SDLG celebrated operator achievement at the 2017 Top Driver award ceremony during the Beijing International Construction and Machinery Exhibition & Seminar (BICES). Six Chinese operators received the award, all of whom graduated with honours from the fifth Top Driver programme at SDLG?s headquarters in Linyi, China. Three Russian operators who emerged top of their class at the Top Driver Russia event also received their awards here.

The award recipients include: Yongnian He, Jian Pu, Jianrong Li, Jinrong Han, Zhenhua Zhang, Xiongtao Zuo, Sidenko Aleksei, Kiryachenko Denis and Loshmanov Evgenii.

?Over the past five years, the Top Driver campaign has helped operators improve their skill set, share best practices and promote the values of charity and sustainability in the construction industry,? said Wang Zhizhong, Board Chairman of SDLG. ?The programme has travelled to several countries, including Russia and Thailand.?

SDLG has hosted more than 50 Top Driver workshops around the globe over the last three years, benefiting about 15,000 professionals in the construction machinery industry. The 2017 Top Driver award ceremony was also part of SDLG?s 45th anniversary celebrations. This year, the workshop made it to four cities across China, as well as four cities in Russia.