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Offices and warehouse in Antwerp




Komatsu Europe moved to Haren moved to Haren




Komatsu Europe site in Vilvoorde in 1973




Official opening of Komatsu Europe in Vilvoorde




A view of the large machine stock in Vilvoorde in the 80's

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Komatsu Europe International (KEISA)
Vilvoorde, Belgium

Komatsu Europe International (KEISA) – Vilvoorde, Belgium

Warehouse covered area: 34,500 m² (Situation as of January 2003)
Imports Komatsu machines built outside the EU
Manages the distribution network for new machine sales throughout Eastern and Western Europe, as well as Morocco, Tunisia and Israel
Provides Komatsu parts distribution for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Founded as a Komatsu Company in 1967

Komatsu Europe Coordination Centre (KECC) - Vilvoorde, Belgium

The holding company that performs legal and financial functions for Komatsu

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Chronological history:

1967:	Established in Antwerp, Belgium as Komatsu’s first subsidiary outside Japan, with an initial staff of 7 people
1969:	Moved to Haren, near Brussels
1973:	Moved to its current location in Vilvoorde, north of Brussels Komatsu Europe Parts Distribution Centre is established in Vilvoorde 10.250m2 covered storage (internal height: 6m)
1974:	Signing of the twinning charter by the cities of Vilvoorde, Belgium and Komatsu, Japan
1989:	Komatsu Europe Coordination Center (KECC) is established for the promotion of the European venture
1990:	First large extension of the distribution centre 6.250m2 covered storage 9.000m2 non-covered storage
1992:	Celebration of 25 years Komatsu Europe. The guests included Mr. Jean-Luc Dehaene, Prime Minister of Belgium, Mr. Yatabe, Japanese ambassador, and Mr. Moyson, mayor of Vilvoorde.
1995:	Change to ‘Business Unit’ organization
1996:	KEISA takes over 100% of the shares of KOMATSU France
2001:	Temporary warehouse extension (until the large extension has been realised) 3.000m2 covered storage
2002:	Start of construction of the second large warehouse extension (to be finalised end 2003): 9.120m2 covered storage (internal height: 10m) Smaller parts will be stored in an automatic elevator system with 12 shuttles New offices for the Parts Department: 2 floors of each 1.000m2
2002:	New organizational change ‘Teaming Up’ with a more centralised approach to further improve the efficiency of the company