Late October, the ITA Executive Council has been invited by the Chinese Company Zoomlion, ITA Prime Sponsor to hold its quarterly meeting in Changsha (Hunan).

Zoomlion, which became ITA Prime Sponsor last year, is one of the major construction machinery company in the world. They are specifically active in the concrete and hoisting machinery.  Zoomlion employs nearly 30,000 people. In 2013, Zoomlion's various operating units generated revenue of nearly RMB 80 billion, with profits of nearly RMB 9 billion.

ExCo members have been specially impressed by the Zoomlion Construction machinery museum covering an area of more than 10,000 square meters and reviewing the history of global construction machinery and envisions its future development trend.