MAN Diesel and Turbo adds twelfth Chinese licensee

Pictured at the SMM signing ceremony (standing, from left): Sun Quan (MDT Shanghai), Zhang Tao (CSIC), Hu Xiang (CSIC, Xingang Shipyard), Xu Zhi Qiu (CSIC), Goetz Kassing (MDT Shanghai), Ole Grøne (MDT), Stephan Timmermann (MDT), Dong Qiang (CSIC); (seated, from left) Chen Yi Fang (CSIC YMD), Peng Gang Yi (CSIC QMD), Thomas Knudsen (MDT), Klaus Engberg (MDT)

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 — MAN Diesel & Turbo signed a new license agreement with QMD, a member of the CSIC Group together with Dalian Marine Diesel Co., Ltd. and Yichang Marine Diesel Engine Co., Ltd.

QMD (Qingdao Haixi Marine Diesel Co., Ltd) is now MAN Diesel & Turbo’s twelfth Chinese licensee. It has a modern facility northeast China dedicated to the production of large, two-stroke engines in .
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Klaus Engberg, Senior Vice President and Head of MAN Diesel & Turbo Two-Stroke Licensing said the agreement “increases our presence in the northerly part of China, such that we now have a greater geographical reach in this important market and are better able to reach customers in this part of China.”
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“For over 30 years, we have had a successful license agreement with CSIC, which QMD belongs to, and we look forward to an equally fruitful cooperation with our new licensee,” he said.