Friday, August 1, 2008

Subsidiaries

Bangalore, India, focusing on construction equipment and mining equipment, L&T-Komatsu Limited is a joint venture of Larsen and Toubro and Komatsu Asia Pacific Pte Limited, Singapore, a wholly owned subsidiary of Komatsu Limited, Japan. Komatsu is the world’s largest manufacturer of hydraulic excavators and has manufacturing and marketing facilities worldwide.

The plant was started in the year 1975 by L&T to manufacture Hydraulic Excavators for the first time in India. Later it became a joint venture.

L&T-Komatsu Limited's manufacturing facility – the Bangalore Works – comprises the Machinery Works and Hydraulics Works divisions. Machinery Works has a manufacturing facility with ISO 9001:2000 accreditation for design, manufacture and servicing of earthmoving equipment. Hydraulics Works, with a precision machine shop, manufactures the complete range of high pressure hydraulic components and systems, and is also ISO 9001:2000 certified for design, development, manufacturing and servicing of hydraulic pumps, motors, cylinders, turning joints, hose assemblies, valve blocks, hydraulic systems and power drives as well as allied gear boxes. The products manufactured at L&T-Komatsu Limited are supplied to domestic as well as overseas customers. L&T-Komatsu Limited is certified under Environment Management System ISO 14001 : 2004 and Occupational Health & Safety Management System OHSAS 18001: 1999.

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