Most of the youths are well aware of the powerful premium superbikes produced by Kawasaki, Ninja. But, the real fact is that the brand is not limited to this but is supplying its industrial solutions. Further, we will discuss a branch of the Kawasaki group working on industrial products and equipment. It is known as KHI or Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.

It is mainly the public multinational corporation of Japan. The brand offers ships, defense & heavy equipment, motorcycles, rolling stock, aerospace, and engines. By the way, you can also find their boilers, gas turbines, industrial robots, and other industrial supplies.

Kawasaki is known to stand among the top three major manufacturers of heavy industries. These are KHI with IHI (Ishikawajiwa- Harima, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries). It has two headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, and Chuo, Kobe. The title of the company is named after the surname of its founder Shozo Kawasaki.

KHI was under Kobe Kawasaki zaibatsu, including Kawasaki Kisen and Kawasaki Steel before the Second World War. Later, the company comes under the DKB Group (keiretsu). The company is having many subsidiaries and affiliates in many countries.

In 1836, Shozo was worked in the marine industry at his young age. Later, he decided to make technological innovations for the shipping industry of Japan. In 1878 he got his first order as a start for the company.

After starting many businesses, in 1995, Kawasaki heavy industries had signed an agreement with China. It is for the manufacturing of the largest containerships for men. In the 21st century, when the firm is in continuous losses, they united with Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. as a joint venture, but it terminated before the year 2002.

Today Kawasaki offers a vast range of options to meet the requirements of different industries. It includes;

1) Factory Products – There are many efficient facilities and machines provided by the company. It is to ease the production and manufacturing processes of almost all kinds of industries. It includes water-refrigerant centrifugal chillers, steel processing facilities, and water jet washers. Also, (GM blower or GM steam compressor) industrial blower, LCD & FPD glass processing systems, and vibrating machine.

2) General Purpose Engine – It includes;

• - 2 stroke self-cooled
• - 4 strokes vertical single cylinder
• - 2 strokes forced cooled
• - 4 strokes horizontal single-cylinder, and
• - 4 strokes vertical V-Twin cylinder.

3) Oil and Gas Facilitie – Transport and storage solutions with reliable construction performance. They are also developing many kinds of Eco-Ships to lessen the environmental load and save energy. You can also find their machinery for onshore and offshore production facilities needed in the oil and gas industries.

4) Defense and Securities – In this category of products, they produce Governmental ships & Submarines. They also supply different kinds of helicopters and aircraft for the defense and security departments of a nation.

5) Material Handling System – They deliver different components of the Materials Handling System. The brand has its developed technologies to keep an environment friendly and energy-saving system.

These can handle other processes like iron ore, coal, and many more. The company can handle different aspects of the systems related to material handling. It includes designing, production, or complete engineering of the primary equipment.

6) Large-size Structures – These kind of products are;

• - Penstock
• - Noise Reduction hangar (to support Engine Run-up)
• - Hovering Stage (for Sapporo Dome)
• - Aircraft docking system, and
• - Rocket launch complex.

7) Construction – If we focus on Kawasaki's construction equipment, the brand creates many machines. It comprises snowplows, tunnel machines, purpose-specific loaders, rollers, and wheel loaders. The list also has Special, Earth Pressure Balanced and Slurry shield machines, as well as Hard rock TBM for civil engineering needs.

8) Environment and Recycling Treatment Solutions – There are many subcategories to this section. So the company produces needed facilities, equipment, and systems for environmental protection. They also have facilities for water treatment plants, industrial and municipal waste treatments.

9) Industrial Plants – They have different modern facilities for different types of plants. It includes nonferrous metals processing, Acrylic fiber, Fertilizer, and Cement. They also provide the solution to SM (Styrene Monomer) to recover and cool the waste heat.

They also offer Infrastructure development equipment and industrial plants & medical industry systems!