IHI Corporation

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IHI Corporation
Native name
 株式会社IHI
Public KK
Traded as TYO: 7013
Industry Heavy equipment
Founded 5 December 1853
Headquarters Toyosu IHI Building, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
 Kazuaki Kama
(Chairman)
Tamotsu Saito
(President and CEO)
Products Space Development
Jet engines
Industrial Machinery
Construction Machinery
Bridge & Steel Structures
Energy Systems
etc
Revenue Increase ¥ 1,256.049 billion JPY (FY 2012)
Increase ¥ 33.386 billion JPY (FY 2012)
Number of employees
 26,618 (2013)
Slogan Explore the Engineering Edge
Website www.ihi.co.jp

IHI Corporation (株式会社IHI Kabushiki-gaisha IHI?), formerly known as Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (石川島播磨重工業株式会社 Ishikawajima Harima Jūkōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha?), is a Japanese company which produces ships, aircraft engines, turbochargers for automobiles, industrial machines, power station boilers and other facilities, suspension bridges and other transport-related machinery.

IHI turbochargers, commonly used in passenger automobiles, are manufactured by Ishikawajima-Harima. Boeing and General Electric Aviation have subcontracted parts of several models of jet aircraft out to IHI, as well as Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Fuji Heavy Industries. It is listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange section 1.

Toshio Doko was a former manager of this company.

History

  • 1853 - establishment of Ishikawajima Shipyard
  • 1889 - incorporation of Ishikawajima Shipyard as Ishikawajima Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
  • 1907 - establishment of Harima Dock Co., Ltd.
  • 1929 - spinoff of Harima's automobile section as Ishikawajima Automotive Works (later Isuzu through a series of mergers)
  • 1960 - establishment of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. through a merger of Ishikawajima and Harima
  • IHI and Sumitomo Heavy Industries merged a warship business in 1995 and established Marine United Ltd. The Uraga Dock Company was the origin in the shipbuilding of Sumitomo Heavy Industries. It was made by Enomoto Takeaki. However, Sumitomo Heavy Industries moved Uraga Dock to Yokosuka in 2003. IHI moved a shipbuilding section to Marine United in 2002 and changed name to IHI Marine United Ltd. IHI Marine United became the subsidiary of IHI in 2006.
  • 2000 - purchased Nissan Motor’s Aerospace and Defense Divisions and established IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd.
  • 2007 - name changed to IHI Corporation
  • 2013 - Established Japan Marine United Corporation, merging its ship building unit, Marine United Inc., with Universal Shipbuilding Corp. of JFE Holdings after discussion started in April 2008[1]

Businesses

Energy and Resources

There are numerous business products, facilities and services delivered under the banner of Energy and Resources within the IHI Group.

  • Energy Systems[2]
  • Process Plants[3]

Aircraft engines

Space products

Shipbuilding

IHI Marine United Yokohama Shipyard

Uraga factory, IHI Marine United

  • Takanami (DD-110), Takanami class
  • Yudachi (DD-103), Murasame class
  • Tenryu (ATS-4203)
  • Asuka (ASE-6102)

Civilian

References

Notes

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