Mitsui to Reinforce Mining-machine Sales and Service Company in Mexico

Apr. 27, 2015

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui"; Head Office: Tokyo; President and CEO: Tatsuo Yasunaga) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Komatsu Ltd. ("Komatsu"; Head Office: Tokyo; President: Tetsuji Ohashi) to sell 60% share of its wholly owned subsidiary, Road Machinery Co., S.A. de C.V. ("Road Mexico"), to Komatsu. Road Mexico is a sales and service company of mining machines in Mexico. The share ratio after the stock sales will be 40% for Mitsui and 60% for Komatsu.

Mitsui acquired a 100% share of Road Mexico in 2005. Road Mexico has henceforth made great progress by selling machinery and providing maintenance services to mining companies, with a long-term operating rate guarantee. In receiving investment from Komatsu, the mining machinery manufacturer for Road Mexico, Mitsui aims to enhance both the technical and professional ability of Road Mexico to raise its presence in the Mexican mining market. Furthermore, Mitsui and Komatsu have agreed in principal, taking the opportunity of their collaboration in this joint enterprise, to evaluate the possibility of transforming Road Mexico from a mining machinery distributor into a more diversified machinery distributor covering both mining and construction machinery.

Mitsui and Komatsu are jointly operating distributor business also in Australia and Peru, and expanding the business at a solid pace. Road Mexico will be another joint enterprise with Komatsu after Australia and Peru. Mitsui will strive to further strengthen its partnership with Komatsu.

Profile of Road Mexico

Name of Company Road Machinery Co., S.A. de C.V. (wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui)
Head Office Mexico City, The United Mexican States
Established 1991 (Mitsui investment: 2005)
Business Activities Sales and maintenance services of Komatsu mining machinery

Profile of Komatsu

Name of Company Komatsu Ltd.
Head Office Tokyo, Japan
Established 1921
Business Activities Manufacturing and sales of construction/mining equipment, utilities (small-sized machinery), forest machinery, industrial machinery and others.
Website
  • http://www.komatsu.com/


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For inquiries on this matter, please contact

  • Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
    Corporate Communications Division
    Hiroyuki Sakanaka
    Telephone: +81-3-3285-7618
    Facsimile: +81-3-3285-9819

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