Tsunami may slow production at Chattanooga Komatsu plant

It will take ‘a miracle’ for unfolding events not to create problems for Komatsu, according to local plant chief

By Mike Pare; Source: timesfreepress.com March 16, 2011

The Chattanooga assembly plant reportedly receives about 20 percent of its components from Japan, and one Japanese parts plant that supplies the Chattanooga facility is near a city severely damaged by the earthquake and tsunami.

Read about the impact of Japan’s earthquake on this Komatsu plant in the full-length article here.