Civil construction of the factory started in May 2008. Within ten months, most of the construction work, the equipment installation and commissioning were completed. The factory became operational in March 2009. When totally completed, the factory will represent an overall investment of about EUR100 million with a production capacity of 1 million BHP.
QMD has a very healthy orderbook worth some EUR200 million. The engines on order are mainly of the Wartsila RT-flex50, RT-flex60C and RT-flex82C, and Mitsubishi UEC50 engine types. These engines are all destined for Chinese shipyards.
“QMD is an important addition to the two-stroke engine building capacity in China, and in close cooperation with other Chinese engine builders, will contribute to increasing the supply of domestically built engines to Chinese shipyards.” says Rien Hoogerbrugge, CEO of QMD.
The factory will have a total of around 500 employees by the end of this year. Located near the Haixiwan area on the Bohai Sea, the QMD factory is an important part of the CSIC Haixiwan shipbuilding and repairing base, primarily serving China’s growing shipbuilding industry, but is also able to export engines to other shipbuilding markets.
