KOBELCO CRANES NORTH AMERICA, INC.: About Us: History Timeline

Kobe Steel, Ltd. - Founded: September 1905


	Japan's first domestically produced construction machine: 50K mining shovel


	Japan's first domestically produced truck crane: 10KT

220A diesel pile hammer

Technical Agreement signed with US company P&H
355KD dipper barge


	Truck crane 55TC

335G, 655G, and 955G grab dredgers LA22 pile driver Production of construction machinery initiated at Okubo Plant

55B-TC truck crane


	300 Series crawler cranes 300 Series truck cranes

KG60B, KG80B work vessels
H212 hydraulic truck crane

T Series hydraulic truck cranes
R150 rough terrain crane


	K Series diesel pile hammers 670F, 9125F floating crane barges

GE1100 grab dredger


	FD Series floating crane barges


	MK-7 sludge dredger 5000 Series crawler cranes


	5650 crawler crane (650t lifting capacity)


	RK160, RK200 rough terrain cranes


	7000 Series crawler cranes


	CK Series crawler cranes Japan's first mini rough terrain crane: RK70M


	F&G2345 floating-crane and grab-dredging barge


	RK Series rough terrain cranes BM1200 crawler crane for foundation and civil engineering work


	SL13000 crawler crane (800t lifting capacity)

7000 Series crawler cranes (MASTERTECH)

New RK Series rough terrain cranes


	BM-HD Series crawler cranes for foundation and civil engineering work Okubo Plant receives ISO9001 certification

Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. - Founded: October 1999


	TK Series telescopic crawler cranes Operational agreement signed with Tadano for Production of wheel cranes


	MK500 lattice boom wheel crane

Okubo Plant receives ISO14001 certification

Kobelco Cranes Europe Ltd. founded in UK and Kobelco Cranes North America Inc. founded in the US
Agreement signed to provide Manitowoc of the US with OEM supply of crawler cranes for the US market

Agreement signed to receive OEM supply of all-terrain cranes from Manitowoc
Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd. - Founded: April 2004
Subsidiaries of Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd -

Kobelco Cranes North America, Inc. - Sales and service operations of cranes in North, Central and South America.

Kobelco Cranes Europe Ltd. - Sales and service operations of cranes in Europe.

Agreement signed to provide Manitowoc of the US with OEM supply of crawler cranes for the European market
KMG series all terrain cranes