Tadano's wholly owned subsidiary Tadano Utility began operations in July at its newly built Yahata Plant in Chikuma City, Nagano Prefecture, a facility for assembling and painting large self-propelled aerial work platforms (18m+ working height). Combined with the existing Chikuma and Omi plants, the new plant expands Tadano Utility's production capacity by 1.5x, supporting the company's mid-term strategy to grow overseas sales of large aerial work platforms.