Hitachi evacuates before tsunami

The 6512 Hitachi factory at the port of Hitachinaka has been hit by the second tsunami that hit the coast of Japan’s Ibaraki-prefecture. Hitachi reports that the factory was evacuated in time but it will probably take a few days before the firm can report the extent of the damage. The facility was built in 2008 and is used to build Hitachi’s large rigid trucks and large excavators.

436 Komatsu also has a factory slightly inland where it builds ADTs, bulldozers and large mining machines but it is not clear at this stage if the facility was damaged.