The Latin America 2023 distributors meeting was held in Bogota, Colombia, on November 7 and 8 of this year and was attended by Komatsu regional executives, distributors and executives from Komatsu Japan.
Jim Nishiura President, Construction Equipment Marketing Division y Taisuke Kusaba Chief Technology Officer (CTO), both from Komatsu Ltd together with Darko Louit, CEO KHSA and CEO KCC were in charge of kicking off the event by providing the attendees with an overview of Latin America along with the One Komatsu vision and emerging challenges.
The event ended with the launch of the PC360-8M2 and PC300-8M2 units in the city of Chía, where distributors were able to learn first-hand about their advantages and features, as well as learn about the Retrofit kits for construction equipment.
“The opportunity to come into contact with the machines allows them to gain firsthand experience and empirical knowledge of the advantages over the competition. In addition to showing the new technologies available and how these technologies help to make the investment more profitable more efficiently”.
Gustavo Vargas Cuneo
Assist ant Product Manager
Komatsu Latin America
“SmartConstruction is a palette of technological products and services that allow us to enhance the scope of Komatsu’s value offer for its customers, in this context, it was of vital importance to share with our distributors and explain with live demonstrations two of its main products: The Retrofit kit, which supports the operator in the performance of work, carrying it out safely, in less time and with greater accuracy. And the Dashboard, which allows the customer to track the progress of his work, optimizing resources and raising interest with this experience”.
Alvaro Javier Valdivia Castillo
Automation & Technology Deputy manager
Komatsu Latin America
Safety, occupational health and environment: Maquinarias Mega-Venezuela.
Marketing: CMarket Guatemala.
Utility equipment: Puntomaq-Bolivia.
Construction equipment: Komatsu Mitsui Maquinarias Perú.
Medium mining: Isemar-Guatemala.
Aftermarket: Puntomaq-Bolivia.
Technology: Komatsu Chile.
Daniel Subieta, General Manager of Puntomaq S.A. added that “for Puntomaq, our peers from the region and the factory, this is of great relevance, since we share experiences, knowledge and technological updates that cooperate with the work we do.”
