Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation
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| Industry | Automobile manufacturing |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Headquarters | 890-12, Kashimada, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 212-0058 Japan |
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Key people
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Kazuo Matsunaga (Chairman) Marc Llistosella (President & CEO) |
| Products | Buses and Trucks |
| Revenue | $7.6 billion (2010) |
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Daimler AG (89.29%) Mitsubishi (10.71%) |
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Number of employees
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19,200 (Consolidated) |
| Subsidiaries | Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. |
| Website | mitsubishi-fuso |
The Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (Japanese: 三菱ふそうトラック・バス株式会社 Hepburn: Mitsubishi Fusō Torakku・Basu Kabushiki gaisha?) is the manufacturer of trucks and buses. Its headquarters is in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan which is one of the world's largest truck manufacturers. Currently it is 89.29 percent owned by German-based Daimler AG, under the Daimler Trucks division.Fuso means "hibiscus", an ancient name for Japan which was used by the Chinese, and was the name of the company's first product in 1932.
In 1932, the first B46 bus (the Fuso) was built at the Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Company's Kobe Works. Two years later, the Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Company was renamed Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). Three years after that, the MHI motor-vehicle operations at the Kobe Works were transferred to the Tokyo Works.
In 1949, the Fuso Motors Sales Company was established; it was renamed the Mitsubishi Fuso Motors Sales Company in 1952. In 1950, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was split into three companies: East Japan Heavy Industries, Central Japan Heavy Industries and West Japan Heavy Industries. Two years later, Central Japan Heavy Industries was renamed Shin Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; West Japan Heavy Industries was renamed Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Engineering Company and East Japan Heavy Industries was renamed Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries (MNHI). Products from the companies were distributed by Mitsubishi Fuso Motor Sales because of brand recognition.
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