# McHale Plant Sales to take over Marubeni-Komatsu Limited, Komatsu takes minority stake

Ownership of Marubeni-Komatsu Limited, the UK Komatsu construction equipment distributor, transfers from Marubeni to McHale Plant Sales effective 1 January 2026, with Komatsu acquiring a minority stake in McHale.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2025-11-25
- Where: Redditch, United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Products: Komatsu construction and utility equipment
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Marubeni](https://endata.com/companies/695.md) (partner)
- [Komatsu](https://endata.com/companies/15845.md) (investor)
- [Marubeni-Komatsu](https://endata.com/companies/27086.md) (target)
- [McHale Plant Sales](https://endata.com/companies/88682.md) (acquirer)
- [Komatsu Europe](https://endata.com/companies/88683.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [mchalekomatsu.com](https://mchalekomatsu.com/news/business-update/), 2025-11-25: "Effective 1 January 2026, ownership of Marubeni-Komatsu Limited (MKL) will transfer from the Marubeni Group to McHale Plant Sales Limited."
- [theconstructionindex.co.uk](https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/mchale-to-buy-marubeni-komatsu-and-become-komatsu-distributor), 2025-11-25: "Ireland's McHale Plant Sales has entered into an agreement to acquire Marubeni-Komatsu Ltd along with the sole rights to distribute Komatsu construction and utility equipment across the UK."
- [plantandequipment.com](https://www.plantandequipment.com/news/earthmoving/mchale-plant-sales-to-acquire-marubeni-komatsu-in-major-uk-expansion), 2025-12-01: "McHale Plant Sales, one of Ireland's major distributors of construction, quarrying, recycling, forestry, and agricultural equipment, has agreed to buy Marubeni-Komatsu Ltd., the existing distributor of Komatsu construction and utility equipment in the United Kingdom."
- [kysoncn.com](https://www.kysoncn.com/news/komatsu-s-uk-distributor-has-changed-hands-85351805.html), 2025-12-15: "McHale Plant Sales of Ireland will acquire Marubeni-Komatsu Ltd in January 2026."

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