IHI, Kawasaki Heavy to merge shipbuilding operations

IHI, Kawasaki Heavy to merge shipbuilding operations

TOKYO, Japan - Toshifumi Takei, president of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. (IHI), and Masamoto Tazaki, president of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., shake hands in Tokyo on April 3 as they announced integration of their shipbuilding operations into an equally owned venture to be formed on Oct. 1, 2002.

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