26.06.2003

Sumitomo and Hitachi join forces

Diminishing market expectations has lead two of the world’s most prominent lifting and duty crane manufacturers to join forces. The merger between the crane divisions of Hitachi Construction Machinery and Sumitomo Heavy Industries has created Hitachi Sumitomo and sees the integration of both company’s global dealer networks.

A new research and development centre at the crane division of Hitachi’s existing facility at Science City Tsuchiura, near Tokyo, Japan, will continue to be used for the production of the group’s crawler cranes from 30 to 100 tonnes lifting capacity. Sumitomo’s Obu heavy crane manufacturing plant near Nagoya will take care of the production of crawler cranes from 100 to 800 tonnes capacity, while also being used as a crane modification facility.

Today, the group’s current models are being sold under the SCX series brand name and new models are already being developed in time for a bauma 2004 launch. There are currently 17 crawler crane models in the Hitachi Sumitomo line up, ranging from the 30 tonne capacity SCX300, to the biggest unit in the range, the 750 tonne capacity SCX800.
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70 tonne capacity SCX700

Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe will distribute cranes under the Hitachi Sumitomo brand in Europe, Russian Federation, Africa and Near-East, while the UK and Ireland markets will be covered by HM Plant and NRC Plant. Other areas will be served by the Hitachi dealer network in co-operation with The Netherlands-based Doornbos BV.