Fuji Heavy Industries

Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. (

Fuji Jkgy Kabushiki-gaisha), or FHI, is a Japanese
multinational corporation and conglomerate primarily involved in aerospace and ground transportation manufacturing, 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 manufacturing partner to both companies.

tract with Subaru on March 13, 2006 to use the underutilized 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 ve major Japanese companies contracted, to build parts for Boeing's 777X aircraft.* [6]

It traces its roots to the Nakajima Aircraft Company, a 1 Divisions

leading supplier of airplanes to the Japanese government
during World War II. At the end of World War II, NakaFHI has four main divisions:
jima was broken up by the Allied Occupation government
under keiretsu legislation, and by 1950 part of the sepa The automobile division, Subaru.
rated operation was already known as Fuji Heavy Indus The aerospace division is a contractor for the Japan
tries.
Defense Agency and markets and sells both comFHI was incorporated on July 15, 1953 when ve
mercial and defense-related aircraft, helicopters and
Japanese companies, known as Fuji Kogyo, Fuji Jitarget drones. This division used to build the Fuji
dosha Kogyo, Omiya Fuji Kogyo, Utsunomiya Sharyo
FA200 Aero Subaru and is currently participating in
and Tokyo Fuji Sangyo, joined to form one of Japan's
the Airbus A380, Boeing 777, Boeing 787, Hawker
largest manufacturers of transportation equipment.
4000 and Eclipse 500 programs, and supplies parts
for Boeing 737, Boeing 747 and Boeing 767.
By late 1980s, the company was a major supplier of military, aerospace and railroad equipment in Japan, but 80%
The Subaru Industrial Power Products division manof its sales came from automobiles. Sales in 1989 fell
ufactures and sells commercial engines, pumps and
*
15% to US$4.3 billion. [1] In 1990, the company faced
generators which were formerly under the Subarua loss of over US$500 million. Industrial Bank of Japan
Robin and Robin brands. Fuji's industrial prodLtd., the main bank of the company, asked Nissan Moucts division, began manufacturing Starengines
tor which owned 4.2% of the company to step in. Nissan
for Polaris Industries snowmobiles in 1968 but the
sent, Isamu Kawai, the president of Nissan Diesel Mocooperation ended in 1998 when Polaris Industries
*
tor Co., to take charge of FHI. [2] In 1991, FHI started
started to build their own brand new Liberty twocontract-manufacturing Nissan Pulsar (Nissan Sunny in
stroke engines, but Fuji remains a Polaris supplier
*
Europe) sedans and hatchbacks. [3]
of pistons to this day. Fuji is a partner with PoCurrently, FHI makes Subaru brand cars, and its
laris, owning a percentage of Polaris stock. Fuji has
aerospace division makes parts for Boeing, helicopters
provided more than 2 million engines used in Pofor the Japanese Self Defense Force, Raytheon Hawker,
laris snowmobiles, ATVs, watercraft and utility veand Eclipse Aviation business jets.
hicles.* [7]
In 2003, the company adopted the logo of its Subaru division as its worldwide corporate symbol.* [4]

The eco technology division manufactures and sells

garbage trucks, robot sweeper, and wind turbines.

On October 5, 2005 Toyota Motor Corporation purchased 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 all ties
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 speculation suggested a bank or perhaps another automaker was
involved. After the purchase, Toyota announced a con-

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.
1

AIRCRAFT

Leadership

Past presidents
19531956 Kenji Kita
19561963 Takao Yoshida
19631970 Nobuo Yokota
19701978 Eiichi Ohara
19781985 Sadamichi Sasaki
19851990 Toshihiro Tajima
19901996 Isamu Kawai
19962001 Takeshi Tanaka
20012006 Kyoji Takenaka
20062011 Ikuo Mori

A 1M body with Nissan Diesel Space Arrow chassis

13
3A/3B/3D/3E
R1/R2
R14

Bus models

14
4B/4E
R15
5B/5E
R1/R2/R3
HD1/HD2/HD3
Double-decker
R16
6B/6E
H1

A 5E body with Isuzu Cubic chassis

R17
7B/7E
7HD
7S
R18
8B/8E
R21
1M/1S

4 Aircraft
A 7E body articulated bus with Volvo B10M chassis

R13

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

aircraft
Fuji/Rockwell Commander 700 (1975) - light transport

[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 Partnership
[8] http://www.fhi.co.jp/english/outline/section/aero.html
[9] Foreign rms bid for $2 billion chopper deal The Japan
Times/Reuters Accessed 10th October 2014

6 External links
JGSDF AH-64D (DJP) attached to the 1st Airborne Brigade January 2012

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

Fuji LM-1 Nikko (1955) - light communications
military 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 competition.* [9] A variant of the UH-X may also ultimately ll the JMSDF's recently (October 2014) revealed requirement for a New Patrol Helicopter (to
enter service in 2022).

References

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

29, 1990
[2] For Bankrupt Companies, Happiness Is A Warm Keiretsu
by Robert Ne 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 sello. The Japan Times.

FHI Corporate Information

Subaru Global ocial website
Company history books (Shashi)". Shashi Interest Group. April 2016. Wiki collection of bibliographic works on Fuji Heavy Industries

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