China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd., CNHTC or Sinotruk Group is a Chinese state-ownedtruck manufacturer headquartered in Jinan, Shandong province. It is currently the third largest truck manufacturer in Mainland China. It is known for developing and manufacturing China's first heavy duty truck - "Huanghe" (黄河, lit. Yellow River) JN150.
History
Huanghe JN150, the earliest model built by Jinan Automobile WorksA Steyr 91 built by CNHTC
CNHTC was founded in 1935 by Kuomintang Government of the Republic of China era on the basis of Jinan Automobile Works. It started developing heavy-duty trucks in 1956, with its first truck modeled after Škoda 706 RT. In 1984, Jinan Automobile Works began to produce Steyr 91 with technology imported from Steyr-Daimler-Puch. Since the reform and restructure in 2001, the company has got rid of the operating losses for previous years.
After the collaboration with Steyr, Sinotruk had done collaboration with Volvo Trucks (which terminated around 2009), sold under the Howo nameplate, and later, collaboration with MAN AG, sold under Sitrak nameplate.
Some Howo model like Howo 7 series uses Volvo FL10 derived cabin, others like Howo A7 uses Volvo FH derived cabin. Sitrak models on the other hand, uses MAN TGA derived technology.
In October 2019, Shandong Heavy Industry became the controlling shareholder of "China National Heavy Duty Truck Group", acquiring a 45% stake.
Sitrak entered the Australian market with the C9H tractor truck and a BEV, which is under testing but promises 600 kWh and a 450 km range. Both of the trucks were displayed at the 2025 Brisbane Truck Show. C9H was launched the same day with a 600hp Weichai diesel engine supported with a 12-speed ZF AMT gearbox and had EBS, ACC, AEBS, HSA and FCWS safety systems. The truck has a rated GCM of 110 tons, which qualifies it for heavy goods and road train operations.
Brazil
Sinotruk sells trucks in various South American countries. They came to Brazil in response to a group of businessmen with experience in the transportation industry. Sinotruk has sold 2,000 vehicles thus far. Sinotruk began building their first plant outside China in 2013 with an initial investment of more than 300 million dollars. Its location will be in Lages, Brazil.
India
Sinotruk entered India in 2014 with an order of 60 Howo dump trucks and in 2015 Sinotruk partnered with a Hyderabad-based company to set up an assembly plant in India; they planned to set up a plant in Maharashtra or Telangana. In 2018 Sinotruk launched HOWO Mine King, a 98-ton GVW 6x4 dump truck with a 12.4-liter diesel engine based on MAN producing 480 hp supported by an Allison 4600 ORS automatic transmission.
Pakistan
Sinotruk also produces trucks in Pakistan through a joint venture with Dysin Automobiles.
Philippines
They are also active in the Philippines as well since 2011 through dealership, selling light and heavy trucks.
↑"Introduction CNHTC." China National Heavy Duty Truck Group. Retrieved on July 8, 2010. "The headquarters of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd. (CNHTC) is located in Jinan city, Shandong Province, P. R. China."
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