Hitachi Construction Machinery will begin full-scale production of dump trucks in Canada by the 2026 fiscal year. Hitachi Construction Truck Manufacturing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery headquartered in Ontario, will produce and remanufacture dump truck maintenance and service parts. This decision will establish a production and service framework for dump trucks in the Americas market.
Since March 2022, Hitachi Construction Machinery has expanded its business through achievements ranging from new machine sales to value chain business. Hitachi says that this decision is in response to the strong demand in the Americas market. Hitachi can meet local market needs faster by developing a local production and service framework for dump trucks. Hitachi hopes to accelerate independent business expansion while increasing the local procurement rate.
The Americas (North, Central, and South America) account for approximately 40 percent of the global dump trucks over 150 tons market. South America sees a lot of copper, iron ore, and gold-hard rock mining operations. The mining for these minerals is also expected to keep rising in the future. Hitachi has been producing dump trucks at the Hitachinaka-Rinko Works in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, and delivering them to the world. Now, with the local production of dump trucks in Canada, transportation time for Hitachi dump trucks 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 so that Hitachi can keep the same level of reliability as dump trucks produced in Japan. Engineers, including designers, will be present to deal with specification changes on individual dump trucks.
Hitachi Construction Truck Manufacturing's predecessor, Euclid-Hitachi Heavy Equipment Ltd., was acquired by Hitachi Construction Machinery in 1988. It halted the production of dump trucks in 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 2026, the staff is expected to double the current size as part of our efforts to strengthen the production system.
