Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
三菱重工業

Type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 7011
Founded	1934, 1964
Headquarters	16-5, Kounan 2-chome, Minato, Tokyo 108-8125 Japan
Area served	Global
Key people	Kazuo Tsukuda (Chairman) Hideaki Omiya (President) Hideo Egawa (VP) Ichiro Fukue(VP)
Revenue	¥3,203.0 billion (US$ 41,847,386,264 in 2007)
Net income	¥61.3 billion (US$ 800,888,160 in 2007)
Employees	63,500
Parent	Mitsubishi Group
Divisions	Marine Vessel and Ocean Power Engine Machinery and Iron Structure Aviation and Space Medium-size Product
Website	mhi.co.jp

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (三菱重工業株式会社, Mitsubishi Jūkōgyō Kabushiki-kaisha) (informally MHI) is a multinational engineering and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defence-related activities it is the world's 25th-largest defence contractor measured by 2009 revenues, and the largest based in Japan.

MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group.

History

The Big Cranes at The Mitsubishi Dockyard Nagasaki, Meiji Period

In 1857, at the request of the Tokugawa Shogunate, a group of Dutch engineers began work on the Nagasaki Yotetsusho, a modern, western-style foundry and shipyard near the Dutch settlement of Dejima, at Nagasaki. Renamed Nagasaki Seitetsusho in 1860, it was completed in 1861. Following the Meiji restoration of 1868, the shipyard was placed under control of the new Meiji government, and the first dry dock was completed in 1879.

In 1884 Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of Mitsubishi, leased the Nagasaki Seitetsusho from the government and re-named it the Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, and started the shipbuilding business on a full scale. He purchased the shipyards outright in 1887. The works was renamed Mitsubishi Shipyard of Mitsubishi Goshi Kaisha in 1893 and additional dry docks were completed by 1896 and 1905. In 1891, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - Yokohama Machinery Works started as Yokohama Dock Company, Ltd, it was established Ship repairs by a purpose, and service by 1897.

The Nagasaki company was renamed Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Ltd. in 1917 and again renamed as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1934. It became the largest private firm in Japan, manufacturing ships, heavy machinery, airplanes, and railroad cars. The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries merged the Yokohama Dock Company in 1935. From its inception, the Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyards were heavily involved in contracts for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The battleship Musashi was completed at Nagasaki in 1942.

The Kobe Shipyard of Mitsubishi Goshi Kaisha was established in 1905. The Kobe Shipyard merged Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1934, and the Kobe Shipyard constructed the ocean liner Argentina Maru (later the aircraft carrier Kaiyo), the submarine I-19 and the I-25.

Following the dissolution of the zaibatsu after the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II, Mitsubishi divided 3 companies. The Mitsubishi Nagasaki came under the allocated of West Japan Heavy Industries, Ltd., and the Nagasaki Shipyard was renamed Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. in 1952. The Mitsubishi Kobe Shipyard allocated to the Central Japan Heavy Industries,Ltd. in 1950.

However, in 1964, the three independent companies of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, decentralized in 1950, were merged again into one company under the name of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., and the Nagasaki works was renamed the Nagasaki Shipyard & Engine Works. The Kobe works becomes Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works in 1964. A container ship, a car carrier, a submarine were constructed in the Kobe.

The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works was established in 1914. There produces the machines which are necessary for promotion of efficiency and maintenance and constructs the merchant ship.

Following the end of World War II, and the dissolution of the zaibatsu MHI was divided into three entities: West Japan Heavy-Industries, Ltd., Central Japan Heavy-Industries, Ltd. and East Japan Heavy-Industries, Ltd. It was re-consolidated in 1964 and reborn as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

In 1970, MHI's automobile department became independent and Mitsubishi Motors began manufacturing and marketing automobiles.

Operations

The current headquarters of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Tokyo.

• Aerospace Systems.

  Facilities Nagoya Aerospace Systems, Aichi,Nagoya Guidance & Propulsion Systems, Komaki, Aichi, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation.

• Shipbuilding / Marine structures.

  Facilities Nagasaki, Kobe, Shimonoseki.

• Steel structures and construction.
• Energy / Power systems / Storage
  • Fossil Fuel Power Plants:
    • Gas Turbines.
    • Steam Turbines.
    • Combined Cycles.
  • Renewable Energy
    • Wind turbines.
  • Traction batteries.

  Facilities Takasago, Kobe.

• Turbochargers.
• Machinery.
• Forklifts - Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks
• Military Combat Tanks.

  Facilities Sagamihara.

  • Prime contractor for the H-IIA launcher system.
• General machinery.
• Air conditioning and refrigeration systems
• Industrial machinery.
• Paper and printing machinery.
• Machine tool.
• Light rail vehicles.
  • K-stock metro cars with Rotem - MTR

Aerospace systems

Liftoff of H-IIB Flight 2

As the leading company of the Japan's aerospace industry, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has been engaged in the development and production of a wide variety of aerospace products and thus contributed to the technological advancement of Japan.^{[citation needed]}

In the defense sector, MHI has produced jet fighters for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and anti-submarine helicopters for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, as well as aero-engines, missiles, torpedoes. It produced 139 Mitsubishi F-15 from 1981 and produced 200 Sikorsky S-70 family Mitsubishi H-60 helicopters from 1989 under license production. The company also plays an important role in the Ballistic Missile Defense System program.

In the civil aircraft sector, MHI develops and manufactures major airframe components, including fuselage panels for Boeing 777 and composite-material wing boxes for the 787. In the space systems sector, MHI is the producer of the H-IIA and H-IIB launch vehicles, Japan's main rockets, and provides launch services to JAXA for them. The company is also involved in the International Space Station program.

On April 1, 2008, MHI established Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation as a subsidiary to develop and produce the MRJ or Mitsubishi Regional Jet, a 70 to 90 passenger regional airliner. MHI is the majority shareholder of the new company, with Toyota Motor Corporation owning 10%.

Nuclear energy systems

See also: Mitsubishi FBR Systems and Atmea

The nuclear business of MHI operates facilities Kobe, Yokohama, Kanagawa,Takasago, Hyogo. It also operates a nuclear fuel manufacturing plant in Tōkai, Ibaraki which processes 440 Metric tons of Uranium per year.

MHI has also developed the Mitsubishi APWR, which, as of July 2007, has been selected for use in two sites in Japan and the United States. MHI has also signed a memorandum of understanding with Areva for the establishment of a joint venture for their next reactor design.

MHI has also been selected as the core company to develop a new generation of Fast Breeder Reactors (FBR) by the Japanese government. After that announcement was made, MHI established a new company, Mitsubishi FBR Systems, Inc. (MFBR) specifically for the development and realization for FBR technology, starting what is likely to be the most aggressive corporate venture into FBR and Generation IV reactor technology.

Ships

Kongō class destroyer anchored in the Nagasaki Shipyard.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works (三菱重工長崎造船所 , Mitsubishi Juko Nagasaki Zosenjo) is the primary shipbuilding division Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It produces primarily specialized commercial vessels, including LNG carriers,　oil tankers, and passenger cruise ships. In addition, it is also a producer of a wide variety of machinery for power plants, energy production and aerospace use.

Products

Light rail vehicles - Crystal Mover.

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet.

• Boilers for fossil fuel power plants
• Steam turbines
• Wind Turbines
• Diesel Engines
• Fuel cells
• Oil Tankers
• LPG Carriers
• Cruise ships
• Rockets and spacecraft
• Torpedoes
• Desalination Equipment
• Air Conditioners
• Warships
  • Hatakaze class destroyer
  • Harushio class submarine
  • Atago class destroyer
  • Takanami class destroyer
  • Tachikaze class destroyer
  • Sōryū class submarine
  • Oyashio class submarine
  • Kongō class destroyer
• Electric buses

Major customers

• Boeing
• MTR
• SBS Transit
• Singapore Changi Airport
• Washington Dulles International Airport
• Rolls-Royce
• PKN Orlen

See also

• Nickel metal hydride battery

References

• Chida, Momohei and Peter N. Davies. (1990). The Japanese Shipping and Shipbuilding Industries: A History of their Modern Growth. London: Athlone Press. 10-ISBN 0-485-11271-X; 13-ISBN 978-0-485-11271-9; OCLC 20799046
• Kizu, Shigetoshi. (1984). A 100 Years' History of the Ships of Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Tokyo: NYK. 10-ISBN 4-905551-20-X; 13-ISBN 978-4-905551-20-1; OCLC 16781302
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1935). The Nomeclature of the N.Y.K. Fleet. Tokyo: NYK. OCLC 27933596
• Wray, William D. (1984). Mitsubishi and the N.Y.K., 1870-1914: Business Strategy in the Japanese Shipping Industry. Cambridge: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-57665-9; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-57665-0; OCLC 10825248

External links

• Company website (in Japanese)
• Company website (in English)
• WW2DB: Mitsubishi Military Aircraft of World War II