Shanghai MHI Engine Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Sagamihara, May 30,2023 – Shanghai MHI Engine Co., Ltd. (SME), a joint venture of Shanghai New Power Automotive Technology Company Ltd. (SNAT) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd. (MHIET), celebrated its 10th anniversary and held a ceremony on May 19. Top management of both SNAT and MHIET attended the ceremony which took place in Shanghai.

SME was founded in 2013 as a joint venture of MHIET and SNAT, a group company of China’s major car manufacturer, SAIC Motor Corporation Limited. Under the license agreement with MHIET, SME manufactures industrial diesel engines ranging between 500 and 1,800kW for emergency generator sets and others. With SNAT’s strong supplier network and MHIET’s engineering know-how, SME increased sales by taking in the strong demand in Chinese generator set market and reached cumulative sales of 2,000 units in 2022. It marked the highest annual sales in the same year.

During the ceremony, SME has showed the deepest gratitude to all the parties who have provided support. MHIET will help SME grow its business further to expand the share of the engines in Chinese market.

■General Information of SME

• 【Name】  Shanghai MHI Engine Co., Ltd.
• 【Address】 2630 Jun Gong Road, Shanghai, China
• 【Telephone】+86-21-6065-2943
• 【Business】   Manufacture, sales and aftersales service support of industrial diesel engines
• 【History】

  Mar 2012	Signed JV agreement
  Mar 2013	Started sales activity
  Dec 2013	Started mass production
  Dec 2018	Shipped the first unit of S16R2
  Mar 2022	Reached cumulative sales of 2,000 units
  May 2023	Held the 10th anniversary ceremony

■SME's office building and product sample