Tag: Komatsu heavy equipment

Dealers

Komatsu’s new ‘Smart Construction’ service takes all the guesswork out of GPS/GNSS earthmoving

One-stop shopping is a concept everybody knows from the retail world. For Komatsu this same idea is the key to getting more customers to engage with GPS/GNSS earthmoving technology. Last week at its Cartersville, Georgia demonstration facility, Komatsu unveiled a program it calls  “Smart Construction.” And though it shares the name of Komatsu’s radical drone-assisted, automated […]

June 3, 2016

Construction Equipment

Komatsu intros D155AXi-8 RC, its first remote control semi-auto dozer

At an event at its customer center in Cartersville, Georgia, on Tuesday, Komatsu launched an RC option for the D155AXi-8, making the dozer the company’s first remote controlled machine to be equipped with integrated machine control. Powered by a 354-horsepower Komatsu SAA6D140E-7 Tier 4 Final 15.24-liter diesel engine, the D155AXi-8 RC is a large dozer designed […]

May 25, 2016

Construction Equipment

Komatsu intros WA320-8 loader: a “multi-purpose utility knife on four wheels”

Komatsu has launched the WA320-8 wheel loader, providing updates to the machine which include a more fuel efficient engine and an improved cab. Powered by a 165-horsepower Tier 4 Final Komatsu SAA6D107E-3 engine paired with a hydrostatic transmission, the machine is equipped with a parallel-lift linkage with auto tilt-in to simulate a Z-bar. Komatsu says the WA320-8 […]

May 23, 2016

Construction Equipment

Komatsu’s new D39PXi-24 semi-auto dozer brings reverse grading mode to iMC lineup

Less than a week out from a media event focusing on “the jobsite of the future” at its North American customer center in Catersville, Georgia, Komatsu on Thursday unveiled its latest semi-automatic dozer. The new D39PXi-24 replaces the D39PXi-23 which was introduced in 2014. It is the second-smallest dozer in Komatsu’s intelligent Machine Control (iMC) product […]

May 19, 2016

Construction Equipment

Komatsu’s new WA500-8 loader boosts productivity with better bucket, auto-dig

Komatsu has updated its WA500 wheel loader, saying the new machine is 10 percent more productive and 5 percent more fuel efficient than its Dash-7 predecessor. The WA500-8 is designed for use in loading articulated dump trucks on construction sites, on-highway trucks or smaller rigid trucks in quarry applications and for load and carry applications, says […]

May 17, 2016

Business

Komatsu becomes sole provider to Extreme Sandbox as equipment playground begins nationwide expansion

Komatsu has inked a deal with Minnesota-based heavy equipment playground Extreme Sandbox to become that company’s exclusive sponsor and equipment provider. Komatsu sees the growing company, which allows patrons to operate excavators, dozers, loaders and much more in a 10-acre sandbox, as an opportunity not only to expose more Americans to the Komatsu brand but […]

March 31, 2016

Construction Equipment

Komatsu intros PC210LL-10 log loader with power boost, redesigned cab

Boasting a new engine and redesigned cab, Komatsu has launched its latest log loader, the PC210LL-10. Replacing the PC200LL-8, which had a Tier 3 engine, the new Dash-10 machine is powered by a Komatsu SAA6D107E-2 Tier 4 Interim engine pushing 158 flywheel horsepower. The engine provides a horsepower boost of 7 percent over the Dash-8 machine […]

June 9, 2015

Construction Equipment

Komatsu’s new PC390LC-11 hydraulic excavator features cab, productivity enhancements

Komatsu America’s new Tier 4 Final PC390LC-11 hydraulic excavator, which features a SAA6D114E-6 engine that delivers 257 net horsepower, has one size class larger undercarriage components than the previous model, ensuring high lift capacity and lateral stability. With a 6-percent wider track gauge and 18 percent greater over-the-side lift capacity than the PC360LC-11, the PC390LC-11 […]

February 19, 2015

Equipment Experts

Komatsu launches semi-automatic PC210LCi-10 excavator; cuts production time 63%

We’re used to numbers—some of them in the double digits—when manufacturers talk about fuel efficiency gains in new equipment. But Komatsu America on Friday talked about a huge number, and it wasn’t about fuel efficiency, but rather production time. Komatsu says the semi-automatic Intelligent Machine Control on its PC210LCi-10 excavator will help make over-excavation a […]

November 17, 2014

Construction Equipment

Komatsu launches semi-automatic PC210LCi-10 excavator; cuts production time 63%

We’re used to numbers—some of them in the double digits—when manufacturers talk about fuel efficiency gains in new equipment. But Komatsu America on Friday talked about a huge number, and it wasn’t about fuel efficiency, but rather production time. Komatsu says the semi-automatic Intelligent Machine Control on its PC210LCi-10 excavator will help make over-excavation a […]

November 17, 2014

Business

Komatsu sees slight boost in sales and profit during 1Q

Komatsu announced today increases in both sales and profit during the company’s first quarter ending June 31. The company reported net sales of $4.5 billion (460.2 billion Japanese yen), up 1.1 percent from the first quarter of 2013. Operating income rose 21.1 percent to $621.7 million (63.4 billion Japanese yen). Profit for the company rose […]

July 29, 2014