Shandong Juli has a very significant market share in the region for this particular sector, but has so far not had any diesel engines capable of using heavy-fuel oil in its portfolio of products. With the licensed production of MAN Diesel engines, Shandong Juli will now be able to gain a share of this market too and expand its portfolio of engines to include models with an output of 2,000 kW and beyond. This had become necessary since Shandong Juli's customers are building increasingly large ships that require a commensurately high level of propulsion.

As part of the production of MAN Diesel engines under licence, Shandong Juli will be investing in a new large-component foundry as well as a new facility for processing, assembling and testing located in the immediate vicinity of the coast.

Shandong Juli’s production and testing of the first engine is scheduled for the end of 2009.