The dreadful earthquake, followed by the terrifying tsunami that struck Japan, among other things, damaged many plants of Japanese manufacturers of machinery.
5 are the factories of Hitachi in Ibaraki Prefecture, and all were damaged by the earthquake and are affected by power outages, among others also the biggest factory of Hitachi (490,000 m2) producing medium and small excavators.
Also affected the manufacture of large excavators from Komatsu, which is located in Ibaraki prefecture, and that of Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture. The production and distribution will be slowed even further by the destruction of the ports of north-eastern Japan, in particular those Hitachinaka and all those that look out over the eastern part of the large island of Honshu.
