News Release

2021

Kobelco Reaches Production of 300,000
Hydraulic Excavators at Hiroshima Factory
October 19, 2021
Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (or KCM), headquartered in Tokyo, held a ceremony at its Itsukaichi Factory in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan to celebrate production of the 300,000th excavator at the factory.
In April 1983, Kobe Steel, Ltd.* acquired the shares of Yutani Heavy Industries, Ltd. and established a hydraulic excavator development and production site in Hiroshima. Later, through…