Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd (Kawasaki) is a technology company that offers a broad range of products spanning diverse fields. The company manufactures and sells motorcycles and engines, aircraft, jet engines, general purpose gas turbine generators, hydraulic components and hydraulic systems, submarines, LNG/LPG carriers, bulk carriers, and rolling stock. Kawasaki also provides plant engineering services for a wide range of industrial plants, including chemical plants and boiler facilities; environmental protection facilities including municipal waste treatment plants; cement plants; and tunneling equipment and steel structures such as LNG tanks. The company has its operations in Asia, Europe, North America, and other regions and manufacturing facilities and offices across the world. Kawasaki is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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Products and Services
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Container Ships | Power Plant Engineering Services |
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History
History section provides information on new products, mergers, acquisitions, expansions, approvals, and many more key events.
Year | Event | Description |
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2023 | Contracts/Agreements | In January, the company, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd and Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen, Ltd agreed to carry out the research and development of the Safe Berthing/Unberthing Assist System. |
2022 | Others | In December, the company received its first order from Chevron Phillips Chemical plant for Modification of Gas Turbine for Hydrogen Mixed Fuel Combustion. |
2022 | Plans/Strategy | In November, the company along with Fujitsu, SAP Japan Co Ltd, and Skillnote Corporation announced their plans to collaborate on the development of platform services supporting digital transformation in the manufacturing industry. |
Competitor Comparison
Key Parameters | Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd | Komatsu Ltd | Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd | Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd |
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Headquarters | Japan | Japan | Japan | Japan | Japan |
City | Minato-ku | Chiyoda-Ku | Minato-Ku | Taito-Ku | Shinagawa-Ku |
State/Province | Tokyo | Tokyo | Tokyo | Tokyo | Tokyo |
No. of Employees | 36,587 | 77,991 | 62,774 | 24,987 | 24,584 |
Entity Type | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public |
Key Financial Charts
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Executives
Name | Position | Board | Since | Age |
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Yoshinori Kanehana | Chairman | Executive Board | 2020 | 68 |
Yasuhiko Hashimoto | Director; Chief Executive Officer; President | Executive Board | 2020 | 65 |
Katsuya Yamamoto | Senior Executive Officer; Director; Vice President | Executive Board | 2020 | 65 |
Hiroshi Nakatani | Director; Vice President; Senior Executive Officer | Executive Board | 2022 | 62 |
Hiroaki Kagaya | Deputy General Manager - Corporate Technology Division; Executive Officer | Senior Management | - | - |
Non Dignissim Eros | Proin vel | Convallis | 2023 | XX |
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