Komatsu opens USD63M excavator, forklift plant News Story - 10 Jun 2010 ( #465 ) - Yaroslavl, Russian Federation 1 min read Komatsu has opened a USD63 million plant producing excavators and forklifts in Russia's Yaroslavl region.According to Itar-TASS News, the plant's production capacity is 3,000 excavators and 7,000 forklifts a year.About 120 workers have been employed and another 50 positions are expected to be filled by the end of the year.Komatsu Ltd is a multinational corporation that manufactures construction, mining and military equipment, industrial machinery like press machines, lasers, and thermoelectric modules. Its headquarters is in Akasha, Tokyo. It has manufacturing operations in Japan, Asia, the Americas and Europe.Forkliftaction.com News contacted Komatsu for details about its Russian forklift operations but did not receive a response by press time.