Ever since Emerald based Stern’s Plant Hire first trialled a combination of FUWA K-hitch’s (FKH) heavy-duty axle and VDL Weweler’s heavy-duty suspension, the family owned company has insisted on running the international pairing on each and every vehicle.
In March 2011, Trailer Magazine was given the opportunity to cast a glance behind the scenes of Fuwa’s 180,000m2 plant in Shunde Guangdong and the much talked about ‘FHI Industrial Park’ in Taishan.
“Fuwa has nothing to hide,” says Chris Barrett, National Sales Manager of Fuwa K-Hitch, the corporation’s Australian division. “We provide a good, honest product, and we want people to forge an opinion.” Therefore, Fuwa K-Hitch invited a group of Australian industry connoisseurs to Asia, providing a first hand experience of the Chinese production facilities.
Fuwa, the parent company of Australian subsidiary Fuwa K-hitch, has recently partnered with US company, Trax Mechanical Systems. all axle components For Trax will now be manuFactured in the new state-oF-the-art Fuwa Factory in Taishan, China, before assembly is carried out at the new Trax plant in north america.