About Yuchai

About Yuchai.

Yuchai was founded in 1951 and headquartered in Yulin City, Guangxi, China. It currently employs 16,000+ people and has consistently ranked among China’s Top 500 Enterprises and China’s Top 500 Manufacturing Enterprises. The group has one subsidiary listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) .​ Yuchai Equipment Technology Co., Ltd., the group’s manufacturer in charge of the construction machinery sector, hit a key milestone in 1989 by becoming the first Chinese manufacturer to produce mini-excavators. Building on this breakthrough.

1951

Founded in

16000+

Employees

70+

Manufacturing Experience

6Times

National Science and Technology Award

180+

Sales Countries and Regions

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Yuchai Equipment Technology

Company Overview

Founded in 1989, Yuchai Equipment is among China's earliest compact excavator manufacturers — and the first Chinese manufacturer to export compact mini excavators to Germany (1990). With 37 years of specialized manufacturing and international export experience, our compact equipment now reaches contractors and rental fleets across more than 100 countries and regions worldwide.

As the core compact equipment manufacturing arm of Yuchai Group, we have been recognized as a National High-tech Enterprise and designated as a Key High-tech Enterprise under the National Torch Program. We are ISO 9001 certified, hold more than 400 national patents, and fully comply with global safety and performance standards — including the authoritative European CE certification and CU-TR certification for Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.

Products

Our compact excavator lineup spans 1 to 8 tons, available in both conventional and zero-tail-swing configurations, delivering proven, reliable performance recognized by markets worldwide.

Core Products

Full Product Range

Why Choose Yuchai Equipment?

Yuchai Equipment — 37 years of compact excellence, trusted by contractors on every continent.

Why Choose Yuchai Equipment

Why Choose Yuchai Equipment

37 Years. Focused on Compact Equipment

Since 1989, we have done one thing — designing, manufacturing, and continuously refining compact construction machinery. Across 10 generations of machines, every excavator you operate is backed by an engineering team that has spent nearly four decades solving real problems on real job sites.


Why Choose Yuchai Equipment

Why Choose Yuchai Equipment

Proven in Every Corner of the World

From the heat of Southeast Asia to the cold of Northern Europe, from the high altitudes of the Andes to the dust-filled air of the Middle East — our equipment has been put to the test in the world's most demanding operating conditions. A presence spanning 100+ countries is the ultimate testament to our engineering.



Why Choose Yuchai Equipment

Why Choose Yuchai Equipment

Multi-dimensional Services You Can Count On

Yuchai Equipment offers a warranty of up to 5 years or 5,000 operating hours. We back that up with a 24/7 online support team, elite field engineers who can travel on-site to resolve issues, and a network of local dealers — a three-tier service system built around your uptime.



Why Choose Yuchai Equipment

Built Beyond the Standard

Every machine that leaves our facility is built to ISO 9001 quality management standards, CE Machinery Directive requirements, and CU-TR certification standards. Our 400+ active patents are not just a number — they are proof of our ability to set the benchmark, not simply meet it.

Development Path

2025

Two brand-new electric excavators, the Y20E electric excavator and Y60E electric excavator

2024

Guangxi Yuchai Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. completed the official brand upgrade and changed its registered name to Guangxi Yuchai Equipment Technology Co., Ltd. The company held a global launch event for its full lineup of new energy products in 2024.

2022

1. A new generation of forestry equipment upgraded to market in 2022; 2. The first electric skid steer loader off the line

2021

Yuchai's First Batch of Forestry Logging Equipment Enters Overseas Market

2019

The new generation of tailless micro excavator is fully upgraded and launched

2016

The first fully electric hydraulic excavator successfully passed the evaluation and acceptance

2011

The first unit of the company's self-developed logging machine came off the production line

July 2010

Foundation stone laying ceremony for the eastern base in Changzhou

2010

Yuchai Heavy Industry's 50,000th excavator rolled off the production line

2009

Changed the name to "Guangxi Yuchai Heavy Industry Co.

2004

Yulin Luchuan production base was put into operation

2003

The first YC35 machine of Yuchai Heavy Industry was rolled off the production line

1991

A total of 1,000 mini excavators were produced and exported to countries and regions including Europe and the United States.

1989

A mini hydraulic excavator was born in Yulin, marking the first of its kind in China

R&Q

R&Q

With over 37 years of experience in industy research and development, Yuchal Equipment stands as the pioneer and eader in compact and forestry equipment in China, wielding significant influence in the sector.The company boasts the industry's mostrecognized independent hydraulic system matching design and debugging technology systems among the industysselect few capble of full open joint contro and matching calibration for boh the entire machine and the independent engine. Yuchai Euipment demonstrates robustapablities in CAE analysis and optimization, supported by a structured platorm database. The company excels in the entire process of independent control, spanning from appearance to overall machine design, manufacturing, and matching debugging.


Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Equipped with state-of-the-art manufacturing machinery from Germany and Japan, Yuchai Euipment possesses a well-established production capacity in laser underlay, robot welding, narrow space welding, multi-layer multi-pass welding, anti-deformation control, CNC machining, and more. The company has the capability to perform surface treatments on parts, including phosphate electrophoresis, shot blasting, and painting, across its five production lines. With four complete assembly lines, turning machines, and tightening machines, Yuchai Euipment can meet an annual production capacity of 10,000 units.



QC

QC

ISO19001/14001/45001 certified enterprise;

CE (including MD, EMC and Noise) and CU-TR (Russia, Belarus andKazakhstan ) certified;

Quality inspection: including machine vibration, noise inspection, weld non-destructive inspection, material mechanical performance inspection, metal materialcomposition inspection, salt-spray test inspection, three-coordinate inspection,etc.