Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe)

It is responsible for the manufacture, sales and marketing of Hitachi construction equipment throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

To continue support of existing customer, HCME was incorporated on April 1, 1972, as the first foreign branch of HCM.

After the agreement of the Fiat-Hitachi deal in 1986, the company solely focused on distribution and servicing in the UK of the partnership's products.

In April 2007, HM Plant became a wholly owned subsidiary of HMCE, and in May 2014 officially rebranded to Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Ltd.[2] The factory was moved to its current site (also in Oosterhout) three years later, when HCME further expanded its operations.

In the same year, HCME headquarters, including a factory for the construction of medium excavators and a Training and Demonstration Centre, was established in Amsterdam.