Sany is one of the world's leading construction equipment manufacturers (number four on the most recent Yellow Table, International Construction's ranking of the world's biggest OEMs by sales) and excavators are the most purchased construction machinery type in the world. When the offer came in to interview Mr Yu, who heads up Sany's excavator division worldwide, it wasn't exactly a difficult decision to make.Speaking through an interpreter, Mr Yu was friendly, taking the time at the end of the interview to discuss football with me and the relative merits of the English and Chinese leagues. To be fair, Mr Yu had good reason to be in such a positive mood, with Sany's excavator division last year seeing record sales of over 98,000 units.
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