CIMC • Jingmen Hongtu Special Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd (hereinafter called Hongtu, and branded as HONTO) has made prominent contributions to the development of China's aviation industry since established in 1971 as the AVIC Corp II factory No. 322. Now, Hongtu as a key enterprise under China International Marine Containers (Group) Ltd. (CIMC) (ranked 68th in Chinese Top 500 businesses), is engaged in R & D of normal temperature storage & transportation equipment and cryogenic storage & transportation equipment, EPC contracting, chemical equipment and other types of energy chemical storage & transportation equipment. The Company has employed more than 1, 300 people, including approx. 400 R&D professionals, and has workshop area totaling 130, 000 m2.

In the 1980s, Hongtu entered into the industry of hazardous chemicals' storage & transportation equipment manufacturing based on the advantages of aviation technology, providing customers with individualized and all-dimensional solutions in the fields of hazardous chemicals' storage & transportation, gasification in cities/towns and vehicle/vessel's oil-to-gas transformation.

The Company always stands in the forefront leading the industrial development. "HONTO" Brand LPG tanker's production and sales ranked first in China for over three decades and domestic market share of over 60% all along. Hongtu has been engaged in manufacturing of energy and chemical storage & transportation equipment for over 3 decades and is also China's only LPG full-industrial chain equipment manufacturer and solution provider.

The Company has ASME "U" and "U2" Stamps Qualification and all Chinese National Permits for design, manufacture and installation of various pressure vessels, spherical tanks, urban gas pipeline projects and marine fuel tanks, and has developed and drafted a number of national standards on pressurized and non-pressurized products of China.

The Company provides global customers and partners with safe, efficient and value-added energy and chemical storage & transportation equipment under the concept of providing service in the full product life cycle and creating values for customers, through the three-in-one marketing mode of brand communication, product sale and lifelong service, and is committed to become a leading competitive supplier with in the field of global energy chemical industry.

"HONTO" brand LPG storage and transportation equipment has been distributed to more than 30 countries in Middle East, South America, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and Africa.