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History

1919 Cummins Inc. was founded.
1920 Cummins manufactured first diesel engines.
1921 Komatsu Ltd. was founded.
1948 Komatsu manufactured first diesel engines.
1961 Cummins and Komatsu signed license agreement for the heavy duty NH series.
1962 Komatsu Oyama Plant was established.
1969 Commencement of production of full line of diesel engines at Komatsu Oyama Plant.
1993 Komatsu Cummins Engine Company, Ltd. (KCEC) and Cummins Komatsu Engine Company, Ltd. (CKEC) were established.
1998 Industrial Power Alliance, Ltd. was established.
1999 4D95L engine development completion for Tier2.
2000 4D102, 6D102, 6D140, and 6D170 engine development completion for Tier2.
2002 Completed the joint development of SSDA18V170 (78L displacement) with the cooperation of Cummins.
2005 Completed the development of Tier3 4D107, 6D107, 6D114, 6D125, 6D140, 6D170, and Tier2 12V140 engines.
2006 Test lab. No.4 was completed.
2008 Mining Quality Corporation was established (Indiana, USA).
2008 New low temperature test lab. was completed.
2010 Completed the development of Tier4 Interim 6D107, 6D114, 6D125.
2011 Completed the development of Tier4 Interim 6D140.
2012 Test lab. No.5 was completed.
2012 Completed the development of Tier4 Interim 4D95, 4D107.
2013 Completed the development of Tier4 Final 6D107, 6D114, 6D125, 6D140.
2015 Completed the development of Tier4 Final 4D95, 4D107.
2016 Completed the development of Tier4 Final 6D170, 12V140.
2019 Test lab. No.6 was completed.