IHI Corporation
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| Type | Public KK (TYO: 7013) |
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| Industry | Heavy equipment |
| Founded | 5 December 1853 |
| Headquarters | Toyosu IHI Building, Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Kazuaki Kama, President & CEO |
| Products | Space Development Jet Engine Industrial Machinery Construction Machinery Bridge & Steel Structures Energy Systems etc |
| Revenue |  ¥ 1,350.567 billion JPY (FY 2007) |
| Net income | ¥ 25.195 billion JPY (FY 2007) |
| Employees | 26,035 (2011) |
| 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, aero-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 jumbo 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.
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History [edit]
- 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
- 2012 - merged its ship building unit, Marine United Inc., with Universal Shipbuilding Corp. of JFE Holdings after discussion started in April 2008[1]
Businesses [edit]
Aircraft engines [edit]
- Ishikawajima Ne-20
- Ishikawajima-Harima J3
- Ishikawajima-Harima F3
- IHI Corporation F7
- International Aero Engines V2500 (Partner in IAE/Japanese Aero Engines Corporation)
Space products [edit]
- S-type Sounding Rocket (S-210, S-310, S-520, SS-520)
- M-V Launch Vehicle
- GX Launch Vehicle (Partner in Galaxy Express Corporation)
- Epsilon Launch Vehicle
- SRB-A solid rocket booster for H-IIA/H-IIB Launch Vehicle
- BT-4 liquid-fuelled apogee motor (used in Atlas V and Antares)
Shipbuilding [edit]
- Tokyo (DD-100), Luxury class cruise ships (1999)
- Murasame (DD-101), Murasame class destroyer
- Samidare (DD-106), Murasame class
- Akebono (DD-108), Murasame class
- Hiei (DDH-142), Haruna class destroyer
- Tokiwa (AOE-423), Towada class
- Asagiri (DD-151), Asagiri class destroyer
- Amagiri (DD-154), Asagiri class
- Umigiri (DD-158), Asagiri class
- Sawayuki (DD-125), Hatsuyuki class destroyer
- Isoyuki (DD-127), Hatsuyuki class
- Matsuyuki (DD-130), Hatsuyuki class
- Shirane (DDH-143), Shirane class destroyer
- Kurama (DDH-144), Shirane class
IHI Marine United Yokohama Shipyard
- JDS Chōkai (DDG-176), Kongō class destroyer
- Makinami (DD-112), Takanami class destroyer
- Suzunami (DD-114), Takanami class
- Hyūga (DDH-181), Hyūga class helicopter destroyer
- Ise (DDH-182), Hyūga class
Uraga factory, IHI Marine United
- Takanami (DD-110), Takanami class
- Yudachi (DD-103), Murasame class
- Tenryu (ATS-4203)
- Asuka (ASE-6102)
Civilian
References [edit]
Notes [edit]
- ^ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-30/jfe-ihi-to-merge-shipbuilding-units-to-survive-competition-1-.html JFE, IHI to Merge Shipbuilding Units to Survive Competition by Masumi Suga Jan 20, 2012
External links [edit]
- (Japanese) Official site
- (English) English part of the official site
- IHI Marin Co., Ltd.
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