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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

and still building

142 Years in business
Founded
7 July 1884 (original), 11 January 1950 (incorporation)
Founder
Iwasaki Yatarō
Headquarters
Marunouchi Nijūbashi Building, Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Parent company
Not recorded
Employees
78,793
Products
Gas turbines, Nuclear power plants, Steam turbines, Wind turbines, Launch vehicles, Military aircraft and 4 more
  • Gas turbines
  • Nuclear power plants
  • Steam turbines
  • Wind turbines
  • Launch vehicles
  • Military aircraft
  • Missiles & defense systems
  • Naval ships & submarines
  • HVAC equipment
  • Industrial machinery

About the manufacturer

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (三菱重工業株式会社, Mitsubishi Jūkōgyō Kabushiki-kaisha; MHI) is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group and its automobile division is the predecessor of Mitsubishi Motors. MHI's products include aerospace and automotive components, air conditioners, elevators, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, printing machines, missiles, tanks, power systems, ships, aircraft, railway systems, and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 32nd-largest defense contractor measured by 2024 arms revenues and the largest based in Japan.

This summary is adapted from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence. Build totals and largest customer are our own figures, shown with a source where we hold one.