Shanghai, July 12 (ANI): Chinese machinery firm Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co Ltd (ZPMC) wants to change nation's manufacturing landscape by taking up the challenging global infrastructure projects.
ZPMC has just finished manufacturing the final four pieces of fabricated steel for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project, which is due to open in 2013.
The 50,000 tons of steel, with a contract value exceeding 350 million dollars, are part of the 7.2 billion dollars Bay Bridge project.
The project includes reconstruction of the eastern span, which was damaged in the 1989 earthquake.
The new section would be able to resist quakes of up to magnitude 8 on the Richter scale.
The company beat strong rivals from Japan, South Korea and Western Europe to win the bid for the Bay Bridge project in 2006.
The Bay Bridge project has a global profile "and it is also a milestone for Zhenhua in entering the world's major bridge construction" sector, ZPMC President Kang Xuezeng said.
"I am here to announce that we are qualified and confident of constructing more sophisticated steel bridges and building our presence in the world market," the China Daily quoted Kang, as saying.
ZPMC, founded in 1992, now accounts for 75 percent of the global port equipment production market.
Since it already dominates global port equipment production, ZPMC has decided to explore related industries.
"Steel fabrication has become our next goal. Through providing steel decks, we have driven into the world's high-end bridge construction market," ZPMC Vice President Huang Hongyu said. (ANI)
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