China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd., CNHTC or Sinotruk Group is a Chinese state-owned truck manufacturer headquartered in Jinan, Shandong province."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." 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
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.
Most of the group assets was now listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in 2007, as a Hong Kong-incorporated company, Sinotruk (Hong Kong). Another subsidiary (subsidiary of Sinotruk (Hong Kong)), Sinotruk Jinan Truck (SZSE:000951), was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
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.
Group brands
Howo Sitrak Huanghe Steyr
Markets
Australia 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.
Heavy goods vehicle
Dump truck Tractor tuck Cargo truck Military truck Special truck
Light passenger vehicle Howo S6 commercial - mid-size pickup truck Howo S7 city - mid-size pickup truck Howo S9 offroad - mid-size pickup truck Howo EV - mid-size pickup truck
Semi-Trailer
Flatbed trailer Dump trailer Sidewall trailer Fuel tank trailer Lowbed trailer
Electric Vehicles
Terminal tractor Light goods Vehicle Dump truck Tractor truck
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