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Komatsu America Corp. commemorated the production of the 930th unit of its Ultra Class 930E Electric Drive Truck. The celebration took place at its Peoria Manufacturing Operation and included an address from Vice President and General Manager Rod Schrader in addition to a photo shoot for employees.

According to Komatsu, the 930E, introduced in 1996, is the best selling ultra class mining truck in the world. Currently, there are fleets of 930s located in North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Komatsu designs and builds the 930E electric drive truck in Peoria, IL, where union craftsmen assemble and test the final product before shipping it around the world. The factory has a long history of innovation, and built its first electric drive mining truck in 1967. Those early trucks were limited to 120-ton capacity and would be dwarfed by today's modern trucks that are equipped with state-of-the-art satellite diagnostic systems for remote monitoring.

"The 930E represents Komatsu's genuine passion to see our customers succeed," says Don Lindell, product manager for Mining Trucks. "We continue refining the features of the truck to lower operating cost per ton based on data from real world performance."

Collahuasi, a 14-year customer of Komatsu with over 40 trucks at one site, will be receiving unit number 930 when it is shipped from the factory in Peoria. Located in the mountains of northern Chile, Collahuasi is one of the largest copper resources in the world; boasting upwards of five billion tons. With 30% of all 930s produced, Chile has the largest concentration of Komatsu 930Es on the planet.