Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company, a joint venture of Tata Motors and Hitachi Construction Machinery, is aiming to make its West Bengal plant an export hub for its cost effective construction equipment for developing markets across the globe. According to Mitsuhiro Tabei, Vice-President and Executive Officer of Hitachi Construction Machinery Company of Japan, currently the company is exporting around two per cent of its total production or around 300 units annually. The Kharagpur plant would be the export hub for the neghbouring countries like Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka and other developing regions like Africa and the Middle East. The Kharagpur plant is operating at just 35 per cent capacity due to slowdown in construction equipment market.