History of Yanmar Construction Division
Over 40 years ago, in 1967, Yanmar entered the construction machinery business with the introduction of a Walk Behind Dozer. There was a growing need in Japan for reliable construction machines that could access restricted, urban construction sites.
Following the hugely successful introduction of the walk behind dozer, Yanmar, seeing the need for more versatile compact construction machinery, introduced the first mini-excavator in 1968.
These mini-excavators proved extremely popular and since then, Yanmar has introduced a number of other “Firsts” to the mini-excavator market:
• First Swing boom excavator
• First Rubber tracked excavator
• First Zero Tail Swing excavator
Since the beginning, Yanmar has been extremely “Environmentally Conscious”, and “Environmental Sustainability” has been part of our Mission Statement. We continue that tradition in the Construction Equipment Division by designing equipment to get the maximum amount of productive work out of every drop of fuel used. In this age when all other companies are trying to re-create and re-market themselves as “green”, we at Yanmar are already comfortable with our attitude of sustainability toward the environment.