L to R: Standing: David O'Dell & Alonzo Robles from LiuGong Seated: Raúl Zamora Trejos, Juan Carlos Bolaños Rojas, Ana Laura Suárez Agular & Javier Rojas Segura from Grupo JCB. Click for larger view

Houston, Texas, February 2013 - LiuGong Construction Machinery N.A. LLC, headquartered in Katy, Texas, is pleased to announce that JCB Distribuidora S.A. (Grupo JCB) has joined them as their new forklift dealer in Costa Rica.

Grupo JCB, a privately held company, has ten years in the material handling industry and will cover the entire country of Costa Rica for LiuGong forklift distribution and service. "Their experience in the Costa Rica market makes them an excellent partner for us" noted Ken Biediger, Forklift Commercial Director for LiuGong. "We are excited to have them representing LiuGong in Costa Rica and have utmost confidence that this will be a very successful business relationship".

Juan Carlos Bolaños Rojas, President of Grupo JCB, agrees. "Our employees have over 20 years experience in our market which helps with clients with broad criteria see the value in the LiuGong product" stated Juan Carlos. "We required a partner with a compatible product range, established quality and very good procedures for after sales support". "LiuGong will allow us to provide our customers high-tech equipment, good yields, excellent service and a great price" Juan Carlos continued.
Grupo JCB employs 110 people and specializes in material handling, construction equipment and container handling systems. Their head quartered in La Uruca, San Jose with branches in Rotonda Juan Pablo II and Contiguo a Uniserse.

LiuGong Construction Machinery N.A. LLC is a subsidiary of Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co. Ltd. Founded in 1958 in Liuzhou, China, LiuGong began trading on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 1993 as a publicly held company. LiuGong is a premium manufacturer of construction and material handling equipment that is easy to own and easy to operate, and features technologies with well proven reliability.

LiuGong products therefore provide a great deal of value for the price, and are easy to maintain, even in rigorous and isolated environments.

The company supports its global product lines with a rapidly-growing, worldwide network of more than 380 dealers across six continents in over 115 countries. The firm employs over 14,000 including more than 1,000 R&D engineers and operates 24 manufacturing facilities. Supporting the dealer network are 10 regional offices with sales, marketing and service support, coupled with 10 parts depots located strategically throughout the world, which ensure rapid replacement of parts and servicing of equipment.

To learn more about LiuGong, visit www.liugong.com
To learn more about Grupo JCB, visit www.grupojcb.com.
For more information please contact:

LiuGong Construction Machinery N.A. LLC Katy, TX 77449 Send an email +1 (281) 579-8882

JCB Distribuidora S.A. San Jose, Costa Rica Send an email (506) 2296-0082

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