Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is the heavy manufacturing and engineering division of the Mitsubishi Group, an autonomous Japanese business conglomerate involved in numerous business industries.
The company's history as a whole dates back to 1870 when it was founded by industrialist Yatarō Iwasaki as Tsukumo Shōkai, a pre-war shipping company. The company renamed itself to Mitsubishi Shōkai in 1873, literally meaning "three diamonds"; the "three" portion of the name came from the three oak leaves of the family crest of the Yamauchi family which employed Iwasaki, while the "diamond" portion is reflected in the company's logo.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries's history dates back to 1884, when Iwasaki leased the Nagasaki Seitetsushō (ironworks) from the Japanese government, and renamed it the Nagasaki Shipyard and Machinery Works to enter the shipbuilding industry. The company was renamed a number of times over the years and underwent a number of ownership changes until it became Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, manufacturing aircraft, ships and automobiles; the automobile division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was then spun off to become Mitsubishi Motors.
Today, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is considered one of the big three heavy industry companies in Japan, alongside Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries, now known as IHI. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries's main sectors include shipbuilding and defense, with their offerings for rolling stock being mainly people movers and the SCMaglev maglev system.
==Products==
*SCMaglev
*Crystal Mover
*Light and heavy rail rolling stock
==References==
*Wikipedia.org
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