Hitachi Construction Machinery Indonesia Ships 33,333 Medium Size Excavators
2018 had been an incredible year for Hitachi Construction Machinery Indonesia (HCMI) especially in October 2018 where HCMI had cause for double celebrations. Established by Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) on 1 October 1991, HCMI celebrated its 27th anniversary, as well as the achievement of a new milestone of shipping an accumulated 33,333 units of medium size excavators. The 33,333th unit was manufactured for the customer of Hitachi Construction Machinery Thailand (HCMT).
Moving forward, HCMI hopes to open new representative offices in Asia, as well as in other parts of the world to provide ZAXIS-5G medium excavators.
Since 1991, HCMI has been manufacturing medium-sized excavators (mainly in Indonesia for export to Thailand and Malaysia), key components for large and ultra-large HCM excavators, and shovel buckets for ultra-large excavators and vessels for dump trucks. From 2015, HCMI has been expanding its exports to emerging Southeast Asian markets such as Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. As part of the company’s global expansion plans, trial units were delivered to new regions such as South Africa, and in the second half of 2018, a mass-produced unit shipment started to Northwest Africa and the Middle East.