China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd.
中集集团
000039
Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Company Profile
Development Philosophies of Globalisation The Group has always been committed to globalised business deployment, leveraging on its global network and brand advantages accumulated over 40 years. The Group’s existing principal businesses cover container manufacturing business, road transportation vehicles business, energy/chemical/liquid food equipment business, offshore engineering business, logistics services business, airport facilities and logistics equipment, fire safety and rescue equipment, finance and asset management business, and other emerging industries, with its production bases spreading across Asia, Europe, North America and Australia, and its business network spanning major countries and regions around the world. In particular, the container business continued to take the lead in the industry worldwide, as well as road transportation vehicles, energy/chemical/liquid food equipment and offshore engineering businesses with strong global competitive edges. The efficient implementation of globalised business deployment effectively offset the adverse impact from periodic fluctuations of the global market in recent years on the Group’s results. A Scientific and Efficient Corporate Governance Mechanism Relying on its unique mixed-ownership advantage, the Group has built a balanced shareholding structure and a standardized “Three Boards and one Management” governance mechanism to ensure efficient decision-making and effective governance. The innovative governance model is reflected in the diversified and professional board structure and efficient operation mechanism, with the in-depth participation of directors and supervisors and enhanced prior communication to ensure scientific decision-making. By continuously optimising the corporate governance system, the Group has formed an internal and external interactive supervisory mechanism, combined with rigorous implementation of internal audit and control, to ensure that the strategies are scientifically and effectively executed. The distinctive governance practices and market-oriented governance enable CIMC to energize the management’s vitality and focus on market orientation, laying a solid foundation for the Group to move forward steadily in global competition. Lean Production Management Capabilities in Intelligent Manufacturing Since 2007, the Group has continuously promoted the construction of lean ONE mode, building a relatively perfect lean manufacturing system, and expanded it into business and management fields such as market, research and development,technology, supply chain, finance, human resources, etc. to continuously enhance the core competitiveness of the Company through strengthening its lean management capabilities. Integrated Resources and Ability to Achieve Collaborative Development Guided by the national key development areas and the strategic development of the Group, during the Reporting Period, the Group gave full play to its internal and external synergy advantages, optimised the top-level design of its business, implemented the coordinated development strategy of various segments, and expanded the domestic market in key areas. During the Reporting Period, the Group, through the capital cooperation with key partners, optimised the market network of and introduced market resources for the relevant business; besides, the Group promoted the internal and external resource collaboration and model innovation by strengthening cooperation with governments, customers and other parties, striving to provide one-stop overall solutions for downstream customers. Continuous Innovation and Technological Research and Development Capabilities The Group always attaches great importance to technological research and development capabilities through developing mid-to-long term development strategies to optimise R&D systems and platforms and accelerate the development of products and technologies as well as evolution of existing products to promote R&D of new products,technologies, processes and equipment, while constantly improving the mechanism for identifying, inspiring and promoting innovations to speed up the commercialisation of technological achievements. The Group will focus on the four high-quality characteristics of “excellent products, leading innovation, outstanding brands and modern governance” to strengthen technological innovation and digital construction, promote intelligent manufacturing, smart products and platform services, persistently improve independent innovation capabilities, strengthen R&D layout, and build CIMC’s core competitiveness in various business fields through technological innovation and product upgrades, with a view to creating a championship product cluster. The Group newly applied for 401 patents (of which 122 are invention patents) during the Reporting Period, and maintained a total of 6,331 valid patents at the end of the Reporting Period. The three patents which won the 25th China Patent Award in 2024 (Fluidization System for Powder and Particle Material Transportation Vehicle and Powder and Particle Material Transportation Vehicle, Connection and Foldable Container Therewith and Braking Device and Boarding Bridge) were officially announced on the website of the China National Intellectual Property Administration on 5 June 2025. As at the end of June 2025, the Group had a total of 8 National Single-Discipline Champion Enterprises (Products) in the Manufacturing Industry, 16 national “Little Giant” enterprises with the features of specialization, refinement,uniqueness and innovation, 1 National Demonstration Plant for Intelligent Manufacturing, 1 National Excellence Smart Factory and 2 National-Level 5G Factories. During the Reporting Period, 12 of the Group’s enterprises were chosen as the first batch of Advanced Smart Factories (Provincial Level), marking another solid step forward for the Group in the field of intelligent manufacturing. The project of “High-Performance Welding and Evaluation for Extreme Marine Conditions” jointly submitted by the Group, Tianjin University, South China University of Technology, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology and Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd. won the first prize of the 2024 Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award and the first prize of the 2024 Science and Technology Innovation Achievement Award granted by the China Association for Promoting Cooperation between Industries, Universities, and Research Institutes. Good Brand Image With more than 40 years of commitment to manufacturing, the Group has become a leader in various sectors including container manufacturing, road transportation vehicles, energy, chemical and food equipment, airports equipment and offshore engineering. Products under the “CIMC” brand are exported to more than 100 countries and regions all over the world, and a number of champion/star products such as containers, semi-trailers, boarding bridges of CIMC have become shining business cards endorsing the brand of CIMC, earning global reputation and respect for “Made in China” products. At present, the Group ranks 52nd on the “2025 China Listed Companies Brand Value List (TOP100 Overall List)” launched by Daily Economic News and the China Enterprise Research Center of Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management, and the Group has become a globally renowned brand with extensive influence in the global logistics and energy industries.
Full description
The Group is a world leading equipment and solution provider in logistics and energy industries, and its industry cluster mainly covers logistics and energy fields. In the logistics field, the Group still adheres to taking container manufacturing business as its core business, based on which to develop road transportation vehicles business, airport facilities and logistics equipment/fire safety and rescue equipment business and to a lesser extent, logistics services business and recycled load business providing products and services in professional field of logistics; in the energy field, the Group is principally engaged in energy/chemical/liquid food equipment business and offshore engineering business; meanwhile, the Group also continuously develops emerging industries and has finance and asset management business that serves the Group itself. The Group promotes the cross-sector integration and upgrading of the Group’s segments through a unified strategic development approach, thereby providing scenario-based and integrated equipment and service solutions of high quality and reliability to the logistics and energy industries, delivering good returns to shareholders and employees and creating sustainable value for society. According to the latest 2025/26 Container Equipment Survey and Leasing Market Annual Report issued by Drewry, an industry authoritative analyst, the Group is ranked No. 1 in the world in terms of production volume of standard dry containers, reefer containers and special-purpose containers. According to the 2025 Global Tank Container Fleet Survey issued by the International Tank Container Organisation, the production volume of tank containers of the Group in 2024 ranked No. 1 in the world. According to the 2024 Global OEM Ranking List published by the Global Trailer, CIMC Vehicles stayed in the first ranking once again. CIMC TianDa, a subsidiary of the Group, is one of the major suppliers of boarding bridges in the world, and the Group is also one of the high-end offshore engineering equipment enterprises in China. The Group continued to consolidate its strategy of globalised deployment, with its research and development centres and manufacturing bases located in nearly 20 countries and regions around the world, and more than 30 overseas entities and enterprises, mainly in Europe and North America. Benefiting from the continuously consolidating foundation of its global operation platforms, the Group has been able to smooth out the risk fluctuations in a single region and achieve stable and quality development. During the Reporting Period, the Group’s domestic revenue accounted for approximately 51% and its overseas revenue accounted for approximately 49%, maintaining a sound market landscape.