King Long United Automotive Industry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

King Long United Automotive Industry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. - one of the fastest developing bus manufacturers in China, is well known for our innovation and prevision in research and development. Established in 1998, situated in the well-known Singapore-Suzhou industrial park, together with the global top 500 enterprises, our registered capital is about 22, 500, 000 US dollars. Higer is one of the few bus manufacturers who have obtained the license from governmental authorities with an annual production capacity of 18, 000 units of complete buses and chassis.

In 2006, the accumulated sales exceeded 60, 000 units. Meanwhile, in the past few years, over 2, 000 units of Higer buses are exported to different countries around the world. In 2006, the export amount has increased to over 1, 500 units. With the idea of "Market Oriented" and the philosophy of "Focus on Safety and Services", Higer has successfully developed the S, V, B, W and Star series of buses ranging from 6 to 13 meters to meet the customers' demands of intercity transportation, tourism, institutional commutation and city public transportation. Over 300 different models attract customers from Europe, America, Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Higer has become a new star in the international bus industry.

In September 2006, allied with Scania, the Scania-Higer A80 luxury bus was jointly launched to the market, which laid a milestone in the luxury bus market. With the credit of "Safety, Comfort and High Performance-Value", Higer persists on self-research and development and also on cooperation with international brands. In the past years, Higer was honored every year with "Safest Equipment of the Year" award by BAAV on Bus World Asia.

Quality is the key for customers to recognize our products. Higer strictly complies with total quality management throughout the whole production procedure by all employees, and is accredited with the international certificates of ISO/TS16949 and national certificate of CCC. In order to develop overseas markets, EEC certificate, Australia ADR certificate, Arabic GCC certificate, Russian STAR certificate, US FMVSS certificate and the certificates of Singapore and Hong Kong are under application.

In Qatar market, Higer obtained an order of 500 units of large buses. Higer was honored to provide services to the 15th Asia Games in Doha and was highly praised by the customers. By attracting intelligence from both domestic and overseas, Higer established an international team. Five regional markets are allocated for better overseas market management.

Sales and service networks are established in many countries in order to promote the sales and provide better services to the customers. In parallel, localized SKD or CKD assembly is progressing with partners from Thailand, Malaysia, Russia and Morocco. The philosophy of safety also reflects in the service system, which fully supports the best performance and operation of the products. In overseas markets, 15 service stations and 5 regional spare parts centers will be established.

Based on the requirements of overseas markets, Higer service system includes service management, customer files, technical documents, technical support, spare parts supply, training and support from suppliers' networks. They help the establishment of local service station, through periodic visiting and site service to collect the feedback from customers in order to improve the service. In the sales process, we are required to understand the customers' demands and supply the best suitable products.

A customer questionnaire to evaluate local climate, road condition and driving habit, greatly assists the selection of either matured products or adaptive improvement to meet the conditions of different markets. With the motto of "Focus on Safety and Services" in mind, Higer people are exerting great efforts to accomplish this mission.