Feb,2000 |
Agreed to establish global collaboration with the Linde Group of Germany in the manufacture and sales of lift trucks and related products. |
Apr,2000 |
Agreed to extend the existing tie-up in the sheet metal machine industry on more international basis with TRUMPF GmbH+Co. KG of Germany. |
Aug,2000 |
Established GIGAPHOTON Inc., a joint venture in the Excimer laser business with Ushio Inc. |
Nov,2000 |
Acquired Hensley Industries, Inc., an American construction and mining equipment component maker. |
Dec,2000 |
Decided to establish PT Komatsu Undercarriage Indonesia to manufacture components for the crawlers of construction equipment. |
Jan,2001 |
Established Komatsu (China) Ltd., a holding company in China. |
Apr,2001 |
Oyama plant achieved "Zero Emission" first among Japan's construction equipment manufacturers. |
May,2001 |
Announced the new brand "GALEO"; Komatsu's new-generation construction equipment for customers worldwide. |
Jan,2002 |
Founded "Newberry Manufacturing Operation," a facility for utility equipment, in the United Sates. |
May,2002 |
5 plants in Japan achieved "Zero Emission." |
Apr,2002 |
Established Komatsu Italy S.p.A. in Italy. |
Apr,2002 |
Signed a letter of intent for production of wheel loader cabs with Volvo Construction Equipment's cab plant. |
May, 2003 |
Delivered an electronic dumptruck "730E" manufactured by Komatsu America Corp. to Nittetsu Mining Co., Ltd in Kouchi pref. |
Oct, 2003 |
Took 10 billion yen orders for crude oil and natural gas development projects in Russia. |
Oct, 2003 |
Established Komatsu Forklift (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd. in China as a sales company for forklifts. |
Jan, 2004 |
Established Komatsu Forest AB acquiring Partek Forest AB, a manufacturer and distributer of forestry equipment in Sweden. |
Jan, 2004 |
Established Komatsu Industries (Shanghai) Ltd. in China as a sales company for industrial machineries. |
Apr, 2004 |
Established Hensley Lingfeng Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of teeth for construction equipment. |
Jun, 2004 |
Established Komatsu Zenoah (Shandong) Machine Co .,Ltd (renamed Komatsu Utility Machine Co., Ltd. in 2007) in China, a manufacturer of mini excavators and hydraulic equipment. |
Jun, 2004 |
Established Komatsu Power Generation Systems (Shanghai) Ltd in China, a manufacturer of power generators. |
Aug, 2004 |
Established Komatsu Forklift Manufacturing (China) Co., Ltd in China, a manufacturer of forklift trucks. |
Aug, 2004 |
Ayumi Tanimoto, a member of the Komatsu Women's Judo Club, won a gold medal in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. |
Sep, 2004 |
Established PT.Pandu Dayatama Patria in Indonesia, a manufacturer of hydraulic equipment. |
Dec, 2004 |
Began production of PC3000, super large-sized excavator, in Rokko Plant. |
May, 2005 |
Completed construction of one of the world's largest acoustic testing laboratories. |
Jul, 2005 |
Sold polysilicon business (ASiMI) to SGS Holdings Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of the Norwegian company Renewable Energy Corporation. |
Oct, 2005 |
Developed the frontier engine technology "ecot3" compliant to Tier III emission standards. |
Nov, 2005 |
Began production of dump trucks in China. |
Aug, 2006 |
Changed the number of shares constituting one unit(tangen) of shares from 1,000 to 100. |
Oct, 2006 |
Sold out 51% of Komatsu Electronic Metal's stock to SUMCO CORPORATION. |
Nov, 2006 |
Marked 50th anniversary of participation in the China's market. |
Jan, 2007 |
Completed the construction of three new plants, i.e. Ibaraki Plant, Kanazawa Plant (both in Japan) and Chennai Plant (in India). |
Apr, 2007 |
Integrated Komatsu Forklift Co., Ltd. and Komatsu Zenoah into new Komatsu Utility Co., Ltd. |
Oct, 2007 |
Established Komatsu Undercarriage China Corp. in China. |
Feb, 2008 |
Established Komatsu Manufacturing Rus, LLC in Russia. (launch production in June 2010) |
Mar, 2008 |
Made NIPPEI TOYAMA (renamed Komatsu NTC Ltd. in October 2008) Corporation a wholly owned subsidiary. |
Jun, 2008 |
Introduced the world's first hybrid hydraulic excavator. |
Aug, 2008 |
Ayumi Tanimoto won a gold medal in the Beijing Olympic Games (her second straight victory.) |
Dec, 2008 |
Began operation of the autonomous haulage systems at the mine of Rio Tinto in Australia. |
Mar, 2009 |
Completed joint project with Japan Mine Action Service for community reconstruction in Cambodia. |
Apr, 2009 |
Reorganized Japanese sales and service structure for construction equipment and established Komatsu Construction Equipment Sales and Service Japan Ltd. |