# Yanmar and Hitachi form compact equipment alliance

Yanmar Holdings and Hitachi Construction Machinery formalised a compact equipment alliance. Yanmar Compact Equipment North America will build compact track loaders for Hitachi at its Grand Rapids, Minnesota plant, and Hitachi will supply compact excavators for Yanmar's North American dealer network.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2026-11-04
- Where: Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States
- Status: announced
- Products: compact track loaders, compact excavators
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [geomechanics.io](https://www.geomechanics.io/news/article/yanmarhitachi-compact-alliance-manufacturing-and-oem-implications-for-engineers), 2026-11-04: "Yanmar Holdings and Hitachi Construction Machinery have formalised a compact equipment alliance under which Yanmar Compact Equipment North America will build compact track loaders for Hitachi at its Grand Rapids, Minnesota plant."
- [theconstructionindex.co.uk](https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/yanmar-and-hitachi-form-compact-alliance), 2026-11-04: "Partnering with Yanmar gives Hitachi direct access to proven engineering and domestic production without committing capital to ground-up manufacturing infrastructure."

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