Komatsu began to establish themselves during the year 1921 as a diversified provider of industrial-use services and products. Still to this day, the Komatsu Group remains leading manufacturer of mining and construction machines. They also are active in other businesses such as compact machines, utility equipment, logistics and other solutions-based operations, forest machinery and industrial machinery. Komatsu Group is also involved in different forms of utility equipment and compact machines.
The company maintains "Quality and Reliability" as their most important management policy. Komatsu strictly upholds this policy and is wholly dedicated to giving safe and innovative services and products which meet and exceed the expectations of their customers throughout the world. This standard is a part of each piece of equipment and line which they manufacture.
The company produces a wide variety of industrial equipment such as: Wheel Loaders, Articulated Dump Trucks, Bulldozers, Mini Hydraulic Excavators, Dump Trucks, Motor Graders, Forklift Trucks, Compact Machines for Utility Equipment, Harvesters, Feller-bunchers, Backhoe loaders, Skid Steer Loaders, and Mini Wheel Loaders.
The company is also a producer of Mining and Construction Equipment, Mobile Screens and Forwarders. They also make other equipment specific for Slag Handling, Airport Equipment, Demolition, Shield Machines, Small-diameter Pipe Jacking Machines known as "Ironmole", and Tunneling equipment.
Komatsu's full line of products include Hydraulic Equipment Casting Products, Components and Casting Products, Engines and Diesel Engines. They have an array Metal Forging Equipment, Stamping Press, Servo-Presses and small, medium and large-sized presses.
Komatsu offers Laser Cutting Machines, Press Brakes, Shears, Sheet-Metal Machines and Fine Plasma Cutting Machines. Some of their well-known Machine Tools comprise: Wire Saws, Transfer Machines, Crankshaft Millers and Machining Centers.
Komatsu also has a full line of Defense-related machinery as well, that includes items like: Thermoelectric Modules, Temperature-control Equipment for Semiconductor Manufacturing, Excimer Lasers, Prefabricated Commercial-Use Structures, Packing and Transport Equipment and CSS-Net.