Hitachi Zosen Corp.

History

Year	Detail
1881	E.H. Hunter from Northern Ireland, founded the Osaka Iron Works as a on the Ajikawa riverbank, Osaka, Japan in 1881.
1882	The Hatsu Maru (14GT wooden ship), the first new ship, is constructed.
1890	Kumagawa Maru, Japan's first steel-hulled ship, is built for Osaka Shosen.
1900	Sakurajima Works started operations (relocated to the Ariake Machinery Works in September 1997).
1907	Japan's first Western-style whaling ship was constructed, and the Tokyo liaison office was opened.
1908	Japan's first tanker, the Tora Maru, was constructed.
1927	Dojima Ohashi, an arch bridge, and other structures are completed in succession for the municipal government of Osaka.
1930	The Heiyo Maru and Heian Maru large-scale cargo and passenger ships for Nippon Yusen K.K. are constructed, these ships established a new record for river launches in Japan.
1934	The company makes a new start as Osaka Iron Works is incorporated, marking the incorporation of the current Hitachi Zosen Corporation.
1943	The company name was changed to Hitachi Zosen Corporation, and Mukaishima Works started operations.
1949	Hitachi Zosen has opened Technical Research Institute in Japan and the first whaling ship is constructed for Norway following World War II as a result of government trade.
1950	A technological tie-up for B&W-type diesel engines is concluded.
1956	The company has opened its foreign offices in London and New York.
1960	A technological tie-up is concluded with Von Roll Environmental Technology Ltd. of Switzerland for a De Roll type refuse incineration plant.
1965	A De Roll-type refuse incineration plant is completed for the municipal government of Osaka. It is the first mechanical incineration plant with a power generation facility manufactured in Japan.
1966	Sakurajima Works restarted as a specialized plant for land machinery.
1971	Maizuru Works starts operations.
1973	Ariake Works starts operations.
1977	Construction is completed for a 500,000-ton tanker for Esso.
1979	Ariake Land Machinery Works starts operations.
1987	The world's first multiple-face shield tunneling machine is completed.
1993	Sakai Works started operations as a specialized plant for steel structures, and a slurry-shield tunnel boring machine, one of the world's largest diameters of 14.14m, was produced.
1994	The world's first triple-face shield tunneling machine is completed.
1996	The electric power supply business has been inaugurated, and Japan's first super refuse-fired power generation plant has come on stream.
2000	Yumemai Ohashi, the world's first floating swing bridge is constructed.
2002	The Basic Agreement on Consolidation of Shipbuilding Operations is concluded with NKK Corp (now JFE Steel Corporation) and acquired HEC Corporation.
2008	A new factory is being constructed in Sakai Works to extend industrial machinery and shield tunneling machinery production.
2009	Ten group companies have absorbed and launched a joint venture in China for the manufacture of marine diesel engines.
2010	Launched a joint venture in China for the manufacture of marine deck machinery and acquired a European refuse incineration plant maker (current name: Hitachi Zosen Inova AG).
2011	Establishes local subsidiaries in India and vessels put into service by employing the world's first selective catalytic reduction (SCR) NOx removal system for marine engines that is compliant with IMO Tier III NOx emission standards.
2012	Established a joint-venture manufacturer of process equipment in India and Shield tunneling machine with the world's largest diameter, at 17.45 m, is completed for Seattle, Washington.
2013	Acquired all shares of U.S.-based NAC International Inc. and established a local subsidiary in Myanmar.
2014	Established local subsidiary in Indonesia, Daiki Ataka Engineering Co. Ltd. is acquired and SCR system for marine engines received world's first FTA approval.
2015	The company expands into the retail electricity market as a power producer and supplier (PPS) with power produced from renewable energy, and Omonogawa Wind Power Station is completed and starts operations under Omonogawa Wind Power Co., Ltd.
2017	Acquired shares of "Osmoflo Group" and Established a local subsidiary in Thailand.
2018	Company becomes Japan's first issuer in manufacturing industry of Hitachi Zosen Green Bonds and a Joint-venture company aimed at expanding our service business in China is formed and Hitz Advanced Information Technology Center (A.I/TEC) starts operations.
2020	Completed Japan's first undersea installation type flap gate type floodgate installation work for Iwate Prefecture.
2021	PtG Square' started operations in the Chikko Works and Established Underground Infrastructure Technologies Corporation (UGITEC), a joint venture with Kawasaki Heavy Industries for the shield machine business.
2022	Hitachi Zosen Inova AG acquires shares in Steinmüller Babcock Environment Group and makes it a subsidiary.
2023	Established Hitachi Zosen Marine Engine Co. Ltd.

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