# Yanmar HD and Hitachi Construction Machinery sign LOI for compact equipment collaboration

Yanmar Holdings and Hitachi Construction Machinery signed a Letter of Intent on July 23, 2026, to explore collaboration possibilities in the compact construction machinery business, leveraging Yanmar's compact equipment expertise and Hitachi's global construction and mining base.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2026-07-23
- Status: announced
- Products: compact construction machinery
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Yanmar Holdings](https://endata.com/companies/4521.md) (partner)
- [Hitachi Construction Machinery](https://endata.com/companies/15738.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [nikkei.com](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZRSP710442_Y6A720C2000000/), 2026-07-28: "ヤンマーホールディングス株式会社と日立建機株式会社は、2026年7月23日、コンパクト建機事業における協業の可能性について検討を進めるための基本合意書（Letter of Intent）を締結しました。"

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.