KATO IMER S.p.A.

Last November 2016, the Japanese multinational KATO WORKS Co., Ltd. - hereinafter referred KATO - and the Japanese conglomerate IHI Corporation Ltd. (IHI) had signed an agreement for the transfer of 100% shares of IHI Construction Machinery Ltd. (IK) from IHI to KATO.
From January 2017 the IK Company, which controls 51% of IHIMER S.p.A. based in Italy in San Gimignano (49% continues to be held by IMER GROUP SpA), had already changed its name to KATO HEAVY INDUSTRIES CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD. (KATO HICOM).
On February 17, 2017, IHIMER S.p.A. changed its name to KATO IMER S.p.A. 
IHIMER manufactured in Italy miniexcavators, skid steer loaders, tracked dumpers and tracked aerial platforms. Since November 2016, Ihimer is controlled by Japanese group KATO WORKS that manufactures a wide range of construction machines and since 1895. The Japanese giant decided to invest in Europe in cooperation with Imer Group, aware of the central role of the market.