{"id":1420,"date":"2025-07-29T10:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcap.blog\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:06:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:06:36","slug":"customer-corner-sany-group-a-gritty-tale-of-ambition-and-shady-shit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcap.blog\/2025\/07\/29\/customer-corner-sany-group-a-gritty-tale-of-ambition-and-shady-shit\/","title":{"rendered":"Customer Corner : Sany Group – A Gritty Tale of Ambition and Shady Shit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sany Group, the Chinese titan of heavy machinery, isn\u2019t just a story of steel and sweat. It\u2019s a raw, unfiltered saga of ambition, power, and some seriously dodgy dealings. From a scrappy welding outfit in 1989 to a global beast raking in over \u00a314 billion, Sany\u2019s climb is impressive as hell. But peel back the glossy veneer, and you\u2019ll find a trail of muck that\u2019d make even the grittiest bastard raise an eyebrow. And when you see they\u2019re sourcing engines from Cummins – a firm with its own filthy laundry – it\u2019s no bloody surprise. This is a dive into the dark side of Sany, no bullshit, no apologies, just the unfiltered truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wind Farms and National Security Fuck-Ups<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Picture this: 2012, Sany\u2019s feeling cocky, ready to storm the US renewable energy scene. They nab four wind farm projects in Oregon through their affiliate, Ralls Corp. One\u2019s called Butter Creek, and it\u2019s practically spitting distance from a Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility. Big mistake. The Obama administration clocks it and says, \u201cNot on my watch, mate.\u201d They hit Sany with a divestiture order – the first from the US Treasury since 1990 – screaming national security. Sany\u2019s forced to pack up their turbines and piss off. It\u2019s a geopolitical kick in the nuts, a loud warning that Chinese giants can\u2019t just waltz into sensitive US turf. Ambition\u2019s great, but this was a rookie fuck-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Wind Farm That Wasn\u2019t Worth a Toss<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward to 2016, and Sany\u2019s at it again with the wind farms, only this time it\u2019s a proper shitshow. They sell their Huerfano River Wind Farm to Tamra-Tacoma Capital Partners (TTCP), who reckon they\u2019ve been stitched up. TTCP drags Sany America to court, claiming the plant\u2019s a dud – production capacity exaggerated, maintenance ignored, basically a worthless pile of scrap. The lawsuit drags on \u2018til 2019, when it\u2019s settled quietly and chucked out with prejudice. No details, just silence. But the stink of fraud and incompetence sticks. If you\u2019re flogging a wind farm, at least make sure the bloody thing spins, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bribery Whispers and Stock Market Chaos<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Back in 2011, shit hits the fan online. A post on Tianya.cn – some Chinese bulletin board – accuses Sany and its Xinjiang branch of dishing out bribes, upwards of \u00a3600,000. Supposedly backed by 19 pages of dirt from an ex-employee, it\u2019s juicy enough to tank Sany\u2019s stock price. They mutter about suing but don\u2019t say much else. Analysts reckon it\u2019s no biggie for their home turf, but the rumours linger like a bad fart. True or not, in China\u2019s murky business world, where who-you-know often beats what-you-do, it\u2019s not hard to picture a few greasy palms. Even if it\u2019s bollocks, it\u2019s a reputational gut punch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rivalry and Dirty Tricks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Then there\u2019s the 2013 dust-up with Zoomlion, Sany\u2019s big rival. A New Express<\/em> reporter, Chen Yongzhou, gets nabbed for taking bribes to slag off Zoomlion in print. He doesn\u2019t name Sany outright, but the whispers are loud. Caixin<\/em> and Forbes<\/em> point fingers, hinting Sany might\u2019ve been behind it – classic cutthroat shit in the machinery game. CCTV news ties Sany to the mess, then backtracks, kissing up to Sany\u2019s boss, Liang Wengen. No hard proof, but it paints a picture of an industry where knives are out, and ethics are optional. Sany\u2019s in the thick of it, playing dirty or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cummins: A Partner in Grime<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So, Sany hooks up with Cummins for engines, and it\u2019s no bloody wonder. Cummins got slapped with a \u00a31.3 billion fine in 2024 by the US EPA for sticking defeat devices in their diesel engines – cheating emissions like Volkswagen\u2019s Dieselgate playbook. These two are peas in a pod, bending rules and dodging accountability to keep the cash flowing. Sany\u2019s shady moves and Cummins\u2019 dirty tech? It\u2019s a match made in the grimy depths of industrial fuckery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Bigger Picture<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s the rub: Sany\u2019s tale isn\u2019t unique. It\u2019s global business laid bare – a world where profit trumps principles, and the only sin is getting caught. National security breaches, dodgy sales, bribery whispers, rival smackdowns – it\u2019s all part of the game. Sany and Cummins aren\u2019t outliers; they\u2019re symptoms. Next time you spot a Sany digger or a Cummins engine, know there\u2019s a story behind it – gritty, flawed, and real as fuck. Welcome to the machine, where the gears grind, and the dirt never washes off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee Thompson – Founder, The Cummins Accountability Project<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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