IHI Corporation

A heavy-machinery maker whose aero-engine, space and defence business now earns the bulk of group profit, alongside energy plant, bridges and industrial machinery.

IHI Corporation headquarters

Business Description

Aero Engine, Space and Defense is the largest segment by revenue and by a wider margin the largest by profit: IHI is a risk-sharing partner on commercial engine programmes led by GE Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce, builds engines for Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, and through IHI Aerospace supplies solid rocket motors and the Epsilon launch vehicle. The rest of the group spans Resources, Energy and Environment — boilers, gas turbines, ammonia and carbon-recycling plant, nuclear components; Social Infrastructure, which builds bridges, gates and urban development projects; and Industrial Systems and General-Purpose Machinery, covering turbochargers, compressors, parking systems and logistics equipment.

Aftermarket work is what makes the aero business attractive: spare parts and overhaul on an installed base of engines generate recurring revenue tied to flying hours rather than to new aircraft orders, so passenger traffic, engine shop-visit schedules and the yen drive results, with Japanese defence budgets adding a separate cycle. Shipbuilding, the company's original trade, is now held as a roughly one-fifth stake in the joint venture Japan Marine United. The business traces to the Ishikawajima shipyard founded in Edo in 1853; the present company dates from January 1889, was known as Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries after a 1960 merger, and took the name IHI in 2007. The fiscal year ends in March.

Corporate Data

Ticker7013
ExchangeTokyo Stock Exchange
Size CategoryTOPIX Mid400
Market SegmentPrime Market
SectorMachinery
Head OfficeToyosu IHI Building, 3-1-1 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8710, Japan
FoundedJanuary 17, 1889
Fiscal Year EndMarch 31
WebsiteOfficial website

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