SEM, formerly the Shandong Engineering and Machinery Company founded in 1958, was reformed as a shareholding company in 2003. Located in Qingzhou City, east of Shandong province, the factory is connected with major highways. With an area of 510,000 squared meters and a total employee of 2,000, SEM is capable in producing more than 15,000 wheel loaders annually.Since SEM's reformation, the company has adopted advanced management techniques to accelerate its reform and leverage production quality. From the United States, Japan and South Korea, SEM brought in a great amount of high-graded and world class processing equipments to enhance productivity and capacity. In addition, the Six Sigma methodology was introduced to SEM by Caterpillar. All of the above have accelerated SEM's internationalization process.In 2005, SEM successfully joined Caterpillar. With the adoption of Caterpillar's advanced management methodology and the technical support from the Caterpillar China Research and Development Center (CRDC) in Qingdao, SEM released the new 600 series wheel loaders in September 2007. The successful launch of the new wheel loaders has positioned SEM at the forefront of the wheel loader industry in China, and consolidates SEM's determination towards globalization.Currently, SEM's products have been sold to more than 80 countries and regions. SEM has established Service and Parts Center In United Arab Emirates (UAE) to provide convenient and efficient service and parts support to customers from the Middle East and Africa. In the next 3 years, SEM will continue to expand its global service network in order to provide its worldwide customers zero-delay service and parts support.
