{"id":4585,"date":"2012-05-23T04:37:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T04:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/?p=4585"},"modified":"2012-07-20T02:28:03","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T02:28:03","slug":"great-dane-partners-with-chinese-refrigerated-body-manufacturer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/great-dane-partners-with-chinese-refrigerated-body-manufacturer\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Dane partners with Chinese refrigerated body manufacturer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHANGQIU, Henan Province, China &#8212; Great Dane has struck up a new partnership with Henan Bingxiong Refrigerated <a href=\"http:\/\/rightnowloads.com\/\">Truck <\/a>Co. \u2013 otherwise known as Ice Bear \u2013 a manufacturer of insulated and refrigerated trucks. As part of the partnership, Ice Bear officials say they will leverage Great Dane\u2019s global operating resources and engineering talent to grow the company\u2019s position in the domestic Chinese market.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the announcement, Ice Bear officials say the company has also partnered with Baird Capital Partners Asia and CCI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to have Baird, CCI and Great Dane as partners as we continue to grow our business,\u201d said Jianqing Lu, CEO, president and chairman of the board at Ice Bear. \u201cThe global relationships, operating resources and industry expertise of these investors make them a significant asset for our company and our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to be investing in Ice Bear alongside Baird,\u201d said Bill Crown, president and CEO of Great Dane. \u201cMr. Lu and the entire Ice Bear team have built a leading company in the China market. Our leading market position in the refrigerated <a href=\"http:\/\/cdlapps.com\/\">truck and trailer <\/a>market will allow us to bring enormous resources to Ice Bear, and help them capitalize on the growing need for cold chain solutions in China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the last three years we have been working closely with Great Dane and CCI on identifying opportunities in the cold chain industry in China,\u201d said Brett Tucker, partner at Baird Capital Partners Asia. \u201cWe believe Great Dane\u2019s wealth of operating and industry experience, combined with our on-the-ground investment and operating team in China, will bring significant value to Ice Bear. We look forward to working with Ice Bear management to accelerate the company\u2019s growth and expand its market leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of the transaction, Tucker and Dean Engelage of Great Dane will join the board of directors at Ice Bear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rightnowloads.com\/\">http:\/\/rightnowloads.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHANGQIU, Henan Province, China &#8212; Great Dane has struck up a new partnership with Henan Bingxiong Refrigerated Truck Co. \u2013 otherwise known as Ice Bear \u2013 a manufacturer of insulated and refrigerated trucks. As part of the partnership, Ice Bear officials say they will leverage Great Dane\u2019s global operating resources and engineering talent to grow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4585"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4797,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585\/revisions\/4797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findfreightloads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}