China is a major crane manufacturing country, with its overhead cranes highly competitive in quality, performance, and price. China exports a large volume of cranes and boasts a well-established supply chain and logistics system, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.

This article introduces 10 representative overhead crane manufacturers in China, covering key information such as their founding years, company scale, and main products, to help you better understand the market and make informed decisions. The order of presentation in this article does not imply any ranking or priority.

Why Choose China Overhead Crane Suppliers?

As a global manufacturing hub, China boasts strong manufacturing capabilities and advanced technical expertise. Chinese overhead cranes are highly competitive in terms of quality, performance, and price. In addition, China has a well-established supply chain and logistics system that ensures timely and accurate delivery.

Importing overhead cranes from China offers the following advantages:

• Excellent Value for Money: For the same quality and configuration, Chinese overhead cranes are significantly more affordable than those from Europe, Japan, or other developed countries, helping reduce procurement costs by 20%–40%.
• Advanced Technology: Chinese overhead cranes have reached near top-tier international standards in terms of performance, automation, and energy efficiency.
• High Quality Standards: Many Chinese manufacturers comply with international quality benchmarks and hold certifications such as ISO and CE.
• Comprehensive Supply Chain & Service Support: As the world's largest crane manufacturing base, China has a complete and mature production and supply chain system, with full spare parts availability and high manufacturing efficiency. This enables fast delivery and flexible customization. Products are exported to Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and parts of Europe. Manufacturers are well-versed in international shipping and customs procedures, ensuring professional, reliable delivery and comprehensive after-sales support for overseas clients.

Weihua Group

Highlights

Weihua Group offers a full range of products, covering overhead cranes, gantry cranes, port machinery, electric hoists, reducers, and bulk material conveying equipment.

With strong capabilities, Weihua Group is currently the largest industrial crane manufacturer in Asia and the second largest in the world.

Founded

Founded in 1988.

Scale

• It covers an area of 3.65 million square meters, employs 8,600 people, has a registered capital of 1.066 billion RMB, and owns a technical R&D team of over 1,200 members with 1,200 patents.
• The company operates four modern production bases, 33 R&D platforms, and holds manufacturing qualifications for over 200 categories of lifting machinery. It has also successfully expanded into sectors such as lifting equipment, port and offshore engineering equipment, new energy equipment, and prefabricated steel structure buildings.
• Weihua has a testing laboratory of over 1,000 square meters, equipped with more than 300 sets of testing instruments and equipment, dedicated to quality control of lifting machinery, material testing, and component inspection. Its testing and calibration reports are mutually recognized in over 70 countries.

Sales Performance

• In 2024, sales revenue reached 28.916 billion RMB.
• The production and sales of bridge and gantry cranes have ranked first in China for more than ten consecutive years.
• Weihua has established professional after-sales service teams in eight countries and set up 100 overseas marketing agencies. Its products are exported to more than 170 countries and regions, including Russia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Australia.
• Based on customer records over the past five years, the company's repurchase rate exceeds 35.86%.

Main Products

Weihua specializes in manufacturing overhead cranes, gantry cranes, port machinery, electric hoists, reducers, bulk material conveying equipment, and more. Its products are widely used in industries such as machinery, metallurgy, mining, power, railway, port, petroleum, and chemical engineering.

• Overhead cranes
• Gantry cranes
• New-design cranes
• Intelligent cranes
• Metallurgical cranes
• Port cranes
• Multifunctional cranes
• Light and small cranes
• Bulk material conveying equipment
• Crane accessories

Kuangshan Crane

Highlights

Kuangshan Crane offers more than 110 types of cranes and supporting components across three major series: overhead cranes, gantry cranes, and electric hoists.

For many consecutive years, its product output, market share, and level of automation and intelligent equipment have ranked among the top in China's crane industry. Its overall strength firmly places it among the leading companies in the global crane sector.

Founded

Kuangshan Crane was founded in 2002.

Scale

• The company covers a construction area of 1.62 million square meters, with a registered capital of 1.177 billion RMB. It employs over 4,700 staff and owns more than 3,500 sets of advanced processing equipment, producing over 110 different types of products.
• Its strong technical team includes more than 10 renowned industry experts and over 200 senior and intermediate engineers, focusing on innovative design and R&D. The company has accumulated over 700 national patents and provincial-level scientific and technological achievements.

Production Capacity & Sales

The company produces and sells more than 11000 double beam and gantry cranes annually, more than 73000 single beam cranes, and more than 100000 sets of single and double beam electric hoist and accessories. In 2024, its total annual output and sales reached over 128,000 sets of lifting equipment, providing high cost-performance products and services to tens of thousands of customers in 122 countries worldwide.

Main Products

Kuangshan Crane specializes in the R&D, design, production, sales, and service of over 110 models across three major series—overhead cranes, gantry cranes, and electric hoists—along with various supporting components. Its products are widely used in industries such as electric power and hydropower, electronics and information, petrochemicals, port machinery, bulk material handling, aerospace, and steel manufacturing.

• Overhead cranes
• Gantry cranes
• Special cranes (casting cranes, insulated cranes, explosion-proof cranes, transfer carts, etc.)
• Electric hoists
• European standard cranes

Dafang Crane

Highlights

Dafang Crane offers a complete range of bridge and gantry cranes with a high cost-performance ratio. Considering production scale, sales, tax contributions, and brand recognition, the company's overall strength ranks among the top three in China's crane industry.

Founded:

Founded in 2006.

Scale:

Dafang Crane has a registered capital of RMB 1.37 billion and occupies an area of 1.05 million square meters. With a workforce of over 2,600 employees, the company includes more than 260 technical R&D professionals and operates more than 1,500 advanced production, processing, and testing equipment units.

Sales & Production Capacity:

• Single girder overhead cranes: over 30,000 units/year
• Double girder overhead cranes: over 6,000 units/year
• Gantry cranes: over 6,000 units/year
• Electric hoists: over 30,000 units/year
• Steel structures: over 120,000 tons/year

Dafang's products are widely used in industries such as metallurgy, electric power, high-speed rail, machinery, mining, ports, and petrochemicals. The company exports to more than 100 countries and regions, including Malaysia, Singapore, the United States, Russia, and Australia. In 2022, Dafang achieved a sales revenue of RMB 3.07 billion.

Main Products & Services:

Dafang Crane is a large-scale enterprise group focusing on two major business segments—crane machinery and steel structures—complemented by supporting services such as equipment transportation and installation.

• Cranes & Lifting Equipment: Overhead cranes, gantry cranes, jib cranes, electric hoists, transfer carts, crane components, and intelligent lifting systems (e.g., unattended smart cranes, anti-sway cranes).
• Steel Structure Engineering: Includes bridges and steel structure workshop.
• Special Equipment: Multi-functional electrolytic aluminum cranes, metallurgical cranes, explosion-proof cranes, and large-tonnage bridge erectors (such as 1600t bridge launching cranes).
• Turnkey Services: Integrated solutions covering crane design, logistics, on-site installation, and after-sales service.

Nucleon

Highlights

Nucleon focuses on the R&D and manufacturing of new crane products featuring low noise, maintenance-free operation, energy efficiency, environmental friendliness, and modular design.

Founded

Founded in 2005.

Scale

The company has a registered capital of 300 million RMB and covers an area of 430,000 square meters, employing over 1,700 staff. It is equipped with more than 3,000 sets of production and testing equipment, providing strong hardware support for the R&D and manufacturing of high-quality products. Its main products are widely used in key national industries such as metallurgy, energy, power, petrochemicals, railway, and aerospace, and are exported globally.

Production Capacity & Sales

The annual production capacity reaches 15,000 single girder cranes, 5,000 double girder cranes, and 30,000 electric hoists. The ND series electric hoists and HD series electric single girder cranes are among the leading products in China. Annual sales revenue reaches 1.5 billion RMB, with products exported to over 100 countries and regions, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

Main Products

Specializing in the R&D, manufacturing, installation, sales, and service of light and small lifting equipment, coal-safe lifting equipment, overhead cranes, gantry cranes, and various material handling systems.

• New-design Electric Hoists
  • New-design Wire Rope Hoist
  • New-design Explosion-proof Hoist
  • New-design Chain Hoist
  • Intelligent servo electric hoist
• Special Cranes
  • Automated Smart Cranes
  • Cranes for Galvanizing
  • Cranes for Sanitary Field
  • Cranes for Metallurgy
  • Cranes for Road and Bridge Construction
• New-design Bridge Cranes
  • New-design Suspension Crane
  • New-design Jib Crane
  • New-design Double Girder Bridge Crane with Hoist
  • New-design Double Girder Bridge Crane with Winch
  • New-design Gantry Crane and Semi-gantry Crane
• General-purpose Cranes
  • Wire Rope Hoists
  • Hoist Cranes
  • Winch Cranes

TZ Crane

Highlights

TZ is one of China's most renowned heavy machinery manufacturers and the country's largest crane production base. Its flagship products include 1,300-ton overhead cranes, 550-ton casting cranes, and 360-ton nuclear power ring cranes.

Founded

Established in 1950 as a heavy machinery manufacturing enterprise.

Scale & Strength

• The company covers 4.93 million square meters, employs over 9,100 staff, and has total assets of 66.7 billion RMB.
• TZ has strong independent R&D capabilities, including a nationally certified enterprise technology center and key national laboratories, and has developed over 500 China-first and world-first products.
• It is China's largest production base for cranes, excavating equipment, aerospace launch devices, large rolling mill hydrodynamic bearings, straightening machines, multifunctional rotating stages, and the only designated production base for pipe rolling machines and train wheelsets. It also operates the most complete forging and pressing equipment production base in China.

Sales Performance

The company holds approximately 90% market share in China for metallurgical cranes over 300 tons, with products exported to more than 20 countries. In 2024, total revenue reached 9.249 billion RMB, and products were exported to over 60 countries and regions.

Main Products

TZ specializes in rail transit equipment, wind power equipment, mining equipment, cranes, rolling mill equipment, coking equipment, construction machinery, nuclear power containers, gear drives, castings and forgings, rolling mill hydrodynamic bearings, and EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) projects.

• 10-1,300t overhead cranes (flagship products: 1,300-ton hydropower crane, 500t+500t dual-trolley hydropower crane, etc.)
• 10-500t gantry cranes
• Metallurgical cranes
• Dry coke lifting machines
• Nuclear power specialized cranes
• Intelligent cranes

DHHI

Highlights

DHHI specializes in heavy-duty lifting equipment. Its flagship products include the 20000t×125m bridge crane with multiple lifting points, 10,000-ton-class bulk material handling equipment, Polar crane for HPR1000 nuclear power plant.

Founded

The company was established in 1914 and is a key large-scale enterprise in China's heavy machinery industry.

Scale & Strength

• DHHI employs over 6,500 registered staff and has total assets exceeding 26 billion RMB.
• The company operates “one headquarters and seven major R&D/manufacturing bases,” covering more than 2 million square meters.
• Since 1949, it has designed and manufactured over 40,000 bridge cranes across nine major series and more than 50 specifications.
• DHHI has set 252 industry records and drafted or revised 77 national and industry standards.

Sales

In 2024, total revenue reached 14.281 billion RMB. Its products are exported to 96 countries and regions.

Main Products

DHHI provides large-scale, high-end equipment and full-lifecycle intelligent service solutions for key national industries including metallurgy, ports, energy, mining, construction, transportation, shipbuilding, and environmental protection.

• 5-20,000t overhead cranes
• 5-1,000t gantry cranes
• Metallurgical machinery
• Bulk material handling equipment
• Port machinery
• Energy machinery
• Transmission and control systems
• Marine components
• Construction machinery
• Offshore engineering machinery

Eurocrane

Highlights

Product features: Technologically sophisticated, safe and reliable, easy to maintain, and green and energy-saving.

Founded

Eurocrane was founded in 2002.

Scale & Strength

• The company has production bases in Changzhou, Tianjin, Huzhou, Anhui, and other locations, with a total production area exceeding 30,000 square meters. Its lifting capacity ranges from 60 kg to 600 t.
• Eurocrane holds over 100 patents and has been repeatedly selected for the National Torch Program and the list of major first-of-its-kind equipment in Jiangsu Province. Its technologies cover specialized fields such as cleanroom cranes, CNC intelligent sorting machines, and metallurgical cranes.

Sales Performance

• In 2024, total revenue reached 2.129 billion RMB.
• Eurocrane's products are sold in over 50 countries and regions worldwide and are widely used in advanced equipment manufacturing, transportation and logistics, paper production, energy and power, automotive and shipbuilding, metal processing, aerospace, and more than twenty other specialized fields. The company serves over 5,000 mid-to-high-end global customers.

Main Products

Eurocrane provides customized lifting solutions with capacities ranging from 60 kg to 600,000 kg.

• Overhead Crane
• Gantry Crane
• Jib Crane
• Flexible Girder Crane
• Special Crane
• Clean Room Crane
• Explosion-proof Crane

TQCC

Highlights

The company has strong capabilities in non-ferrous metallurgy and specialized port terminal equipment.

Founded

Established on November 26, 1999.

Scale

• The company has total assets of approximately 4.2 billion RMB, a registered capital of 1.4 billion RMB, and employs over 1,700 staff.
• Its headquarters includes more than 300 engineering and technical personnel, including 5 professor-level senior engineers, 46 senior engineers, and 140 personnel with intermediate or higher professional titles. The company owns over 40 independent intellectual property rights and more than 10 high-tech products.

Sales Performance

• In 2024, total revenue reached 1.854 billion RMB.
• Its products are used across more than 30 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in China, and exported to countries including Italy, Germany, Oman, Russia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Zambia, and Venezuela.

Main Products

The company's business covers lifting and transport machinery, material handling equipment, intelligent non-ferrous metallurgy equipment, coal preparation machinery, port terminal ship-loading and unloading machines, high-end automated parking systems, and vacuum snow-making equipment, as well as wind power tower equipment.

• Automation Solutions
• General Overhead Cranes
• Special Cranes: specialized equipment for large prebaked anode electrolytic cells
• Port Handling Equipment
• Intelligent Non-Ferrous Metallurgy Equipment
• Automated Parking Systems
• Coal Preparation Equipment
• Vacuum Snow-Making Equipment
• Wind Power Tower Equipment

ZPMC

Highlights

Port Machinery, Offshore Engineering Equipment, Steel Structure.

Founded

Founded in 1992.

Scale & Strength

• The company operates eight production bases, covering a total area of approximately 6,666,700 square meters. With 119 global subsidiaries and 22 transport vessels ranging from 60,000 to 100,000 tons, it delivers exceptional products and services to customers worldwide.
• ZPMC has over 2,600 engineering technicians engaged in design, R&D and processes, and have been awarded more than 60 national and municipal technology awards.
• ZPMC products are now present in 108 countries and regions, making it the world's largest port machinery manufacturer, the largest provider of automated terminal system solutions, the largest transporter of port machinery, as well as a globally renowned manufacturer of special engineering vessels and large steel structures.

Sales Performance

• In August 2024, ZPMC released its semi-annual report for 2024, reporting an operating revenue of RMB 17.229 billion during the period.
• According to the British authoritative magazine World Cargo News, from June 2015 to June 2016, there were 271 orders for quayside container cranes worldwide, of which ZPMC received 222 orders, accounting for 82%. This marked ZPMC's 18th consecutive year ranking first in the global port machinery market.

Main Products

• Port Machinery
  • STS Crane
  • RMG/RTG Crane
  • Bulk-Cargo Machinery
  • Port Mobile Handling Machinery
  • Automated Terminal
• Offshore Engineering Equipment
  • Heavy Lift Vessel
  • Dredger Vessel
  • Wind Power Equipment
  • Pipe-Laying vessel
  • Special Purpose Engineering
  • Jack-UP Rig
• Steel Structure
  • Bridge Steel Structure
  • Wind Power Equipment Steel Structure
  • Building Construction Steel Structure

Zoke Crane

Highlights

High cost performance with competitive pricing.

Founded

Founded in 2018.

Scale

• Covers a total area of 180,000 m², with over 500 employees, including 100 with intermediate professional titles. The company is equipped with more than 600 sets of advanced production and testing equipment.
• Annual output value reaches several hundred million RMB, with over 20 after-sales service outlets.

Main Products

• Single and Double Girder Overhead Cranes
• Single and Double Girder Gantry Cranes
• Explosion-Proof Cranes
• Electric Hoists
• Crane Accessories
• Metallurgical Cranes
• Suspension Cranes
• Portal Cranes

Dafang Crane Cases

Dafang Crane, with its high-quality products and services, has attracted numerous customers both at home and abroad. Its products have been exported to more than 100 countries and regions, including Mexico, the United States, Russia, and Australia, serving industries such as metallurgy, power, machinery, mining, ports, and petrochemicals.

400T Metallurgical Gantry Crane for the Metallurgical Industry

• Exceptional Load Capacity: With a rated lifting capacity of 400 tons, it is currently the largest metallurgical gantry crane in the world, capable of handling the extreme working conditions of steel plants and heavy-duty metallurgical workshops.
• Innovative Drive System: Features an 8-wheel all-drive trolley design that evenly distributes driving force, ensuring stable operation under heavy loads, eliminating slippage risks, and enabling ultra-smooth movement with millimeter-level precision positioning.
• Multiple Safety Protections: Equipped with a hoisting safety brake, equalizing beam, drum shaft breakage protection, and other safety features to create a comprehensive protection system, ensuring high-level safety for both personnel and equipment.
• Intelligent Electrical System: Uses an innovative built-in main beam cavity design to effectively isolate high-temperature molten materials and dust.
• Professional Heat Insulation: Critical parts such as the lower main beam, ground beam, and legs are fitted with high-efficiency insulation layers to ensure long-term stable operation in high-temperature environments.

Double Girder Overhead Crane Exported to Indonesia

This crane adopts a serialized, standardized, and modular design concept, resulting in a new type of crane structure that meets the needs of industry development. It features a low overall height, simplified structure, light self-weight, and reduced wheel pressure. The design is novel and the layout is reasonable, with efficient, stable, and durable mechanism transmission. The product is easy to manufacture, greatly improving production efficiency, and is well-received by customers.

Gantry Crane Exported to a Mineral Mining Company in Mexico

• The crane has a lifting height of 147 m, with 137 m below ground and 10 m above ground.
• It features a low-headroom layout, using a double-girder off-track design and a new-type hoisting trolley structure.
• The variable-frequency drive system provides smooth acceleration and multiple operating speeds, with stable braking, simple operation, and precise positioning.
• High-quality components are selected, including hard-toothed surface reducers, specialized variable-frequency motors, and compacted strand wire ropes, ensuring durability, safety, and reduced maintenance costs.
• The total installed power (energy consumption) is reduced by approximately 22%, effectively controlling operating costs.

Dafang Smart Cranes Exported to a Russian Shipyard

Dafang Crane supplied smart cranes to the Russian shipyard JSC FEP “Zvezda,” a key military-industrial construction project. Once fully completed, this shipyard will become Russia's largest modern shipyard and a base for constructing military aircraft carriers. Leveraging its strong R&D capabilities and military-grade quality, Dafang Crane successfully secured this project.

The export project consists entirely of European smart cranes, with a total value exceeding 40 million RMB. These intelligent cranes are built on the group's industrial internet platform, based on its big data center, enabling features such as anti-sway positioning, remote control, and voice-command operation.