IHI Corporation

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IHI Corporation
Type Public KK (TYO: 7013)
Industry Space Development
Jet Engine
Industrial Machinery
Construction Machinery
Bridge & Steel Structures
Energy Systems
etc
Founded 5 December 1853
Headquarters Toyosu IHI Building, Tokyo, Japan
Key people Kazuaki Kama, President & CEO
Revenue increase ¥ 1,350.567 billion JPY (FY 2007)
Net income increase ¥ 25.195 billion JPY (FY 2007)
Employees 23,190 (2007)
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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[edit] 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.
  • 2007 - name changed to IHI Corporation

[edit] Products

[edit] Aircraft engines

[edit] Shipbuilding

Tokyo II factory, Ishikawajima-Harima

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

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[edit] External links


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