Sullair, an industry leader in innovative compressed air solutions since 1965, announced today that John Randall will be appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2021. Current Sullair President and CEO Charlie Takeuchi has been promoted by Hitachi, Ltd., and will become President of Tokyo-based Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems (HIES), effective April 1, 2021.Mr. Takeuchi joined Sullair in July 2017 as Chief Operating Officer and was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer on April 1, 2020. Mr. Takeuchi’s leadership was instrumental in the integration efforts between Sullair and Hitachi, following the acquisition in 2017. He also undertook significant efforts to optimize Sullair global operations, systems and processes to become more efficient and better serve Sullair customers.“It has been an honor and privilege to spend the last 3 ? years with Sullair and serve alongside our global workforce. It has always been, and will always be, about our people, and there are no words to adequately express my gratitude to them. With Sullair a primary business within the HIES organization, I look forward to supporting John and Sullair in my new capacity as President of HIES. John is an articulate and thoughtful leader who is well-respected amongst our employees, channel partners and other key stakeholders. I look forward to seeing first-hand what Sullair accomplishes in the years to come.”Mr. Takeuchi will relocate back to Tokyo to assume his new role with HIES. HIES is a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. and is engaged in the manufacturing, sales and services of industrial components and equipment. He has spent nearly 30 years’ withHitachi, holding roles of increasing responsibility in both Japan and the United States.Mr. Randall becomes President and Chief Executive Officer of Sullair after serving as President of Sullair Asia for more than two years. He will relocate back to the Chicago area from Suzhou, China. Prior to this role, Mr. Randall was Vice President of Global Engineering for Sullair, a role he held for nearly five years. Before joining Sullair, he held various leadership roles in his nearly 24 years with Navistar, including a three-year assignment in India, where he launched a new heavy commercial vehicle platform and plant startup.“I have been honored to be a part of the Sullair leadership team over the past six years, and I am excited and energized to lead Sullair into the next phase of our journey,” said Mr. Randall, President of Sullair Asia. “Together with the Sullair leadership team, and our global workforce of 1,000 employees, I will work to build on the strong foundation Charlie has put in place. I am confident about our company’s future and look forward to accelerating the value we bring to our customers.”

On January 10, 2021, an explosion occurred in the Wucailong Gold Mine, which is under construction in the Xicheng Town of Qixia, Shandong Province. 22 workers were trapped in the mine and could not be contacted due to the damage of the communication signal system.As soon as got the news, Sullair engineers rushed to the rescue site in the very first time, and provided a solid guarantee for the rescue with their professional technical knowledge.Since the trapped workers in the underground environment of the air conditions are dangerous, so it is necessary to take forced ventilation method to transport air to the underground, and eliminate harmful gases and smoke, and then gradually remove the obstacles to rescue the trapped people. As a result, the first task of rescue is to open the hole.In case of emergency, the rescue team brought several Sullair portable compressors such as DLQ1525/1250 to participate in the on-site rescue, which provided power for the pneumatic hammer of the drilling rig with strong performance.As the original shaft ventilation, safety exit, communication and other facilities were destroyed, Sullair will fully assist the construction team to quickly open the life-saving hole, the toxic gas produced by the explosion discharged to the surface, and then assist the rescue team to rescue and help the trapped people out of danger as soon as possible.Facing the possible mining risks, difficult rescue tasks, complex accident site environment and bad weather and other challenges, Sullair air compressors will be committed to improving equipment performance, and to fulfill the social responsibility with efficient, durable and reliable air compressors.

With the current global environmental protection problem is more and more serious, Sullair is committed to improve its own awareness of environmental protection, implement the main responsibility of environmental protection, and the application of innovative technology in garbage treatment and incineration industry, help to turn garbage into treasure. With the perfect performance in this area, Sullair was awarded Hitachi "President Inspiration of the Year Global Award 2020"!Hitachi "Inspiration of the Year Global Award 2020" is an honor award specially set up by Hitachi Group. It will be selected in 6 regions around the world every year to reward the projects and teams that actively practice Hitachi's core values, uphold the work concept of "One Hitachi" and commit to serving the society and improving the quality of life in their daily work and business. For the first time, Sullair was recognized by the judges out of 40 candidates and won the “Special Recognition Award” in China.During the Hitachi Group China General Representative Meeting on October 30th, John Randall, General Manager of Sullair Asia, received the award personally from the General Representative of Hitachi Group China.Sullair green energy project is mainly about how Sullair compressors helped handle garbage treatment and incineration industry, by providing compressed gas to help the generation of clean energy. Not only because it can provide to the customer's solution more efficient, but throughout the whole project, Sullair always committed to Hitachi’s entrepreneurship spirit (VALUES), which is “harmony”, "honesty" and "pioneer spirit", and proactively helped customers to overcome difficulties and solve problems.

Bauma CHINA was held in Shanghai from November24 to 20, 2020. Sullair attended the show with 3 innovative products at booth 110, hall E5 of Shanghai New International Expo Centre.DLQ1260Z diesel engine high pressure portable screw air compressor Two stages oil flooded screw air compressor, Sullair high pressure air-end evolved.CAT® twin turbo diesel engine, strong horse power.40 bar high pressure, greatly increase drilling efficiency.Applicable for both China off-road diesel engine emission control GBIII and GBIV standard.No need of ultra low sulfur fuel, will have less downtime due to fuel quality.No aftertreatment, will have less running cost and maintenance cost, and less downtime due to aftertreatment malfunction. Intellectual control system.DPQ700 diesel engine portable screw air compressor Sullair all new designed mid range model, more compact, less weighted.Sullair new generation of high efficiency single stage air-end, increased adiabatic efficiency, reduced heat load.DF Cummins GBIV compliant diesel engine, smaller displacement, larger horse power.GBIII version with GBIV platform will also be available.SULLAIR's reliable and durable oil flooded air-end.We offer a choice to select machine with either KUBOTA or CAT® powered EPA Tier 3 (T3), EU Stage IIIA, China Stage 3 compliant engines.Road towable at 90 kmph.New anti-rust Galvanealed steel frame and canopy.Comes with the new Sullair Digital Controller.After cooled option available.In addition, Sullair DLQ1260Z with CAT® C18 engine also was launched in the form of online live steams for the first time.Not only Sullair and Caterpillar management team gathered at the event, Sullair’s friendly partner Li xinghang also attented the event and unveiled the new product together.Sullair’s strong product showcase in Bauma China not only draw the audience intrests, but also attracted 7 domestic industry authoritative media including “China machinery, China industry and Huicong construction” to report simultaneously. Medias reports expanded the influence of Sullair products.

Sullair Shenzhen relocation ceremony was held in Shenzhen on November8,2020.Sullair invited some key accounts and distributors in southern China to attend the ceremony.Mr. John Randall, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Sullair Asia, made a wonderful speech on behalf of the management. John reviewed the achievements of Sullair in the past, looked forward to the bright future, and expressed his sincere gratitude to our partners over the years.In the opening speech, John made a detailed explanation of Sullair’s relocation: "After the transformation, Sullair Shenzhen will retain the compressors and spare parts sales, after-sales service and other relevant support departments, and will take more focus on serving the South China market."And then, John and 4 representatives of the key distributors in South China held a grand ribbon-cutting ceremony. There was also a special session during the event. The authoritative media “Compressor World” interviewed Mr. John Randall, General Manager of Sullair Asia, and Mr. Yang Jian, Sales Deputy General Manager of Sullair Asia, about the relocation arrangements of Sullair. During the interview, John and Yang Jian answered questions about Sullair’s strategic development and future plans.

Everbright Environmental Protection Energy (Quzhou) company is a clean energy enterprise that turns waste into treasure. Not long ago, a story between Everbright and Sullair has promoted the cooperation and friendship between the two companies.Due to the high ambient temperature, the temperature of cooling water of three Sullair air compressors in Everbright site is too high, resulting in compressors breakdown. After the communications between Everbright and Sullair, Sullair contacted the distributor Hangzhou Nanhua company to assigned A-level engineers to the site. The engineer found the problem in 10 minutes , and solved the problems in 2 hours, which ensured the daily production of Everbright is not affected.

From June 11th to 12th, Mr.John Randall, General Manager of Sullair Asia Pacific, and his group of six people made a special trip to Xuanhua, which is known as "The hometown of drilling machine in China", and visited Xuanhua Jinke and Xuanhua Taiye, which are well known companies in the industry.On June 11th, John and his team went to the first stop of this visit -- Xuanhua Jinke Drilling Company, and were warmly welcomed by Yu Zhenji, General Manager of Jinke.During the meeting, General Manager Yu introduced the development history and current situation of Jinke Company to John, and made detailed analysis and forward-looking forecast on the marketing situation. After the communications,the two sides will upgrade to a strategic cooperative partnership on the original basis.Then Sullair team visited the plant of Jinke. The perfect facilities and equipments and the orderly operation process were highly praised by John and Sullair representatives.On June 12th, John and his team went to Xuanhua Taiye company.During the visit, Mr. Liu Yingbin, General Manager of Taiye Company, introduced the development history of the factory to everyone. As one of the earliest factories producing drilling machine in China, Taiye has many unique views ondrilling technology. John saw more possibilities of cooperation between Sullair and Taiye. He suggested that to improve Sullair 3120XH air compressor to support the drilling machine, and gradually to promote other Sullair compressors would bring more opportunities for the cooperation between the two companies.

Dear all friends of Sullair, Nearly two month ago, l assumed the role of General Manager of Sullair Asia. l am greatly honored toserve in this role, as l have long-standing respect and admiration for the people and culture of china andSoutheast Asia.