- CEO
- Kotaro Hirano
- Full Time Employees
- 26,230
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Agricultural - Machinery
- Address
- 2-16-1, Higashiueno Tokyo Japan 110-0015
- IPO Date
- Oct 10, 2014
- Business
- Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells construction and mining machinery worldwide; core products include hydraulic excavators from compact models under 10 tonnes for urban and confined spaces to ultra-large units exceeding 500 tonnes for mining operations, wheel loaders with engine outputs from under 50kW compact variants to larger construction-grade models, crawler cranes, rigid dump trucks such as the EH5000AC-3 series, bulldozers, shield machines, compaction equipment like vibratory rollers, and specialized mining solutions including autonomous haulage systems and ICT-enabled machinery; the company also provides value chain services encompassing parts, maintenance via ConSite platform, rentals, used equipment, and digital analytics for lifecycle management. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and founded in 1970 as a spin-off from Hitachi, Ltd., it operates globally across Asia, North America, Europe, Africa, and other regions through manufacturing facilities in Japan, the Netherlands, the United States, China, and subsidiaries like Tata Hitachi in India, with international sales comprising 84% of its 1,371.3 billion yen revenue as of fiscal year ended March 2025. Recent developments include a 2025 strategic investment in Canada's Rithmik Solutions for AI-powered mining analytics, a October 2025 charter agreement with Rio Tinto to develop remote operation and partial autonomy technologies for ultra-large hydraulic excavators targeting 2030 interoperability platforms, and advancements in zero-emission initiatives such as battery-powered mini excavators and hybrid dump truck demonstrations in South Africa.