Sasebo Heavy Industries

33°09′43″N 129°41′52″E / 33.1620758°N 129.6977459°E / 33.1620758; 129.6977459

Sasebo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
Native name
佐世保重工業株式会社
Sasebo Jūkōgyō
FormerlySasebo Ship Industry
Company typePublic KK
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded1946; 78 years ago (1946)
Headquarters,
Key people
Kensuke Namura (President & CEO)
ProductsMachine industry
Ships
Number of employees
1,933 (total)
749 (non-consolidated) 1,184 (consolidated) (as of March 2014)
ParentNamura Shipbuilding
Websitewww.ssk-sasebo.co.jp

The Sasebo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 佐世保重工業株式会社, Hepburn: Sasebo Jūkōgyō), also simply known as the Sasebo Heavy Industries, is a company whose main business is heavy industry, based in Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture. A wholly owned subsidiary of Namura Shipbuilding. Known as SSK. It is an acronym for Sasebo Ship Industry, which was the company name when it was first established.