Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (OTCMKT: MHVYF, TYO: 7011) was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It has 81,631 full-time employees and is a member of the Mitsubishi family (including: Mitsubishi Electric , Mitsubishi Motors Corporation , Mitsubishi UFJ Finance , Mitsubishi Corporation, etc.) is a Japanese comprehensive machinery manufacturer, is also Japan’s largest defense industry contractor, and is one of the flagship companies of the Mitsubishi Group . Its business scope is quite extensive, covering transportation, railway vehicles, weapons, military equipment, ships, electric motors, engines, aerospace, energy, air-conditioning equipment and other machinery and equipment manufacturing.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHVYF):
1. Memorabilia
- 1884: The founder of Mitsubishi Chaebol Yataro Iwasaki leased the Nagasaki Shipbuilding Bureau (located in present-day Nagasaki City) from the Ministry of Industry and changed its name to ” Nagasaki Shipyard “. This is the starting point of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
- 1885: Iwasaki Yanosuke, the second-generation head of the Mitsubishi chaebol , established the “Mitsubishi Joint Venture”, and made Nagasaki Shipbuilding as the core enterprise of the Mitsubishi Joint Venture.
- 1887: The Mitsubishi Joint Venture Company acquired all the equipment of the Nagasaki Shipyard.
- 1893: Nagasaki Shipyard was renamed “Mitsubishi Shipyard”, which was affiliated with Mitsubishi Joint Venture.
- 1917: Mitsubishi Shipyard was renamed Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Nagasaki Shipyard.
- October 1921: The “Electric Machinery Works” of Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Kobe Shipyard became independent of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.
- During World War II, Mitsubishi manufactured a large number of aircraft, including the famous Zero fighter that participated in the Pearl Harbor incident. At that time, like other Japanese companies, Mitsubishi also used a lot of hard labor during that time.
- 1934: Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Mitsubishi Aircraft merged and changed its name to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Nagasaki Shipyard was renamed Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard.
- 1950: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was divided into West Japan Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Central Japan Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., and East Japan Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
- 1952: The above three companies were renamed Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., New Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. respectively.
- 1964: The three companies merged to re-establish Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
- 1970: Mitsubishi Motors Corporation separated from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
- 1995: Mitsubishi Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. merged into Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
2. Main products of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Marine ship related equipment
- Steelmaking and oil refining related equipment
- Energy storage related equipment
- Railway related equipment
- Infrastructure related equipment
- Mass transportation equipment
- Aerospace engineering equipment
- Automation software and hardware equipment
- Rare earth metal extraction equipment
3. Aerospace
1. Before World War II
1.1 Japanese Army
- Type 92 heavy bomber ( Type 92 heavy bomber )
- Type 92 reconnaissance aircraft
- Type 93 heavy bomber ( Type 93 heavy bomber )
- Type 97 heavy bomber ( Type 97 heavy bomber )
- Type 97 light bomber ( Type 97 blaster )
- Type 97 Command Reconnaissance Aircraft
- Baishi Command Reconnaissance Aircraft
- Four-type heavy bomber “Flying Dragon”
1.2 Japanese Navy
- Type 10 carrier fighter
- Type 10 lightning striker
- Type 10 Shipborne Reconnaissance Aircraft
- Type 13 carrier-based attack aircraft
- Type 89 carrier-based attack aircraft
- Type 96 carrier-based fighter (Type 96 shipboard fighter)
- Type 96 land attack aircraft
- Zero ship fighter
- Zero type water observation machine
- Land attack aircraft
- Local fighter “Raiden”
- The Seventeenth Test Ship “Greece”
- Sonic Sakura Special Attack Fighter [MXY-7]
- The 19th trial local defense machine “Autumn Water” (jointly developed by the Army and the Navy)
2. After the Second World War
2.1 Aerospace
- NI rocket
- N-II rocket
- HI rocket
- H-II rocket
- H-IIA rocket
- GX rocket
- Japan Experimental Module (JEM)
2.2 Self-Defense Force
- T-2 advanced trainer
- F-1 fighter
- F-2A/B fighter (co-developed with Lockheed Martin)
- OH-1 (reconnaissance helicopter, co-manufactured with Kawasaki Heavy Industries)
- Franchise production
- F-86 fighter
- F-104 fighter
- F-4 Ghost II fighter
- F-15 Eagle fighter
- Verifier
- ATD-X
2.3 Civilian
- Mitsubishi Branch Line Jet (MRJ)
- YS-11
- MU-2
- MU-300
- MH2000
- Boeing products (joint development, division of production)
- Boeing 737 (production of internal high-lift device)
- Boeing 747 (production of internal high-lift device)
- Boeing 767 (co-developed with YS-11)
- Boeing 777 (co-developed with YS-11)
- Boeing 787 (co-developed wings and fuselage)
- Airbus products (division of production)
- Airbus A319
- Airbus A320
- Airbus A321
- Airbus A330
- Airbus A340
- Airbus A380
- Bombardier products
- Sikorsky products
Four, ships
- Battleship Kirishima
- Battleship Hyuga
- Battleship Musashi
- Amagi aircraft carrier
- Aircraft Carrier Hayabusa (formerly: Kashihara Maru)
- The aircraft carrier Otaka (formerly: Kasuga Maru)
- Cloud Eagle aircraft carrier (formerly Hachiman Maru)
- Aircraft Carrier Okinawa (formerly: Nitta Maru)
- Heavy cruiser torikai
- Haruna type frigate
- Taitokaze frigate
- Flag wind frigate
- The SS-573, SS-575, SS-577, SS-579, and SS-581 of the Tidal-class submarine
- The SS-583, TSS-3606 (formerly SS-585), SS-587, and TSS-3601 (formerly SS-589) boats of the Chunchao class submarine
- SS-591, SS-593, SS-595, SS-597, SS-599 of Oyashio class submarines
- The SS-501, SS-503, and SS-505 boats of the Canglong class submarine
- The patrol boat PT-1 (No. 511 “Vengeance” Torpedo Boat, built by Shimonoseki Shipyard) was ordered by Taiwan
- The patrol boat PT-2 (No. 512 “Xue Sha” Torpedo Boat, built by Shimonoseki Shipbuilding Institute) was ordered by Taiwan
Five, armored combat vehicles
- Type 60 armored personnel carrier
- Type 73 armored personnel carrier
- Type 89 armored fighting vehicle
- Type 61 tank
- Type 74 tank
- Type 90 tank (co-produced with Japan Steel Works)
- Type 10 tank
- Type 75 155mm self-propelled howitzer
- Type 99 155mm self-propelled howitzer
- Type 90 tank recycling vehicle
- Type 91 armored bridge vehicle
- Wheeled heavy vehicle recycling vehicle ( heavy wheel recycling vehicle )
- Mitsubishi Amphibious Assault Vehicle
6. Transportation system
Manufacturing transportation systems for railway vehicles, ETC, etc.
- Unmanned rubber wheel rail system, airport automatic tram passenger transportation system
- Tokyo Rinkai New Transportation Rinkai Line
- Hiroshima Express Transportation Hiroshima New Transportation Line 1
- Kobe New Transportation Port Artificial Island Line
- Hong Kong International Airport Passenger Rapid Transit System
- Light rail transportation
- Macau Light Rail System
- Manila MRT Line 3
- Ultra low bed tram
- Monorail
- Chiba Urban Monorail
- Shonan Monorail
