Skip navigation KOMATSU GERMANY, Mining Division Home Blog Media COMPANY PRODUCTS SERVICE CAREER CONTACTS Search History Company History History of the Komatsu Germany GmbH, Mining Division 1907 Carlshütte builds first electric driven rope shovel in Duisburg 1921 Establishment of Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu City 1925 Demag finally gains full control of Carlshütte 1954 First fully hydraulic excavator B 504 1968 Start of excavator manufacturing 1972 Demag's first 100 t hydraulic shovel – H 101 1978 First hydraulic mining shovel H 241 1986 Worldwide largest hydraulic mining shovel H 485 1996 Joint Venture – "Demag Komatsu GmbH" 1999 100% Komatsu – Komatsu Mining Germany 2005 PC 3000-6 introduction 2006 PC 5500 – 28 cum bucket 2007 100 years anniversary – Komatsu Mining Germany 2008 MinExpo – PC 5500 Tier II – 29 cum bucket 2010 PC 8000 – Tier II 2012 MinExpo – PC 4000 Tier II 2016 Launch of PC7000 2017 Opening of Technical Center in Düsseldorf and farewell of 1000th mining excavator. Komatsu Germany Forststraße 29 40597 Düsseldorf Germany www.komatsu-germany.com Location Mining Division Phone: +49 (211) 7109 - 0 E-Mail: info@komatsu-mining.de Construction Division Phone: (49) 511 4509 - 0 E-Mail: marketing@komatsu.eu Komatsu Global www.komatsuamerica.com www.komatsu.eu Sign up to our newsletter Find your local dealer © Komatsu Germany GmbH, Mining Division Data Protection Legal Information Terms and Conditions