and CEO of Enfatico, an international agency responsible for the marketing needs of corporations including Dell. Through the celebration of evolving media and a passion for communications, Torrence Broome secured a reputation as one the industry’s noted leaders.

LeGrand: Creating Electrical System Solutions that Make Modern Life Better

LeGrand is an industrial group that leads the world in the production of electrical installation systems and information networks. In 2011, this French company led the world in switches and sockets with a global market share of 20%, and cable management with a global market share f 15%. Seventy-five percent of LeGrand’s revenues are contributed by international operations.

The roots of LeGrand can be traced to a porcelain workshop located in Limoges, France. Originally, the company was founded to produce porcelain dishes. In 1904, Frédéric Legrand took over the company and gave it a new name.

Legrand partnered with a Limoges-based artisan named Jean Mondot in 1919. The partnership started producing electrical switches made of woodbox and porcelain.

Later, LeGrand diversified to electrical equipment production. At that time, porcelain was the best electrical insulation material because plastics were not yet available.

A fire broke into the LeGrand factory. After the company recovered from the fire, the company began to concentrate on producing electrical switches and sockets. New products were also produced such as circuit breakers and fuse holders. Cable management products were also produced, along emergency lighting systems.

LeGrand had 120 acquisitions 150,000 product lines, 70 bases, and operations n 180 countries.

Sany Group: Chinese Technology Beyond Limits

It just started as a small welding shop in 1989. Now, Sany Group has grown to be a global company that produces heavy equipment and machineries such as wind turbines, port machineries, road construction equipment, pile driving machineries, cranes, excavators and other concrete machineries. Sany Group was founded by Yuan Jinhua, Mao Zhongwu, Tang Xiuguo and Liang Wengen.

Sany Group operates five industrial parks located in China, five manufacturing bases equipped with R&D facilities in Indonesia, Brazil, India, Germany and the US, and 21 sales distributors worldwide. The company employs close to 50,000 workers in over 150 countries worldwide.

The Group was listed by Financial Times among the world’s most valuable companies in its July 2011 list of FT Global 500. With a capitalization of $21.5 billion, the company was ranked 431^st. Sany became the first Chinese machineries and equipment company to make it to the FT Global 500 list.

Sany believes that the top priority for doing business is quality. Yearly, the Group spends about 5% to 7% of its revenues in R&D efforts. In fact, Sany attributes its expansion into wind energy machineries, excavators, pile drivers, port hoisting equipment and concrete road machineries to R&D.

In 2007, Sany made it to the Guinness Book of World Records twice when it developed concrete pump truck with the longest booms (66 meters and 72 meters). The record showed that China leads the technology of concrete pumping. Sany began mass-producing its concrete pump with the longest boom, so far, on September 19, 2011. It showed that the concrete pumping technology is limitless.

Aside from innovation, Sany is also committed to the best well-rounded and efficient service. This commitment is evidently shown by 15 logistics centers and warehouses of spare parts around the world.

Sany uses its advantages to advance and help build a better world.

Thermo Fisher Scientific: World Leader in Serving Science

Thermo Fisher Scientific leads the world in enabling its customers to contribute in making the world safer, healthier and cleaner. The company caters to clinical laboratories, medical schools, research groups, government agencies, environmental institutions, process control industries, biotech companies, pharmaceutical companies and hospitals.

The company was founded in 2006 when Thermo Electron and Fisher Scientific merged together. Thermo Electron was established by George Hatsopoulos in 1956. It was created to provide analytical and lab products and services. Chester Fisher founded Fisher Scientific in 1902 to provide lab equipment, chemical supplies, and services to healthcare professionals, educational institutions and researchers for use in scientific research.

The most recognizable brands of the company are the Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific. Other brands operated by the company are Pierce Protein Research, Cole-Parmer, Cellomics and Nalgene.

The company’s most notable operations are in the US and Europe. Annual revenues are reported at $12 billion. Thermo Fisher Scientific employs approximately 39,000 employees.

Atlas Copco: “First in Mind, First in Choice.”

Atlas Copco leads the world in providing solutions for industrial productivity. Among its products and services are air treatment systems, expanders, compressors, power tools, assembly systems, mining equipments and construction tools and equipments.

The company has operations in over 20 countries. In 2011, the company reported revenues of SEK 81 billion when its employees totaled 37,500 worldwide. The company’s products are sold under different brand names through a network reaching over 170 countries. One half of this network is serviced by either partly or wholly owned service centers.

Atlas Copco has a simple vision: First in mind, first in choice. Such a vision statement has inspired the company to lead both in mind and business and to set a standard of innovation that far exceeds what the market expects.

Every Atlas Copco brand promises a commitment to sustainable productivity. The promise drives the company to deliver lasting results while committing to responsible use of capital, natural and human resources. The foundation of Atlas Copco for doing business is increasing productivity. With faster delivery, efficient use of energy, and safer ergonomic, the result is always increased productivity. The next level is to sustain increasing productivity. Each Atlas Copco client should know that productivity extends to more years from now. Sustained productivity starts from making the right choice today.

In order to achieve the vision of “first in mind, first in choice”, Atlas Copco believes in acquired and organic growth. Expansion is possible through acquisition of brands and channels that link to the market. However, organic growth should always be considered: opening new sites for geographical expansion, deep penetration of markets, and continuous launching of new products.

To keep its hold of the markets, Atlas Copco has also strengthened its after sales services which include training, maintenance, parts, and consumables. The after sales markets have contributed a lot towards the achievement of stable revenues, growth potential, profit potential and optimized business opportunities.

Emerson: Best Technology for the World

Emerson is a technology and manufacturing company that offers diverse products and services in consumer, industrial and commercial markets. Its core businesses include residential and commercial solutions, climate technologies, network power, industrial automation and process management.

The company is known worldwide for its capabilities in engineering and excellence in management. The company operates over 235 factories worldwide and is home for more than 133,000 employees.

As a Fortune 500 company, Emerson is known as the largest manufacturer of power equipments in the US. What started as a producer of electric fans in 1892 has expanded to produce power tools, electric dental drills and sewing machines. Emerson also ventured to manufacture airplane armaments during the World War II.

Emerson’s contribution to the wellbeing of the world cannot be ignored. The company continues to innovate through extensive research and development projects to keep on making the lives of millions of people better.