Komatsu at CONEXPO 2026: New Dozers, Smarter Machines and a Clear Connected Jobsite Message

In Las Vegas, Komatsu used CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026 to tie together next-generation iron, digital workflow tools and North American support investment under one theme: connected performance.

Komatsu arrived at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026 with a broad, carefully structured message. At booth W41945 in the West Hall, the company framed its presence around the theme “Connected performance, driving your success,” presenting what it called one of its strongest lineups of new equipment in years alongside digital technologies and service solutions designed to turn machine data into practical gains in productivity, safety and total cost of ownership.

That theme mattered because Komatsu was not treating the show as a simple hardware parade. The company’s official line in Las Vegas was that machines create more value when they are connected to a wider ecosystem spanning telematics, fleet management, artificial intelligence, autonomy and enterprise software. Smart Construction was a central part of that story, with the company using CONEXPO to push tools such as Smart Construction Dashboard, the new Dashboard Mobile app, Smart Construction Edge and 3D Machine Guidance Flex, all aimed at connecting the office and the field more tightly and speeding up planning, measurement and progress tracking.

On the iron side, the headline launch was Komatsu’s pair of next-generation crawler dozers. The D61PXi-25 brought the latest IMC 3.0 technology into a midsize dozer platform that Komatsu says offers up to 10% more productivity and up to 10% better fuel efficiency than the D61PXi-24, along with an 18% increase in blade capacity and up to 20% more steering power. Besides it, the new D175AX-10 marked the first of Komatsu’s next-generation large production dozers, replacing the D155AX-8 with major gains in horsepower, material moved per hour, turning radius and fuel efficiency. In practical terms, these were not minor updates. They were presented as a reset of the dozer lineup around higher output, more controllability and stronger operator support in a market still dealing with tight margins and labor constraints.

Excavators were another major pillar of the booth. Komatsu highlighted the PC220LC-12 and PC220LCi-12 as part of its next-generation push, with the iMC version carrying IMC 3.0 and what Komatsu describes as the industry’s first factory-integrated 3D boundary control. The machines also brought a far more ambitious operator environment, including a cab 28% larger than the previous model, 30% more legroom, 50% better visibility, up to 20% higher fuel efficiency and up to 20% lower maintenance costs. Komatsu’s broader CONEXPO preview also pointed to the PC365LC-11 multifunction plus excavator as part of the stand, reinforcing the idea that excavators were a key part of the company’s message in Las Vegas.

Wheel loaders added another important layer to that message. The WA475-11 and WA485-11, both relatively recent introductions, were presented as machines built around lower fuel consumption, more engine power, better climb performance and lower total cost of ownership, with Komatsu’s Hydrostatic-Mechanical Transmission, updated cab design and standard rear object detection helping shape the operator and efficiency story. In the background sits the WA700-8, introduced earlier for quarry and aggregate work as a four-pass match for Komatsu’s HD605-10 haul truck. That machine was not the central CONEXPO talking point, but it helps explain the broader product cadence Komatsu brought into the show: the company has been refreshing not just one category, but multiple layers of its earthmoving and aggregates lineup.

Taken together, Komatsu’s CONEXPO 2026 presentation was less about a single hero machine than about a business model. The dozers gave the stand its clearest product headline, the excavators and wheel loaders showed how operator comfort and onboard intelligence are moving closer to centre stage, and Smart Construction supplied the digital logic connecting those machines back to planning, reporting and fleet decisions. In Las Vegas, Komatsu’s argument was that performance no longer starts and ends with the machine itself. It now depends on how well the machine, the data and the support system work together.

Komatsu at CONEXPO 2026: New Dozers, Smarter Machines and a Clear Connected Jobsite Message published on The HeavyQuip Magazine.