Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Mining, Computer software, Computer hardware |
Founded | 1983 |
Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Andrew Pyne (President and CEO) |
Products | |
Number of employees | 200+ worldwide |
Parent | Hitachi Construction Machinery |
Website | www |
Wenco International Mining Systems, Ltd. (Wenco) is a Canadian technology company that develops, manufactures, and distributes computer systems to manage and control surface mining equipment. It is a provider of fleet management, machine guidance, asset health,[1] and industrial safety[2] technology to the mining sector.[3] The company's computer systems include software and hardware that record data related to mining equipment activity, location, time, production, and maintenance.[4] This information also displays to machine operators and other mining personnel.[5] Its systems run at open-pit sites operated by large mining conglomerates De Beers Group of Companies, Syncrude, KCGM, the United States Steel Corporation, Canadian Natural Resources Limited, and others.[6][7]
Founded in 1983, Wenco maintains its head office in the Metro Vancouver city of Richmond, British Columbia. It also operates satellite sales and support offices in the United States, Australia, Chile, South Africa, Russia, India, UAE, and Indonesia.[4] Since 2009, the company has operated as a subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., a division of Hitachi Group of Companies.[8][9]