China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd (CIMC; Chinese: 中集集团) is a Chinese company principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of transportation equipment, such as containers, road transport vehicles and airport ground-handling equipment.
[3] CIMC was incorporated in Shenzhen as a joint venture on 14 January 1980 as China International Marine Containers Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 中國國際海運集裝箱股份有限公司).
In addition, the Company designs and manufactures passenger boarding bridges and cargo handling systems for airports.
Based in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, CIMC is also engaged in the real estate industry through its subsidiaries.
In 2013, CIMC acquired German manufacturer of fire engines Ziegler, including its subsidiary Visser B.V., which builds ambulances and interiors of defense vehicles.