Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. engages in ship and offshore structure, rolling stock, aerospace systems, energy system and plant engineering, motorcycle and engine, and precision machinery and robot businesses worldwide. It is involved in the development, construction, and maintenance of ships, such as submarines and LNG/LPG carriers. The company also manufactures railway cars; provides rolling stock, including electric cars, passenger coaches, freight cars, locomotives, diesel locomotives, and transit systems; develops and manufactures various aircraft for the Japan Ministry of Defense; and manufactures helicopters and payload fairings for rockets, as well as helicopter and jet engines. In addition, the company provides industrial plants to process cement, chemicals, nonferrous metals, and others, as well as environmental protection facilities, including municipal waste incinerators; and manufactures ultra-low temperature tanks for LNG and LPG, as well as shield machines for tunneling in underground construction projects. Further, it supplies industrial machines, including turbines and engines for marine, oil and gas industry, environmental protection, and power generation; and offers products, such as motorcycles, off-road four wheelers, watercrafts JET SKI, and general-purpose gasoline engines. Additionally, the company manufactures hydraulic machinery used in construction and agricultural machinery, industrial machinery, and ships; pumps, motors, valves, and various hydraulic machineries, as well as its assembled hydraulic systems; and manufactures industrial robots in the automotive and electronics industries, for use in welding, assembly, handling, painting, and palletization. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.