Tag: Komatsu

Around Townsville they’re calling it the Smurf – a big blue Komatsu excavator which has been painted to support a worthy cause - Beyond Blue. Every hour the machine works, its owner, fourth generation construction company RMS Engineering and...

John Bashforth, a fourth-generation farmer, quarry and machinery operator in the Byron Bay region of NSW, tends not to turn over his heavy equipment often. He’s just bought his third Komatsu bulldozer, almost half a century after his father Jack...

Komatsu is continuing to expand its digital presence with the launch of purpose-built new websites for its Komatsu Rental operations in Australia and New Zealand, at komatsu.com.au/rental (Australia) and komatsu.co.nz/rental (New Zealand). Komatsu Rental's Australian and New Zealand websites allow customers to view the...

Holly Sharpe is returning to work at the controls of her earthmoving business' excavators, after taking time out to have two children. Owned and run with husband, Phil Sharpe, PHS Earthworks is a Lake Macquarie, New South Wales-based company performing...

Mining infrastructure plumbing expert Mark Sheehan knows a lot about partnership. When he was 24 and busting to have a go on his own after nine years working as a commercial plumber in Perth, it was his then girlfriend Emily,...

Rhys Malcolm was just five years old when he drove his dad's excavator, ten when he first went on the job with his dad and twenty-four when he bought a new machine and started his own business, just like...

In conjunction with SkogsNolia, Komatsu Forest will launch an upgraded product range, with the majority of the machines new. The machines are equipped with a brand-new engine installation conforming to the latest emission legislation. The new, future-proof control system, MaxiXT,...

MaxiVision is a completely new digital tool that helps the forest machine operator to visualise the state and conditions of the forest. Different map views provide the operator with data about ground conditions and the rest of the team’s production,...

Komatsu and Cummins are celebrating the delivery of the 100th MCRS repower engine module to their partner Rio Tinto.

The primary application for the new Komatsu dozer is winning limestone-sourced material from council owned gravel pits for road construction