Hitachi Construction Machinery will begin full-scale production of dump trucks in Ontario, Canada. The production is set to begin in fiscal year 2026 with Hitachi Construction Truck Manufacturing, which is currently responsible for the production and remanufacturing of dump truck maintenance and service parts.

Hitachi Construction Machinery since 2022 has embarked on independent business expansions. This decision is in response to the demand in the Americas market.

The Americas account for approximately 40% (Parker Bay statistics, 2010) of the global dump trucks over 150 tons market. Copper, iron ore, and gold―hard rocks for which demand is expected to keep rising in the future―are mined in large volumes in South America. Hitachi Construction Machinery has been producing dump trucks at the Hitachinaka-Rinko Works in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture. Now, with local production of dump trucks in Canada transportation time will be shortened.

For dump trucks produced in Canada, mainframes, welding structures, and components such as engines and radiators will be locally sourced to improve the local procurement rate. Other key components will be imported from Japan to ensure the same level of reliability as dump trucks produced in Japan. Engineers, including designers, will be present at Hitachi Construction Truck Manufacturing to flexibly deal with specification changes on individual dump trucks.

Euclid-Hitachi Heavy Equipment was acquired by Hitachi Construction Machinery in 1988. It halted the production of dump trucks in fiscal year 2018 to focus on producing service parts for delivered dump trucks and remanufacturing parts for ultra-large hydraulic excavators and dump trucks. Toward the start of full-scale production of dump trucks in fiscal year 2026, staff is expected to double the current size.

Hitachi Construction Machinery aims to achieve a revenue of over 300 billion JPY in fiscal year 2025 from independent business expansion in the Americas alone.

(Source: Hitachi)