DECEMBER 2022 | NEWS
KALMAR TO TRANSFER HEAVY CRANES IP TO CHINA
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almar, part of Cargotec, and RIC (Rainbow Industries Co. Ltd.) has entered into an agreement to transfer
Kalmar heavy cranes’ related intellectual properties and assets to RIC in China. The agreement concerns Kalmar
rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTG), rail- mounted gantry cranes (RMG), ship-to- shore cranes (STS) as well as automatic stacking cranes (ASC), which are currently assembled and manufactured at RIC’s facility in Taicang, China. “This will be an important step for
Kalmar. We have had a long partnership with RIC and we are pleased that they would be taking over in China and we could secure a smooth transition to our customers. We will stand behind all existing customer commitments including all agreed deliveries, valid quotations and options. We will also continue to support, develop and offer crane automation
solutions and crane services for new and existing customers,” said Arto Keskinen, SVP Horizontal, Kalmar. “We are very pleased to continue
to offer the Genma Kalmar cranes to our global customers. The partnership that we have had for years with Kalmar gives us a strong base for delivering the existing and future projects,” said Wu Jian, chairman/president, RIC. RIC has been Cargotec’s Original
Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) subcontractor providing assembly services for Cargotec’s business areas Kalmar and MacGregor since 2020 and prior to that, Cargotec and Rainbow operated through a joint venture in China since 2013. As part of the agreement, about 40
local Kalmar employees in China are estimated to move, subject to local legal requirements, over to RIC once the contractual obligations have been
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completed. The planned change was estimated to be concluded in September and subject to approval from Chinese authorities. In future, Kalmar will focus on offering industry shaping, eco-efficient cargo handling equipment in the mobile equipment product categories, straddle and shuttle carriers, Bromma spreaders and lifecycle services. Kalmar will also continue to offer crane automation and crane related services for its customers globally. According to the preliminary estimate,
Cargotec would book restructuring costs totalling €25m in the second quarter 2022 and €11m in Q3 2022 as a consequence of entering into this agreement. The estimated bookings would not impact Cargotec’s outlook for 2022. Cargotec expects its comparable operating profit for 2022 to improve from 2021 (€232m). ●
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