# Komatsu Forest starts production at new carbon neutral plant in Umea, Sweden

Komatsu Forest AB began production at its new plant in Umea, Sweden, with an investment of about 10 billion yen. The plant is Komatsu's first carbon neutral plant, using solar panels and geothermal energy.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-08-18
- Where: Umea, Sweden
- Value: $91.0M (10.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: 18 Aug 2021
- Status: completed
- Capacity: floor area of about 40,000 square meters
- Products: forest machinery
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Komatsu Forest](https://endata.com/companies/46198.md)
- [Komatsu](https://endata.com/companies/15845.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [seisanzai-japan.com](https://seisanzai-japan.com/article/p2741/), 2021-08-26: "Komatsu announced on August 18th, 2021 that Komatsu Forest AB, Komatsu’s wholly owned subsidiary, engaging in manufacture and sales of forest machinery and based in Umea, Sweden, began production at its new plant."
- [kilpatrick.se](https://kilpatrick.se/en/komatsu-forest-construction-komatsu-forest-one-umea/), 2021-09-07: "The factory was recently inaugurated and the connected six-story office building is under construction."

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