Hitachi launches EX1200 excavator production in Indonesia

Hitachi Construction Machinery will commence mass production of the EX1200 ultra-large hydraulic excavator at its Indonesian factory in November 2024, to meet expanding demand in Indonesia’s mining sector.

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (TSE: 6305, President and Executive Officer: Masafumi Senzaki; “Hitachi Construction Machinery”) will begin mass production of the EX1200 ultra-large hydraulic excavator (operating weight: approx. 120-ton class) at its Indonesian production base P.T. Hitachi Construction Machinery Indonesia (headquarters: West Java, Indonesia; Managing Director: Kozo Nagao; “Hitachi Construction Machinery Indonesia”) from November 2024 to address the demand for ultra-large hydraulic excavators in the Republic of Indonesia (“Indonesia”).

Hitachi Construction Machinery currently manufactures ultra-large hydraulic excavators and rigid dump trucks at the Hitachinaka-Rinko Works (Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan) for delivery to customers all over the world. In addition to medium hydraulic excavators, Hitachi Construction Machinery Indonesia manufactures front structures (booms, arms, and buckets) for ultra-large hydraulic excavators, truck frames, rigid dump truck beds, and other welded mining machinery structures.

Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest market for mining machinery, has a fairly significant number of small and medium-sized mines, as well as a high demand for hydraulic excavators in the 120-ton class. Furthermore, the entire Group’s manufacturing capacity needed to be strengthened to meet the global demand for mining goods, particularly in the Americas region, where the Hitachi Construction Machinery Group is advancing its independent expansion.

Against this backdrop, the Group chose to expand Hitachi Construction Machinery Indonesia’s Cibitung 2 Factory and construct new manufacturing and assembly facilities to manufacture the EX1200 ultra-large hydraulic excavator. Furthermore, modern welding technology will be used in the expanded area to increase the production of welded structures for mining products.

To meet global demand, the Hitachi Construction Machinery Group will continue to develop and manufacture products in accordance with client needs at each base.

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