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Wed March 05, 2003

Komatsu Shutters Plant as Sluggish Mining Industry Spurs 3-Month Closing, Massive Layoffs

Komatsu America Corp. announced Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2003. it will shut its Peoria, IL, plant for a minimum of three months beginning April 14. Lack of business in the mining industry caused the shutdown, the company said....

Sat January 25, 2003

Komatsu Lauds Continental’s Hearrean For Top Performance

Komatsu America Corp. has named Philip Hearrean, product support representative for Continental Equipment Co., Top Performer in Product Support Excellence for the South Central District in 2002. In announcing the award, Komatsu America Corp....

Wed December 18, 2002

Revoli Construction Company Finds a Friend in CN Wood and Komatsu

When Shawqui Alsarabi and Aldo Palumbo decided to make their mark in the world, they decided to go into the construction business. With that decision made, they went to Bob Benard, owner of C.N. Wood, explaining the idea of forming their own construction business....

Tue November 19, 2002

Northwest Komatsu Dealer Modern Purchases Pacific North

Spokane, WA-based Modern Machinery, one of the nation’s largest Komatsu dealerships, last week finalized its acquisition of Pacific North Equipment, a Seattle-based dealership formerly owned by Toronto-based Wajax Ltd....

Fri June 21, 2002

Komatsu America Opens Expansive Training Facility in Cartersville, GA

To further demonstrate its focus on customer success, Komatsu America Corporation (KAC) has announced the opening of its state-of-the-art training facility in Cartersville, GA. Set on more than 520 acres (210 ha), the 63,000-sq.-ft....

Wed June 12, 2002

Komatsu Opens $20M Backhoe Plant

Komatsu America Corporation (KAC), held the grand opening of its Newberry Manufacturing Operation (NMO) in Newberry, SC, on May 29, 2002. The $20-million facility is the new home for production of four Komatsu backhoe loaders including the WB140-2N, WB140PS, WB150-2N and the WB150PS....

Wed May 22, 2002

Komatsu Combines All U.S. Operations

As part of its global re-engineering efforts, Komatsu has announced that, effective April 1, 2002, its North American operations, Komatsu America Corp., Komatsu America International Company, Komatsu Mining Systems Inc., Komatsu Utility Corp., DataKom Inc....

Wed May 15, 2002

Komatsu Consolidates American Operations Into Single Organization

As part of its global re-engineering efforts, Komatsu has announced that, effective April 1, 2002, its North American operations, Komatsu America Corp., Komatsu America International Company, Komatsu Mining Systems Inc., Komatsu Utility Corp., DataKom Inc....

Sat April 28, 2001

Komatsu Customers Discover Value of ReMarketed Machine

Last year, Komatsu ReMarketing introduced “Distributor Qualified Used Equipment” as a way to bring certain standards and assurances to the used equipment marketplace. A distributor-qualified machine is one that has been thoroughly inspected by a trained Komatsu technician and graded according to specific standardized criteria....

Wed November 07, 2001

Komatsu’s ReMarketing Initiative Aids Used Equipment Customers

One of the biggest fears an equipment buyer has is investing in a used machine with an unknown problem. No matter how sharp the buyer is, there is always the dreaded thought that there may have been an error in the inspection....