Komatsu Ltd.

About Komatsu

Komatsu Ltd. is a manufacturer of construction and mining machinery founded in 1921 in Japan, headquartered in Tokyo (Akasaka). The company produces hydraulic excavators from mini excavators to large mining excavators, bulldozers, wheel loaders, articulated and rigid dump trucks, backhoe loaders, compact loaders, motor graders and mobile crushers as well as electric machinery. In Europe, Komatsu Europe International N.V. in Vilvoorde (Belgium) manages the sales and service network; production sites include Düsseldorf (large hydraulic excavators such as the PC8000-11 weighing 773 t) and Hannover (wheel loaders and mobile excavators, formerly Hanomag) in Germany, Este in Italy and Birtley in the United Kingdom. Machines are used in building construction and civil engineering, road construction, quarrying and mining, demolition, waste and recycling, material handling, landscaping, agriculture and forestry. The portfolio includes telematics (KOMTRAX), intelligent machine control (iMC), hybrid and electric drives as well as service, financing and used machinery solutions.

Site

Tokyo (Minato, Akasaka)

Processes

Telematics/Fleet Management (KOMTRAX), Smart Construction / 3D Machine Guidance, Smart Quarry Site, Maintenance and Service Contracts (Komatsu Care), Warranty Extension, Genuine Parts / Spare Parts Supply, Online Parts Ordering, E-Support

Materials

intelligent Machine Control (iMC 2.0 / 3.0), Komatsu Hybrid System, Electric Machinery, KOMTRAX Telematics

Founded

1921

Industries

Construction/Building Construction and Civil Engineering, Road Construction, Quarrying & Extraction/Mining, Demolition, Waste and Recycling, Material Handling & Industry

1. 01

   Engineering and Development

2. 02

   Manufacturing of Machines and Assemblies

3. 03

   Assembly

4. 04

   Testing

5. 05

   Distribution via Dealer Network

6. 06

   Service, Telematics and Spare Parts

Technologies and Drives

Locations

Machines and Assemblies

Inside the production

Company History

1. 1921

   Foundation of Komatsu Ltd. on 13 May 1921 (spun off from Takeuchi Mining Industry by Meitaro Takeuchi).

2. 1924

   Construction of the first press (450 t arch-frame press).

3. 1931

   Production of Japan's first crawler tractor/tractor prototype.

4. 1943

   Development of the Komatsu Model 1, prototype of Japanese bulldozers.

5. 1948

   Start of diesel engine production.

6. 1953

   Production launch of forklift trucks and dump trucks.

7. 1968

   Start of hydraulic excavator production.

8. 1970

   Foundation of Komatsu America Corporation.

9. 1989

   Acquisition of shares in Hanomag AG (100% from 2002).

10. 1996

    Formation of Demag Komatsu GmbH (today Komatsu Germany GmbH); takeover of FAI Italy.

11. 2004

    Foundation of Komatsu Forest AB following the acquisition of Partek Forest AB (Valmet).

12. 2008

    Presentation of the world's first hybrid hydraulic excavator.

13. 2017

    Acquisition of Joy Global Inc., renamed Komatsu Mining Corp.

14. 2019

    Withdrawal from the defence sector; acquisition of TimberPro.

15. 2022

    Acquisition of GHH Group GmbH (Gelsenkirchen, underground mining/special foundation engineering).

16. 2023

    Acquisition of American Battery Solutions for the electrification of construction machinery.