Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is a Japanese maker of transport equipment, energy and environment systems, industrial equipment and leisure vehicles. Its head offices are in Tokyo and Kobe.

In transport equipment, the company builds ships, marine machinery, railcars and rail bogies. It also makes aircraft, helicopters and jet engines. An aerospace systems company inside the group handles products such as aircraft maintenance.

The energy and environment business covers cogeneration systems, energy plants, gas turbines and gas engines. It also supplies steam turbines, boilers, recycling plants and renewable energy equipment, plus oil and gas related facilities. Hydrogen is a major theme. The company makes hydrogen liquefaction plants, liquefaction machines, liquefied hydrogen storage tanks and liquefied hydrogen containers. It also supplies hydrogen-fired boilers and gas turbines that burn a mix of hydrogen and gas.

The industrial equipment business covers hydraulic machines, industrial robots, industrial plants, plant equipment, civil engineering machinery, logistics systems, factory automation, wind tunnel equipment and large structures. The company also makes general-purpose gasoline engines and blowers.

In leisure, its Kawasaki Motors unit builds motorcycles, off-road four-wheel vehicles and JET SKI personal watercraft.

The group lists a Group Vision 2030, a research and development arm, and a technical journal. Recent news includes a partnership with Ricoh to use AI for design knowledge, and the delivery of a large LPG and ammonia carrier fuelled by LPG. The company sponsors the football clubs Vissel Kobe and INAC Kobe. Its website is offered in Japanese, English and Simplified Chinese.

Services

• Aircraft and helicopters
• Jet engines
• Aircraft maintenance
• Ships and marine machinery
• Railcars
• Gas turbines and gas engines
• Hydrogen liquefaction and storage
• Industrial robots
• Hydraulic equipment
• Motorcycles and JET SKI