26.01.2015

Global Parts Centre for Kobelco

Kobelco Cranes has officially opened its Global Parts Centre in Singapore which started trading at the beginning of the year.

The opening ceremony was attended by Akihiko Tsukamoto chief executive of Kobelco Cranes together with senior company executives, local dignitaries, Kobelco dealers, business partners and associates.
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The attendees at the opening ceremony

The new centre is strategically located to supply both the Asia Pacific and Australasia regions as well as Europe, Africa and the Middle East, from a single location. The initial stock holding is valued at ¥400 million ($3.4 million) and will be expanded to ¥1 billion ($8.5 million) by 2020.

The opening ceremony included a reception on Thursday at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, with the function also attended by Mike Lee, senior manager of International Enterprise Singapore, who spoke at the event and other dignitaries.
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The ribbon-cutting ceremony

Tsukamoto said: “The Global Parts Centre in Singapore is one of our strategies to increase our presence in this region and through this facility we can further enhance the level of customer satisfaction with more prompt availability of our service parts in the APAC region, as well as in the Middle East, Africa and Europe.”

“The Global Parts Centre in Singapore can supply the parts within 36 hours after confirmed order and as a result we are hoping to increase our parts sales of 1.3 billion JPY ($11 million) in 2014 to 2 billion JPY ($17 million) in five years,” added Toshiyuki Hiromitsu, head of customer support for Kobelco Cranes.
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Akihiko Tsukamoto