# Komatsu Mining purchases Fairchild scoop product line from GE Transportation

Komatsu Mining Corp. acquired the scoop product line and related intellectual property from GE Transportation, expanding its underground equipment range. The deal includes original equipment, exchange parts, and support for about 400 existing machines.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-06-01
- Status: completed
- Products: scoops, underground mining equipment
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [GE Transportation](https://endata.com/companies/16907.md) (target)
- [Komatsu Mining Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/19092.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [coalzoom.com](http://www.coalzoom.com/article.cfm?articleid=14884), 2018-06-30: "The scoop line expands the Komatsu underground equipment range."
- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2018/10/22/komatsu-progressing-integration-former-ge-fairchild-underground-products/), 2018-10-22: "This year Komatsu purchased assets and related intellectual property from GE Transportation for a variety of underground products that were formerly part of the GE Fairchild line."

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