The US gold mining industry is a major contributor to the world gold market. As of 2003 it was the world’s second largest gold producer behind South Africa, generating more than 285 tons. However, this was a large decrease from the 355 tons produced in 2000. In the year 2003, gold was generated at over [...]
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Established in 1890, Kubota manufactures heavy equipment and tractors. The company headquarter are in Osaka, Japan. However, in 1972 they formed the Kubota Tractor Corporation as their presence in the United States. It is based in Torrance, California and distributes imported Kubota products. Kubota Manufacturing of America started in 1988, and the manufacturing plant is [...]
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Komatsu Limited is a multinational corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. The company manufactures construction, military, and mining equipment. The company was founded in 1917 in Komatsu, Ishikawa, and has grown to produce some of the largest machines available in the world. Komatsu makes compact, small, medium, and large excavators for all kinds of dirt work. [...]
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Based in Rochester, New England, JCB or J.C. Bamford Excavators, Limited manufactures construction equipment, including, but not limited to, excavators. The company has 17 factories in countries other than the United Kingdom. The US factory is located in Pooler, Georgia. This 500,000 square foot facility near Savannah, Georgia serves over 120 distributors in the United [...]
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Deere and Company was founded by an American blacksmith named John Deere. He was born in Vermont lived from 1804 to 1886. In 1837, he moved to Illinois and began inventing and improving commercial farm equipment. Deere and Company, commonly referred to as John Deere, is a Fortune 500 corporation based in Moline, Illinois. The [...]
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Although the field seems to be dominated by global giants that range from Nissan to Toyota, Hyster forklifts have made quite a name for themselves on a worldwide level, which is all the more impressive considering their rather humble beginnings. Hyster began back in the 1920’s in the Pacific Northwest region of the USA, as [...]
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IHI stands for Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries. Based in Tokyo, Japan, the IHI Corporation was founded in 1853. The company produces heavy equipment and machinery for construction, mining, military, aircraft, space exploration, bridges, transportation, and industry. International company IHI Construction Machinery, Ltd. was created in 1952 under the IHI Corporation and US company Koehring. IHI Compact [...]
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The Yanmar Corporation was founded in 1912 and is based in Osaka, Japan. The Yanmar America Corporation is based in Adairsville, Georgia. Yanmar was the first company to market a true zero-tail swing excavator. This means that there is no need for a counterbalance “tail” on the back of a compact excavator. This technology made [...]
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A global company for a global environment, Nissan is well known for their automobiles, which is what most people associate them with. However, for those in the industrial sector, their lift trucks also have earned them a well deserved reputation of excellence that consistently ranks in the top ten companies in the world. Nissan forklifts [...]
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Takeuchi Manufacturing is a heavy equipment company founded in 1963 and based in Nagano, Japan. Takeuchi has subsidiaries in the United States, China, France, and the United Kingdom. In 1971, the first compact excavator was introduced in America by Takeuchi Manufacturing. The US Takeuchi Manufacturing plant is located near Atlanta, Georgia. They continue the tradition [...]
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