Recently, a delegation of Togolese merchants arrived at Shandong Luyi Special Purpose Vehicle Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Luyi Factory") for a three-day on-site inspection and business negotiations. This inspection focused on Luyi Factory's core product system, and finally the two sides reached a clear cooperation intention on 5-Axle Side Wall Semi-Trailer, adding another important achievement to Luyi Factory's expansion of the West African market. As an export-qualified enterprise recognized by the Ministry of Commerce of China, Luyi Factory has laid out its business in more than 80 countries around the world. Among them, the African market has become one of the core regions for the enterprise to focus on and cultivate due to the continuous growth of infrastructure construction demand. Togo, as a West African trade hub, has its Lomé Port handling 90% of the region's import and export freight volume, and has an especially urgent demand for heavy-duty transportation equipment.
On the first day of the inspection, the Togolese merchant delegation went straight to Luyi Factory's production workshop and observed the entire production process of 5-Axle Side Wall Semi-Trailer in detail, from steel cutting and component welding to complete vehicle assembly. The person in charge of Luyi Factory introduced that in view of the special transportation environment in the African market, 5-Axle Side Wall Semi-Trailer adopts high-specification Q345B steel to build the frame, with the thickness of the main beam increased by 20% compared with conventional products. Meanwhile, it is equipped with special axles of Fuwa or BPW brand to ensure stable load-bearing under complex road conditions such as mines and Gobi deserts common in Togo. In the core parameter display session, the technical personnel of Luyi Factory emphasized that the rated load capacity of 5-Axle Side Wall Semi-Trailer can reach 80-100 tons, and the balanced layout of five axles can effectively disperse the weight of goods and reduce the pressure of single wheels on the road surface, which not only complies with the transportation regulations of Togo and other West African countries, but also adapts to the relatively weak highway infrastructure in the local area.
The head of the Togolese merchant delegation said during the inspection that Togo and its neighboring countries such as Burkina Faso and Niger are in a period of accelerated infrastructure construction, and the transportation of a large number of materials such as steel, cement pipes and engineering equipment is in urgent need of transportation equipment with both heavy-load capacity and durability. Prior to this, the delegation has compared similar products of European brands and other Chinese manufacturers, and 5-Axle Side Wall Semi-Trailer of Luyi Factory has more advantages in cost performance and local adaptation. To allow merchants to intuitively feel the product performance, Luyi Factory specially arranged an on-site test drive of 5-Axle Side Wall Semi-Trailer. In the test site simulating bumpy road conditions in Africa, 5-Axle Side Wall Semi-Trailer successfully completed a number of tests such as heavy-load turning and steep slope starting with its reinforced suspension system and stable braking performance, and its performance was highly recognized by the members of the delegation.
In addition to the product itself, Luyi Factory's improved overseas service system has become a key factor in facilitating cooperation. The manager of the International Trade Department of Luyi Factory introduced that the enterprise has established 18 service stations in 12 African countries. For the Togo market, it will provide three exclusive guarantees for customers of 5-Axle Side Wall Semi-Trailer: first, complete the Togo highway regulation certification of 5-Axle Side Wall Semi-Trailer in advance to ensure that the vehicle can be put into use without additional modification after entering the country; second, set up a parts warehousing center at Lomé Port to reserve common wearing parts such as axles and tires, realizing the delivery of maintenance parts within 48 hours; third, dispatch professional technical personnel to provide on-site services, offering integrated support such as vehicle commissioning and maintenance guidance. These measures have accurately solved the after-sales maintenance problems that Togolese merchants were worried about before, laying a solid foundation for the finalization of cooperation intention.
The achievement of this cooperation is not only a reflection of the product strength of Luyi Factory's 5-Axle Side Wall Semi-Trailer, but also an epitome of the deep integration of China-Africa trade. It is understood that the two sides have initially agreed that the first batch of 5-Axle Side Wall Semi-Trailer will be shipped next month and sent to Togo through the sea freight line from Tianjin Port to Lomé Port. Relying on the long-term cooperation between Luyi Factory and freight forwarding enterprises, this line can achieve a stable voyage of 35-52 days and provide full-course cargo tracking service. The chairman of Luyi Factory said that in the future, the enterprise will continue to focus on the demand of the African market, carry out iterative upgrading of 5-Axle Side Wall Semi-Trailer according to the road conditions and freight demand of different countries, and plan to promote the knock-down assembly mode in Togo to further reduce the procurement cost of customers, so as to deepen the West African market with better products and services and contribute to the cooperation and trade between China and Africa in infrastructure construction.
In recent years, the economic and trade cooperation between China and Togo has been heating up continuously. In addition to the traditional agricultural product trade, the cooperation in fields such as industrial equipment and infrastructure construction technology has been continuously deepened. As a representative enterprise of China's special purpose vehicle manufacturing, Luyi Factory's cooperation with Togolese merchants this time will not only enhance the popularity of 5-Axle Side Wall Semi-Trailer in the West African market, but also provide a reference cooperation model for more Chinese equipment enterprises to enter the African market. With the delivery and use of the first batch of 5-Axle Side Wall Semi-Trailer, Luyi Factory is expected to form a demonstration effect in Togo and West Africa, promoting the wider layout of high-quality "Made in China" transportation equipment in the African market.
