Komatsu Limited

Komatsu Ltd.
Native name
株式会社小松製作所
Company typePublic (K.K)
TYO: 6301
TOPIX Large 70 Component
IndustryHeavy equipment (construction, mining and forestry), Defense technology
FoundedMay 13, 1921; 103 years ago (1921-05-13)
FounderMeitaro Takeuchi
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
Key people
Products
RevenueDecrease ¥2.444 Trillion (2019)
Decrease ¥250.7 Billion (2019)
Decrease ¥153.8 Billion (2019)
Number of employees
59,632 (Consolidated)[1]
Websitekomatsu.jp/en

Komatsu Ltd. (株式会社小松製作所, Kabushiki-gaisha Komatsu Seisakusho) or Komatsu (コマツ) (TYO: 6301) is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures construction, mining, forestry and military equipment, as well as diesel engines and industrial equipment like press machines, lasers and thermoelectric generators. Its headquarters are in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The corporation was named after the city of Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, where the company was founded in 1921. Worldwide, the Komatsu Group consists of Komatsu Ltd. and 258 other companies (215 consolidated subsidiaries and 42 companies accounted for by the equity method).

Komatsu is the world's second largest manufacturer of construction equipment and mining equipment after Caterpillar. However, in some areas (Japan, China), Komatsu has a larger share than Caterpillar. It has manufacturing operations in Japan, Asia, Americas and Europe.

The word ko-matsu means "small pine tree" (小松) in Japanese.

  1. ^ "Komatsu Profile". Retrieved 13 April 2018.