IHI Corporation

IHI Corporation
Type	Public KK (TYO: 7013)
Founded	5 December 1853
Headquarters	Toyosu IHI Building,Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Kazuaki Kama, President & CEO
Industry	Space Development; Jet Engine; Industrial Machinery; Construction Machinery; Bridge & Steel Structures; Energy Systems; etc
Revenue	▲ ¥ 1,350.567 billion JPY (FY 2007)
Net income	▲ ¥ 25.195 billion JPY (FY 2007)
Employees	23,190 (2007)
Website	www.ihi.co.jp

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IHI Corporation (株式会社IHI, Kabushiki-gaisha IHI^?), formerly known as Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (石川島播磨重工業株式会社, Ishikawajima Harima Jūkōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha^?), is a Japanese company which produces ships, aero-engines, turbochargers for automobiles, industrial machines, power station boilers and other facilities, suspension bridges and other transport-related machinery.

IHI turbochargers, commonly used in passenger automobiles, are manufactured by Ishikawajima-Harima. Boeing and General Electric Aviation have subcontracted parts of several models of jumbo jet aircraft out to IHI, as well as Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Fuji Heavy Industries. It is listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange section 1.

Toshio Doko was a former manager of this company.

[edit] History

1853 - establishment of Ishikawajima Shipyrd
1889 - incorporation of Ishikawajima Shipyard as Ishikawajima Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
1907 - establishment of Harima Dock Co., Ltd.
1929 - spinoff of Harima's automobile section as Ishikawajima Automotive Works (later Isuzu through a series of mergers)
1960 - establishment of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. through a merger of Ishikawajima and Harima
2007 - name changed to IHI Corporation