KATO IMER PRODUCT REVIEW - BY PETER BRETT
needed to be returned to its original state afterwards. Now that is a real case of the proof of the pudding.
Background In November 2016, Japanese multinational KATO WORKS CO. LTD and Japanese conglomerate IHI Corporation Ltd. (IHI) signed an agreement to transfer 100% of the shares of IHI Construction Machinery Ltd., (IK) from IHI to KATO. As of January 2017, IK, which owned 51% of IHIMER S.p.A. based in Italy in San Gimignano (49% is still held by IMER GROUP S.p.A.) changed their company name to KATO HEAVY INDUSTRIES CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO LTD (KATO HICOM). A month later, IHIMER S.p.A. changed their company name to KATO IMER S.p.A. The colossal KATO WORKS in Japan produce a broad range of construction machinery, and have been a main industry player since 1895. The parent company believed strongly in the centrality of the market, and decided to invest in Europe in collaboration with Italian Imer Group - European leader in the production of machinery for construction and batch plants. In Italy, KATO IMER produce mini-excavators with KATO technology, skid-loaders and dumpers. They distribute mini-excavators and crawler carriers produced in Japan by KATO HICOM. The mini-excavators cover a range that spans from 0.9 to 8.5 tonnes, short-tail, traditional and zero tail swing. Wheel, and tracked, skid-loaders with operating load from 400 to 2500 kg. The dumpers are divided into two classes: mini dumpers, with operating loads between 400 and 2500 kg (for restoration and nursery work), and dumpers with operating loads between 3000 and 11000 kg, which are used in civil engineering and infrastructure construction. The KATO IMER factory in San Gimignano, in the province of Siena, covers a surface area of more than 36,000 square metres. The constant pursuit of innovation and the company’s on-going design activity allows it to develop cutting edge machines in compliance with market demands. KATO IMER products are sold through a network of more than 100 distributors and dealers uniformly covering all major European countries, and in fi ve continents. A worldwide distribution network has already been set up for skid and minidumper lines.
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PLAYING THE FIELD - Peter gets to grips with some of the KATO IMER machinery in Winchester
TBH July-August, 2018
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