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| Company type | Public (K.K) |
|---|---|
| TYO: 7004 | |
| ISIN | JP3789000001  |
| Industry | Heavy Industry |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Founder | Edward H. Hunter |
| Headquarters | Osaka, Japan |
| Website | http://www.hitachizosen.co.jp/ |
Hitachi Zosen Corporation (日立造船株式会社, Hitachi Zōsen Kabushiki-kaisha) is a major Japanese industrial and engineering corporation. It produces waste treatment plants, industrial plants, precision machinery, industrial machinery, steel mill process equipment, steel structures, construction machinery, tunnel boring machines, and power plants. Despite its name, Hitachi Zosen, of which the last word literally means shipbuilding, no longer builds ships, having spun off the business to Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in 2002, nor is it a keiretsu company of Hitachi any longer.