Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., established in Tokyo, Japan, in 1878, is a global industrial conglomerate with operations spanning numerous key sectors. The company's extensive activities include developing aerospace systems, providing energy solutions and marine engineering, manufacturing precision machinery and robotics, producing rolling stock, and creating motorcycles and engines. Its aerospace division is responsible for military aircraft supplied to Japan's Ministry of Defense, various helicopters, and specialized engines for both helicopters and commercial jetliners. Within its rolling stock segment, Kawasaki produces a wide array of railway vehicles, ranging from high-speed Shinkansen trains and electric passenger cars to freight wagons, locomotives (including diesel), modern transit systems, and even specialized snow plows. The company also focuses on the production and sale of energy-related equipment and systems, marine machinery, general industrial and environmental equipment, innovative ultralow-temperature storage tanks, critical hydrogen-related infrastructure, crushers, and a variety of ships and other vessels. Furthermore, Kawasaki is a prominent manufacturer and supplier of motorcycles, off-road four-wheelers, personal watercraft, and general-purpose gasoline engines. Its precision machinery and robotics unit develops hydraulic systems used in construction, agriculture, and other industrial applications, along with pumps, motors, valves, and complete hydraulic assemblies. This unit also supplies advanced industrial robots, vital for tasks like welding, assembly, handling, painting, and palletizing across industries such as automotive and electronics.

Industry

Conglomerates

Sector

Industrials

Headquarters

JP

CEO

Yasuhiko Hashimoto

Listed since

Nov 5, 2004

Employees

40,640