Kawasaki Heavy

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Kawasaki Jūkōgyō Kabushiki gaisha) is an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato-ku, Tokyo.

The company is named after its founder Shozo Kawasaki and has no connection with Kawasaki city.

Its most visible consumer product lines are its motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, although the company and its subsidiaries also manufacture ships, industrial plants, tractors, trains, small engines, and aerospace equipment (including military aircraft). Subcontract work on jet aircraft (including jumbo jets) has been done for Boeing, Embraer, and Bombardier.