development process
1980-1993
In 1980, China International Marine Containers Co., Ltd. (CIMC) was established and officially put into operation on September 22, 1982.
In 1979, the central government approved the establishment of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone. In 1980, CIMC was established by a joint venture between China Merchants and Denmark's Baolong Foreign Bank. In 1982, CIMC was officially put into operation in Shekou, Shenzhen. CIMC is a pioneer project in the introduction of foreign investment after China's reform and opening up policy. It introduced Danish technology to produce 20-foot international standard containers. It was deeply implanted with internationalization and marketization genes when it was born.Due to the depression of the international shipping industry and other reasons, CIMC stopped production of containers in 1986 and switched to steel structure processing. After COSCO's shareholding reorganization in 1987, CIMC re-entered the container manufacturing industry. In 1993, Mr. Mai Boliang was formally appointed as the general manager of the company, leading CIMC to rapidly develop a small container factory that was once on the verge of bankruptcy into a world-leading diversified multinational industrial group.
1993-2003
In 1993, CIMC acquired and established Dalian CIMC Container Manufacturing Co., Ltd.(CIMC Dalian), with Mr. Xiao Lin as the general manager of the company.
In the early 1990 s, with the rise of made in China, the trend of global container manufacturing center shifting to China has become increasingly obvious.CIMC leaders quickly foresaw this trend and took the lead in formulating the strategic policy of "China's coastal all-round production pattern.In 1993, CIMC implemented a cross-regional merger and acquisition strategy for the first time, acquiring Dalian Container Industry Co., Ltd. and establishing its first production base outside Shenzhen in the north. Since then, CIMC has laid a solid platform for the achievement of industry leadership through mergers and acquisitions and self-built rapid layout.In 1994, CIMC shares were listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange; in 1996, CIMC's container output ranked first in the world and has remained so far.In the past 10 years, Dalian CIMC has forged ahead under the leadership of General Manager Xiao Lin, forming core competitiveness such as market, R & D and manufacturing.
2003-2013
In 2003, Dalian CIMC moved to Dalian Free Trade Zone as a whole and changed its name to Dalian CIMC Container Co., Ltd. (Dalian CIMC for short)
From 2004 to 2008, Dalian CIMC successively hatched and separated three companies including Dalian CIMC Logistics Equipment Co., Ltd., cultivated and developed metal pallet boxes, special containers, special tank boxes, heavy chemical equipment, and railway equipment businesses, forming a number of champion products. In 2011, Dalian CIMC developed the world's first perfect pure water-based paint process container production line, leading the entire container manufacturing industry to promote the application of green environmental protection water-based paint advanced manufacturing technology.
2014-2020
Years of losses from 2014 to 2016 are facing closure, and initial results have been achieved in asset restructuring and innovation reform from 2017 to 2020.
In 2017, Dalian CIMC Container Co., Ltd. changed its name to Dalian CIMC Special Logistics Equipment Co., Ltd. (Dalian CIMC).Through the name change, highlight the strategic direction of the development of special logistics equipment positioning and transformation and upgrading determination;Through the group's internal asset reorganization to optimize the integration of resources, the transfer of Dalian CIMC Logistics Equipment Co., Ltd. business, personnel, assets.From 2018 to 2020, Dalian CIMC's innovation and reform stimulated vitality, and its revenue stepped up to 1 billion yuan, with remarkable results in improving quality and efficiency.
2021-2023
Dalian CIMC has set a new high in a number of operating indicators, presenting the 40th anniversary of the Group's commissioning in 2022 and the 30th anniversary of the company's establishment in 2023.
From 2021 to 2023, the company achieved a cumulative operating income of 8.7 billion yuan, with an average annual revenue of nearly 3 billion yuan, and a number of operating indicators reached a record high.Won 5 national innovation and entrepreneurship qualification honors in 3 years: specialized and new "little giant" enterprises, high-tech enterprises, intellectual property demonstration enterprises, industrial design centers, green factories; won a number of provincial qualification honors: single champion enterprises, service-oriented manufacturing demonstration enterprises, gazelle enterprises, excellent enterprise technology centers, professional technology innovation centers, etc.In 2022 and 2023, the company held a series of activities to celebrate the 40th anniversary of CIMC's production and the 30th anniversary of Dalian CIMC's establishment.
2024-
In 2024, Dalian CIMC will embark on the first year of excellent operation and high-quality development - a new chapter in the pursuit of excellence after thirty years of self-improvement.
At the beginning of the new year, a three-year strategic planning and annual policy and target seminar with the theme of "safety-oriented, quality-based, market-leading, technological innovation, resource guarantee, and qualitative growth" was held. Ms. Zhang Yanfang, Executive Vice General Manager of the company, attended the meeting and delivered an important speech.Actively integrate resources to accelerate transformation and upgrading, for the first time to achieve day and night double shift operation, lean research and development manufacturing and other management efficiency greatly improved.