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Komatsu’s roots stretch back more than 100 years ago to a lush forest in Japan that was once home to a copper mine, vital to the surrounding community. Our founder, Meitaro Takeuchi, was an entrepreneur with an extraordinary humanitarian vision, committed to enhancing the community’s quality of life, developing future generations and ...
Komatsu eventually became large enough to sell to the public, and was spun off on May 13, 1921, as Komatsu Ltd and founded by Meitaro Takeuchi. Komatsu produced its first agricultural tractor prototype in 1931.
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Dec 5, 2022 · English: Meitarō Takeuchi, the founder of Komatsu Iron Works (now Komatsu Limited) and Karatsu Iron Works (now Karats Precision Machinery), and a founder investor of Kwaishinsha Moter Car Works (an origin of Nissan and Isuzu).
Past, present and future – it’s all about community. In 1921, Meitaro Takeuchi founded our company in the town that shares our name. He did so to provide work for the local community after the closure of a nearby copper mine.
The owner of the mine and our founder, Meitaro Takeuchi, was an entrepreneur with an extraordinary humanitarian vision, committed to enhancing the community’s quality of life, developing future generations and growing with society.
Our roots stretch back more than 100 years to Komatsu Iron Works, a company Meitaro Takeuchi founded to provide mining equipment for the Yusenji Copper Mine. “We must not let the community dwindle after the mine closure. The key to lasting well-being is the development of local industries.”
Named after its birthplace in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, our company was founded by Meitaro Takeuchi, a well-known entrepreneur with extraordinary vision who was determined to take Japanese industry to a globally competitive level.
