Currently, the global manufacturing industry is accelerating iterative upgrades and the industrial structure is being deeply restructured.
In the face of new development trends, Anhui Heli Co., Ltd., the core holding subsidiary of Anhui Forklift Group, anchors the global vision of “world-class, century-old Heli”, deeply explores the innovative development path of “new industries, new formats, and new models”, constantly breaks through traditional development boundaries, and accelerates the transformation and upgrading from “single equipment supplier” to “world-class industrial vehicle and intelligent logistics system integrator”.
As a leading domestic industrial vehicle company, Anhui Heli has always laid out industrial development with a global perspective, built the core advantages of the entire industry chain of “R&D, manufacturing, sales, and service” to build a benchmark enterprise for the global development of Chinese industrial vehicle brands.
Having been deeply involved in the industry for decades, the company has always maintained a leading position in development.
Since 1991, Anhui Heli’s main economic indicators have ranked at the forefront of China’s forklift industry for 35 consecutive years; in 2016, it ranked among the top seven in the global forklift industry. Its international brand influence continues to rise, fully demonstrating the core strength of Chinese forklift brands.
In 2025, Anhui Heli will once again deliver outstanding results: operating revenue of nearly 20 billion yuan, complete machine sales exceeding 390,000 units, a year-on-year increase of more than 15%.
The growth trend will continue in the first quarter of 2026, with operating income of 5.18 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.43%. Domestic and overseas markets have two-way empowerment and collaborative efforts, and development is full of resilience.
Behind the achievements is not only the long-term accumulation of the company’s insistence on innovation-driven and strict quality control, but also the high recognition and trust of the brand in the global market.
In May 2026, the “2026 China Brand Value Evaluation Information” was released. Anhui Forklift Group was honored with a brand value of 12.211 billion yuan. It has been at the forefront of the machinery and equipment manufacturing industry for many consecutive years, and its brand value has achieved a new breakthrough.
Continuous technological innovation and in-depth green and low-carbon transformation have injected strong development momentum into Anhui Heli.
In recent years, with innovation as the core driving force, enterprises have made every effort to promote the extension of business boundaries and accelerate the leapfrog transformation from equipment manufacturing to scenario solutions, and from single product supply to integrated system integration.
In terms of core technology research and development, Anhui Heli focuses on the industry’s “stuck-neck” technologies and cutting-edge areas, conducts intensive research on more than 90 key technologies, obtains a number of important scientific and technological achievements, and successfully realizes independent controllable dual-drive technology for 6-10t forklifts.
According to reports, compared with some first-class international brands, its overall operating efficiency can be improved by more than 2.4%.
Accelerate the research and development of new products and the transformation of results, and promote the product structure to continue to be high-end and intelligent. The number of newly launched models in 2025 will increase by 89% year-on-year.
In terms of green and low-carbon development, Anhui has worked together to speed up the iterative process of “internal combustion to electric, lead-acid to lithium battery, and traditional energy to new energy”, integrating green and environmental protection concepts into the entire process of product development and manufacturing, effectively reducing resource consumption and pollutant emissions by optimizing product structure design and applying new welding and coating processes. It has independently developed “three electrics and one charge” technology to achieve demonstration applications of hydrogen fuel forklifts and tractors.
Based on long-term development, Anhui Heli continues to deepen strategic cooperation with Huawei, JAC Frontier Technology Collaborative Innovation Center and other enterprises to accelerate the layout of emerging industries and future industries; increase investment in research and development in the field of intelligent technology, achieve a leap-forward upgrade of intelligent logistics business “from equipment to solutions”, and create a “second curve” of high-quality corporate development.
Adhering to the global development strategy, Anhui Heli proactively adapts to the global industrial transformation trend, seizes opportunities for regional economic and trade cooperation, deeply taps the policy dividends and market potential of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), and steadily enhances the company’s global brand influence and industry voice.
Faced with the increasingly complex global market competition, Anhui has worked together to accelerate the improvement of overseas strategic hub layout, innovate the international market operation model of “quick response, accurate launch, and high efficiency”, systematically carry out the construction of the “Service Improvement Year”, strive to build an after-market service system of “sales and service linkage, two-way empowerment”, cultivate a professional and comprehensive overseas service talent team, continue to improve global customer service guarantee capabilities, and escort the high-quality development of overseas business.
Up to now, Anhui Heli has built a comprehensive sales and service network covering the world, with 8 overseas centers, 1 overseas R&D center, and 1 overseas manufacturing center. The global agent network has expanded to more than 400, and its business covers more than 180 countries and regions. It ranks first in market share in more than 30 overseas regions.
In 2025, Anhui Heli will export 151,200 complete machines, a year-on-year increase of 19.62%; overseas operating revenue will reach 8.708 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.17%, and global development has achieved remarkable results.
As an active participant and practitioner of regional economic and trade cooperation, Anhui Heli has deeply benefited from the tariff reduction and trade facilitation dividends brought by the RCEP agreement.
Data show that in 2025, the company’s product sales to RCEP member countries will increase by 22% year-on-year, accounting for more than 30% of total exports; in the first quarter of 2026, sales will increase by 54% year-on-year, accounting for 34% of total exports. The RCEP region has become an important pillar of the company’s overseas business growth.
Since 2023, Anhui Heli has appeared at the RCEP Local Government and Sister City Cooperation (Huangshan) Forum for three consecutive years, continuing to deepen regional exchanges and cooperation and demonstrating its corporate strength.
The 2026 RCEP Local Government and Sister City Cooperation (Huangshan) Forum will officially kick off on May 27. Standing at a new starting point for development, Anhui Heli will continue to focus on global market demand, actively seize new opportunities in RCEP, continue to focus on the market, take root in the market, and serve the market, drive more high-quality products, high-quality technologies, and high-quality services to “go out”, deeply empower the construction of regional economic integration and high-quality development in RCEP, and continue to shape new global competitive advantages for enterprises.
