Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. - statistics & facts
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a major Japanese multinational corporation founded by Shozo Kawasaki in 1878 in Tokyo. Formerly known as Kawasaki Tsukiji Shipyard, the company branched out into other areas of the Japanese heavy industry over the 20th century. Its shipbuilding, rolling stock manufacturing, and aircraft systems divisions merged to form Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), which would expand its business areas later even further. As of today, Kawasaki has added energy systems and industrial plants, motorcycles and engines, as well as precision machinery and industrial robots to its product portfolio.
