Why this project qualifies
With $285 million in facility-specific investment and 443 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →Why it matters
The industrial machinery & equipment context.
Industrial Machinery & Equipment tracks qualifying U.S. factories producing machinery, automation systems and industrial equipment used in manufacturing, construction, agriculture, mining, material handling and infrastructure. Automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding and electrical-grid equipment remain in their dedicated AFT industries.
Project record
At a glance
- Company
- Komatsu
- Industry
- Industrial Machinery & Equipment
- Location
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Investment
- $285.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 443
- Status
- Operational
- Announced
- Sep 26, 2018
- Operations began
- Jun 27, 2022
- Added to tracker
- Sep 8, 2026
Sources
Official references
- Wisconsin campus opening https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WIGOV/bulletins/31da55b
Related
Other projects to know
In Wisconsin
Across Industrial Machinery & Equipment
- Industrial Machinery & EquipmentAmazonGreenwood, Indiana$100.0M300 jobs
- Industrial Machinery & EquipmentCaterpillarVictoria, TexasNot publicly disclosed200 jobs
- Industrial Machinery & EquipmentVermeerBondurant, IowaNot publicly disclosed300 jobs
- Industrial Machinery & EquipmentKomar IndustriesYork, South Carolina$11.5M160 jobs
Back to the tracker/projects/komatsu-south-harbor-campus-milwaukee