Forklift and compact-loader repair business in East Kazakhstan — sale of an operating company with its own premises

The company

The target is a Kazakhstan limited liability partnership, ТОО «ВОСТОК-ТЕХНО» (VOSTOK-TEKHNO LLP), business identification number 040240000192, launched in 2004 and trading ever since (the e-Government registered-entity record shows first registration on 3 February 2004, re-registration on 13 November 2006, registered in Oskemen, with a single participant). Its core business is the repair of specialised machinery: forklifts across four power types (diesel, gasoline, LPG and electric) from Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Komatsu and many other makers, and compact front-end loaders from Bobcat, Mustang, MKSM and the Chinese brands LiuGong, Lonking and XCMG. It is well known in the industry after more than two decades, and its customers include the biggest metallurgical plants of East Kazakhstan Region. According to Toyota's official representatives, it is the only company in Kazakhstan with this level of expertise.

Assets and capabilities

Team: 17 people on the payroll, certified technicians with more than 20 years' experience, able to handle repairs of any complexity.

Premises: an owned production site of 1,091 m² of buildings on 0.33 hectares of land, comprising a workshop, warehouse, paint shop and wash bay, with a dedicated electrical substation and heating system.

Supply chain: spare parts are sourced directly from known international suppliers, without local intermediaries.

Market context

Kazakhstan's forklifts and works trucks are almost entirely imported, and China is now the largest source. According to Kazakhstan Customs, the country imported USD 86.7 million of fork-lift and other works trucks with lifting equipment (HS 8427) in 2025, of which USD 47.6 million, or 55%, came from China, followed by France, Japan and Germany. In January–April 2026 imports reached USD 34.6 million, with China's share rising to 61%.

China Customs monthly data show the trend still accelerating: in 2025 China exported USD 48.7 million of forklifts (HS 8427) to Kazakhstan — 4,574 self-propelled trucks (2,341 electric, 2,233 internal-combustion and other) plus some 13,000 hand pallet trucks and similar. In January–July 2026 exports reached USD 35.9 million and 3,293 self-propelled trucks, up 40% and 38% on the same period of 2025. Compact loaders are even more concentrated: in 2025 China exported USD 151 million of front-end shovel loaders (HS 842951) to Kazakhstan, 86% of the country's imports of the product. Thousands of Chinese-brand machines are added to the installed base every year, while local specialist repair and parts capability lags behind — a business with twenty years' track record that already services LiuGong, Lonking and XCMG machines fills exactly the after-sales gap for Chinese manufacturers.

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Transaction

The asking price is USD 2.2 million and the sale covers the whole overhaul base: all premises and land, equipment, spare-parts stock, and the legal entity itself with all its official title documents. The party states annual revenue of about USD 200,000 and a current headcount of 17. Whether the price is negotiable, whether taxes and commissions are included, how staff are retained and how the company's existing receivables and liabilities are treated are all settled with the party during due diligence.

The company's official registration record is already on file with SinoKaz. The party states that it can provide a serious enquirer with photographs and video of the site and workshop, title documents for the premises, and a visit to the site.

Who this suits

Chinese forklift and construction-machinery manufacturers: establish an authorised service centre in eastern Kazakhstan on a ready team and premises, close to metallurgical, mining and logistics customers.

Equipment dealers and rental companies: combine repair and parts with machine sales and rental into an integrated local operation.

Spare-parts traders: build a parts distribution channel for East Kazakhstan and neighbouring regions on the existing repair customer base.

Key facts

Transaction

Sale of the operating business, including the legal entity

Legal name

ТОО «ВОСТОК-ТЕХНО» (VOSTOK-TEKHNO LLP)

Business identification number

040240000192

Registration

First registered 3 February 2004, re-registered 13 November 2006; registering authority: Oskemen registration and land-cadastre office of the State Corporation "Government for Citizens", East Kazakhstan Region; one participant, who is also the first head of the company (per the e-Government registered-entity record issued 14 September 2026)

Location

Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), East Kazakhstan Region

Launched in

2004 (first registered 3 February 2004)

Core business

Repair of forklifts (diesel, gasoline, LPG, electric; Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Komatsu and others) and compact front-end loaders (Bobcat, Mustang, MKSM, LiuGong, Lonking, XCMG and others)

Customers

Including the biggest metallurgical plants of East Kazakhstan Region

Team

17 staff; certified technicians with more than 20 years' experience

Annual revenue

About USD 200,000 (as stated by the party)

Parts sourcing

Directly from known international suppliers

Premises

Owned: 1,091 m² of buildings on 0.33 ha of land; workshop, warehouse, paint shop, wash bay; dedicated substation and heating system

Asking price

USD 2.2 million, including all premises and land, equipment, spare parts and the legal entity

Received by SinoKaz

Letter in English received 12 Sept 2026; a follow-up letter with two official documents issued by the e-Government of Kazakhstan (in Russian/Kazakh) received 14 Sept 2026: a certificate of company participation, and the registered-legal-entity record (Сведения о зарегистрированном юридическом лице) stating the legal name, BIN, registration dates, registering authority, participant and registered address, with a digitally signed barcode verifiable on egov.kz. Title documents for the premises and financial information have not yet been received.

Utilities on site

All as stated by the submitting party; not verified on site by SinoKaz.

Said to be available

“Available” does not mean we have received it. What we have on file is shown in the information status above.

Submitted by

Submitted by letter from the director of an equipment repair business in Oskemen, who has supplied an e-Government certificate of participation and the registered-legal-entity record; both show them as the company's sole participant and first head. Contact details (phone, e-mail, website, social media) are kept on file and passed on upon request.