(informally JMU) is a Japanese

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marine engineering and service company headquartered in

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, Japan. It's Japan’s second largest shipbuilder after

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, with shipyard facilities in Kure, Hiroshima,

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, Kyoto and Mie prefectures. JMU's products include the design, manufacture, purchase and sale of both merchant and naval ships, offshore engineering and ship life cycle services.

History

Osaka Iron Works (

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) established in 1881. Nippon Kokan (NKK) established by

Asano zaibatsu Asano zaibatsu 浅野財閥, one of the major second-tier zaibatsu (Conglomerate (company), conglomerates) in Japan, was founded in 1887 by Asano Sōichirō 浅野総一郎 with support from Shibusawa Eiichi 渋沢栄一, the founder of the Shibus ...

in 1912. Both united and became Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in 2002. Ishikawajima Shipyard established in 1853. Uraga Dock ( Sumitomo Heavy Industries) established in 1893. Both united and became IHI Marine United in 2002, part of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., later renamed

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Universal Shipbuilding Corporation and IHI Marine United Inc. united and became Japan Marine United in 2013. On January 1, 2021, JMU (with 49% of shares) merged into a new joint venture with

(with 51% of shares) named

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covering all ship types except

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tankers. In parallel,

bought 30% of JMU's shares. The cooperation between these two Japanese companies make it one of the largest marine engineering and shipbuilding company in the world.

References

External links

Official site
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English part of the official site
Shipbuilding companies of Japan Japanese companies established in 2013 IHI Corporation Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2013