About Kobelco

Kobelco Construction Machinery  Europe B.V. (KCME) is wholly owned  by Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (Japan) and its headquarters  are in Almere, The Netherlands. The  Japanese manufacturer is dedicated  to sales and services of crawler  excavators and its spare parts, from 1- tonne to 50 tonnes, in Europe, Russia  CIS and Maghreb and is well-known  worldwide as a leading excavator  specialist.
Kobelco has a long heritage spanning  more than 80 years. Its parent  company, Kobe Steel Ltd., built  Japan’s first construction machine in  1930. The 50K electric mining shovel  paved the way for all future Kobelco  construction machinery and set the  tone for decades of pioneering  technological developments.

Today’s Kobelco excavators are built at Kobelco’s state-of-the-art factory in Hiroshima, Japan. Their advanced technology and features include superior fuel efficiency, an innovative noise and dust reduction system (iNDr) and advanced hydraulics for powerful, high performance. The all-new Generation-10 machines lead the way in class due to their low emissions, reduced operational costs and increased working performance and are testament to Kobelco’s eight decades of experience and expertise.