In December, the operating hours of Komatsu excavators in China were 108 hours, up 19.5% year-on-year; the operating hours in the other four regions also saw positive year-on-year growth.

Recently, Komatsu's official website released the operating hours data of Komatsu excavators for December 2024. In December, the operating hours of Komatsu excavators in China were 108 hours, representing a year-on-year increase of 19.5%. Similar to the situation in China, the operating hours of Komatsu excavators in North America, Japan, Indonesia, and Europe also saw positive year-on-year growth.

Looking at the five regions around the world, namely China, Europe, North America, Japan and Indonesia, the operating hours of Komatsu excavators in December compared with November showed positive growth only in Japan and China. In contrast, the operating hours of Komatsu excavators in North America, Indonesia and Europe all decreased. Among them, the operating hours of Komatsu excavators in Indonesia were the longest, reaching 203.6 hours. Meanwhile, the change in operating hours of Komatsu excavators in Japan was relatively large, shortening from 72.5 hours in November to 51.6 hours in December.

In December, the operating hours of Komatsu excavators in China were 108 hours, an increase of 19.5% compared to the previous year. We can observe that the operating hours of Komatsu excavators in China have been continuously rising from 87 hours in June, reaching over 90 hours, and then to over 100 hours later. The month-on-month changes in operating hours have all shown positive growth. Overall, this is also related to the large-scale resumption of work in various projects across China in the middle of the year, which has generally increased the operating rate of construction machinery.

According to the released data —— 
In December, the operating hours of Komatsu excavators in Japan were 49.2 hours, representing a year-on-year increase of 3.1%.
In North America, the operating hours of Komatsu excavators in December were 54.9 hours, a decrease of 0.7% compared to the previous year.

In December, the operating hours of Komatsu excavators in Europe were 51.6 hours, representing a year-on-year increase of 4.3%.

In December, the operating hours of Komatsu excavators in Indonesia were 203.6 hours, representing a year-on-year increase of 5.1%.