Komatsu to provide assistance for people affected by the Earthquake off the Eastern Coast of Taiwan

Komatsu Ltd. specializes in manufacturing and marketing of construction and mining operating materials. Net sales break down by family of products as follows: - construction and mining operating materials (91.3%): hydraulic excavators, backhoe loaders, wheel loaders, graders, crawler excavators, forklifts, tunneling, bulldozers, forest tractors, etc.; - other (6.6%): primarily industrial machines (grinders, press brakes, temperature control equipments, etc.). The remaining sales (2.1%) are from financing activities. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (13.9%), China (4.7%), Asia and Oceania (21.4%), Americas (37.5%), Europe and CIS (15.7%), Africa and Middle East (6.8%).