
Sod turning for new Perth Komatsu facility in centenary year
Komatsu, which is in its centenary year this year, turned the first sod on a new $6m state-of-the-art innovation training facility in Welshpool, WA on August 18. The facility is expected to train up to 500 skilled technicians a year, addressing a worsening skills shortage in WA’s mining and resources sector. This shortage is due to a decrease in interstate migration, with increased competition between Eastern states and WA projects. Komatsu western regional manager Glenn Swift and City of Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas were attendance at the turning of the first sod. The new workshop will be kitted out with a 30t crane in a heavy lifting bay, with the balance of the workshop having a 5t crane capacity,…