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About Kobelco

Kobelco Construction Machinery is a leading global manufacturer of crawler excavators, mini excavators, demolition machines, wheel loaders, and other construction equipment. The company also manufactures forestry equipment such as processors, harvesters, and grapplers, as well as a line of cranes, including city cranes, lattice boom crawler cranes, and rough terrain cranes.

Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Kobelco Construction Machinery is a part of Kobe Steel, a leading producer and manufacturer of iron and steel founded in 1905 and operating globally under the Kobelco brand. Kobelco began manufacturing construction machinery in 1930 as Kobe Steel Construction Machinery with the introduction of a 50K shovel credited as the first of its kind in Japan.

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2024 Kobelco SK55SRX-7 Mini Excavator

Expansions & Mergers

Kobelco released its first truck cranes in 1953 and a diesel pile hammer, the first in Japan, in 1954. The H208, the first crawler-type hydraulic excavator produced using Kobelco’s proprietary technology, debuted in 1967. The company officially adopted the Kobelco trademark for its equipment in 1979.

Kobe Steel bought managing shares of Yutani Heavy Industries Ltd in 1983 and finally merged to form Kobelco Construction Machinery in 1999. In 2016, Kobelco Construction Machinery merged with Kobelco Cranes, another Kobe Steel subsidiary that Kobe Steel had spun off from Kobelco Construction Machinery in the early 2000s. Kobelco Construction Machinery includes numerous domestic and overseas subsidiaries, including Kobelco Construction Machinery USA, headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Global Heavy Equipment Leader

Kobelco is one of the biggest brands in the construction equipment industry, with a lineup that includes crawler excavators, mini excavators, lattice boom crawler cranes, demolition and metal recycling machines, and forestry equipment.

One of Kobelco’s most popular machines in the U.S. is the SK210 excavator series. SK210 crawler excavators have a bucket digging force of up to 35,300 pounds-force (157 kilonewtons) and a lifting capacity of up to 18,880 pounds (8,560 kilograms).

Kobelco’s CK1600 series crawler cranes are another of the company’s most favored machines. The latest models have an energy-saving assist system called “G-modes,” which includes an auto idle stop system, an energy-saving winch control system, and an engine RPM limitation system. The crane also has a larger cab and an improved counterweight self-installation mechanism.

Find Kobelco Construction Equipment For Sale

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