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Fuji Heavy Industries

Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.   (富⼠重⼯業株式会社

Fuji Jūkōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha), or   FHI, is a   Japanese

multinational corporation and conglomerate primarily in-

volved in   aerospace   and ground transportation manu-

facturing, known for its line of   Subaru   automobiles.

FHI's aerospace division serves as a   defense contractor

to the Japanese government, manufacturing Boeing and

Lockheed Martin helicopters and airplanes under license

along with being a global development and manufactur-

ing partner to both companies.

It traces its roots to the  Nakajima Aircraft Company, aleading supplier of airplanes to the Japanese government

during World War II. At the end of World War II, Naka-

jima was broken up by the Allied Occupation government

under   keiretsu legislation, and by 1950 part of the sepa-

rated operation was already known as Fuji Heavy Indus-

tries.

FHI was incorporated on July 15, 1953 when five

Japanese companies, known as Fuji Kogyo, Fuji Ji-

dosha Kogyo, Omiya Fuji Kogyo, Utsunomiya Sharyo

and Tokyo Fuji Sangyo, joined to form one of Japan's

largest manufacturers of transportation equipment.

By late 1980s, the company was a major supplier of mili-

tary, aerospace and railroad equipment in Japan, but 80%

of its sales came from automobiles. Sales in 1989 fell

15% to US$4.3 billion.*[1] In 1990, the company faced

a loss of over US$500 million.  Industrial Bank of Japan

Ltd., the main bank of the company, asked  Nissan Mo-

tor which owned 4.2% of the company to step in. Nissan

sent, Isamu Kawai, the president of Nissan Diesel Mo-

tor Co., to take charge of FHI.*[2] In 1991, FHI started

contract-manufacturing  Nissan Pulsar  (Nissan Sunny in

Europe) sedans and hatchbacks.*[3]

Currently, FHI makes   Subaru   brand cars, and its

aerospace division makes parts for   Boeing, helicopters

for the Japanese Self Defense Force, Raytheon Hawker,

and Eclipse Aviation business jets.

In 2003, the company adopted the logo of its Subaru di-

vision as its worldwide corporate symbol.*[4]

On October 5, 2005   Toyota Motor Corporation  pur-

chased 8.7% of FHI shares from General Motors, which

had owned 20.1% since 1999.*[5] GM later divested its

remaining 11.4% stake on the open market to sever allties

with FHI. FHI previously stated there might have been 27

million shares (3.4%) acquired before the start of trading

by an unknown party on October 6, 2005, and specula-tion suggested a bank or perhaps another automaker was

involved. After the purchase, Toyota announced a con-

tract with Subaru on March 13, 2006 to use the underuti-

lized Subaru manufacturing facility in Lafayette, Indiana,

as well as plans to hire up to 1,000 workers and set aside

an assembly line for the Camry, beginning in the second

quarter of 2007.

In June 2014, the company entered into a contract with

Boeing, as one of five major Japanese companies con-

tracted, to build parts for Boeing's 777X aircraft.*[6]

1 Divisions

FHI has four main divisions:

•   The automobile division, Subaru.

•   The aerospace division is a contractor for the Japan

Defense Agency and markets and sells both com-

mercial and defense-related aircraft, helicopters and

target drones. This division used to build the Fuji

FA200 Aero Subaru and is currently participating in

the Airbus A380, Boeing 777, Boeing 787, Hawker

4000 and Eclipse 500 programs, and supplies parts

for Boeing 737, Boeing 747 and Boeing 767.

•   The Subaru Industrial Power Products division man-

ufactures and sells commercial engines, pumps and

generators which were formerly under the Subaru-Robin   and  Robin   brands. Fuji's industrial prod-

ucts division, began manufacturing“Star”engines

for Polaris Industries snowmobiles in 1968 but the

cooperation ended in 1998 when Polaris Industries

started to build their own brand new Liberty two-

stroke engines, but Fuji remains a Polaris supplier

of pistons to this day. Fuji is a partner with Po-

laris, owning a percentage of Polaris stock. Fuji hasprovided more than 2 million engines used in Po-

laris snowmobiles, ATVs, watercraft and utility ve-

hicles.*[7]

•   The eco technology division manufactures and sells

garbage trucks, robot sweeper, and wind turbines.

•   FHI discontinued the production of   buses   and

railroad cars in 2003.

The company's four divisions all share their technological

advancements with one another, which has made FHI a

leader in innovation. In particular, they apply a great deal

of their aircraft technology to their automotive division,the most notable example being the horizontally-opposed

boxer engines used in all modern Subaru automobiles.

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2   4 AIRCRAFT 

2 Leadership

Past presidents

•   1953–1956̶ Kenji Kita

•   1956–1963̶ Takao Yoshida

•   1963–1970̶ Nobuo Yokota

•   1970–1978̶ Eiichi Ohara

•   1978–1985̶ Sadamichi Sasaki

•   1985–1990̶ Toshihiro Tajima

•   1990–1996̶ Isamu Kawai

•   1996–2001̶ Takeshi Tanaka

•   2001–2006̶ Kyoji Takenaka

•   2006–2011̶ Ikuo Mori

3 Bus models

A 5E body with Isuzu Cubic  chassis 

A 7E body articulated bus with Volvo B10M  chassis 

•   R13

A 1M body with Nissan Diesel Space Arrow chassis 

•   13

•

  3A/3B/3D/3E•   R1/R2

•   R14

•   14

•   4B/4E

•   R15

•   5B/5E

•   R1/R2/R3

•   HD1/HD2/HD3

•   Double-decker

•   R16

•   6B/6E

•   H1

•   R17

•   7B/7E

•   7HD

•   7S

•   R18

•   8B/8E

•   R21

•   1M/1S

4 Aircraft

•  Fuji FA-200 Aero Subaru (1965) - monoplane/light

aircraft

•   Fuji/Rockwell Commander 700 (1975) - light trans-

port

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JGSDF  AH-64D (DJP) attached to the 1st Airborne Brigade Jan-

uary 2012

•   Fuji KM-2 (1962) - light primary military trainer

•

  Fuji LM-1 Nikko   (1955) - light communicationsmilitary aircraft

•  Fuji T-1 (1958) - intermediate military jet trainer

•  Fuji T-3/KM-2 (1974) - primary military trainer

•  Fuji T-5/KM-2 Kai (1984) - basic military trainer

•   Fuji [Bell] UH-1H/UH-1J  (1970s/1980s) - utility

helicopter & troop carrier

•  Fuji T-7/T3 Kai (1998) - primary military trainer

•   TACOM Air-Launched Multi-Role Stealth UAV In

development and production*[8]

•  Fuji (Boeing) AH-64 ApacheDJP (2001)

•   Fuji-Bell UH-X   - Ongoing project to meet the

JGSDF's requirement for a UH-1J replacement.

Bell Helicopter is Fuji's foreign partner in the com-

petition.*[9] A variant of the UH-X may also ulti-

mately fill the JMSDF's recently (October 2014) re-

vealed requirement for a New Patrol Helicopter (to

enter service in 2022).

5 References

[1]  Former Nissan Executive Will Head Fuji  LA Times Jun

29, 1990

[2]   For Bankrupt Companies, Happiness Is A Warm Keiretsu

by Robert Neff Bloomberg Oct 25 1992

[3]   Fuji To Build Nissan Models  Chicago Tribune Jan 27

1991

[4]“Fuji Heavy Industries Adopts Subaru's Six-Star Emblem

as New Corporate Symbol”. Fuji Heavy Industries. 15

July 2003. Retrieved 2008-06-11.

[5] Shimizu, Kaho (2005-10-06).“Toyota to buy Fuji shares

in GM selloff”.  The Japan Times .

[6] “Boeing enters pact with Japanese consortium for supply

of 777X plane parts”.  Chicago Chronicle. Retrieved 12

June 2014.

[7]  Polaris and Fuji: A Long History of a Powerful Partner-

ship

[8]   http://www.fhi.co.jp/english/outline/section/aero.html

[9]   Foreign firms bid for $2 billion chopper deal The Japan

Times/Reuters  Accessed 10th October 2014

6 External links

•  FHI Corporate Information

•   Subaru Global official website

•  “Company history books (Shashi)". Shashi Inter-

est Group. April 2016. Wiki collection of biblio-graphic works on Fuji Heavy Industries

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