| 1877 |
Shozo Kawasaki, the founder opens Kawasaki Tsukiji Shipyard (Tokyo). |
| 1896 |
Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd. is incorporated. Kojiro Matsukata is appointed as the first president of the new company. |
| 1897 |
Launches Cargo-Passenger Ship Iyomaru. |
| 1902 |
Finishes construction on Dry Dock at Kobe Shipyard. |
| 1906 |
Opens Hyogo Works. |
| 1906 |
Builds the first submarine in Japan. |
| 1908 |
Builds the Yodo, Japan's first large-size warship built by a private Japanese shipyard. |
| 1911 |
Completes the first Kawasaki-made locomotive. |
| 1918 |
The Aircraft Department is established at Hyogo Works. |
| 1919 |
Shipping division is spun off and incorporated as Kawasaki Kisen Kaisya Ltd. (K-line). |
| 1922 |
Completes the first Kawasaki-made airplane. |
| 1926 |
Constructs Eitaibashi Bridge, Tokyo. |
| 1928 |
Hyogo Works is spun off and incorporated as Kawasaki Rolling Stock Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
| 1933 |
Begins manufacture and sale of Rokkogo automobiles. |
| 1934 |
Delivers Pashina Locomotive for Ajiago Super Express, Manchurian Railway. |
| 1937 |
Aircraft division is spun off and incorporated as Kawasaki Aircraft Co., Ltd. |
| 1939 |
Adopts new Japanese company name Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabusikigaisya (i.e. Kawasaki Heavy Industries). |
| 1941 |
Starts production of Hien fighter. |
| 1950 |
Steelmaking division is spun off and Kawasaki Steel Corporation is incorporated. |
| 1952 |
Begins production of Bell 47D helicopters. |
| 1969 |
Kawasaki Dockyard, Kawasaki Rolling Stock Manufacturing and Kawasaki Aircraft merge to become Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
| 1969 |
Develops Kawasaki-Unimate 2000, the first Japan-made industrial robot. |
| 1969 |
Launches H1 motorcycle. |
| 1972 |
Unveils Z1 motorcycle. |
| 1972 |
Merges with rolling stock company Kisha Seizo Co., Ltd., and forms Kawaju Reinetsu Service Co., Ltd. |
| 1973 |
Begins selling Jet Ski(R) watercraft. |
| 1975 |
Begins production of motorcycles in the U.S. |
| 1976 |
Develops GPS200 gas turbine generator. |
| 1979 |
The BK117 helicopter's first flight. |
| 1981 |
Delivers the first LNG carrier built in Japan. |
| 1986 |
Begins production of rolling stock in the U.S. |
| 1987-07 |
In July 1987, Kawasaki received an order for two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) with diameters of 8.17 meters for the underwater railroad for the Channel Tunnel linking Great Britain and the European continent. |
| 1988 |
Begins production of construction machinery in the U.S. |
| 1988-06 |
It was in June 1988 that the two machines were shipped from Kawasaki's Harima Works with more than 10,000 parts and underwent test runs. |
| 1989 |
Receives orders for construction work on the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. |
| 1991 |
Tunnel boring machines successfully complete work on the Eurotunnel. |
| 1991-05-22 |
Kawasaki tunnel boring machine (T2) pierces the Eurotunnel on May 22, 1991 |
| 1996 |
Excavation on the Tokyo Bay Aqua-line is completed by the world's largest shield machines. |
| 1996 |
100th anniversary. |
| 1996 |
Excavation on the Tokyo Bay Aqua-line is completed by the world's largest shield machines |
| 1996 |
Shield machines being shipped from Harima Works |
| 1996 |
100th anniversary |
| 2001 |
Opens state-of-the-art, fully integrated rolling stock factory unique in the U.S. |
| 2001 |
Introduces an internal company system and an executive officer system. |
| 2001 |
Opens state-of-the-art, fully integrated rolling stock factory unique in the U.S. |
| 2001 |
Introduces an internal company system and an executive officer system. |
| 2002 |
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation and Kawasaki Precision Machinery Ltd. are established as wholly owned subsidiaries. |
| 2002 |
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation and Kawasaki Precision Machinery Ltd. are established as wholly owned subsidiaries. |
| 2004 |
Ships first 700T train to Taiwan High Speed Rail. |
| 2004 |
Ships first 700T train to Taiwan High Speed Rail |
| 2005 |
Kawasaki Plant Systems, Ltd. (K Plant) is established as a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| 2006 |
Kawasaki Environmental Engineering, Ltd. (KEE) is established as a wholly owned subsidiray. |
| 2007 |
K Plant and KEE merge to form new K Plant. |
| 2007 |
Rolls out test planes for the XP-1 fixed-wing maritime patrol aircraft and XC-2 transport aircraft. |
| 2009 |
KCM Corporation is established as a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| 2010 |
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, Kawasaki Precision Machinery Limited (KPM) and Kawasaki Plant Systems, Ltd. (K Plant) are re-merged into Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
| 2013 |
Established Medicaroid Corporation, a marketing company for the development of medical robots, jointly with SYSMEX CORPORATION. |
| 2015 |
All KCM Corporation shares transferred to the Hitachi Construction Machinery Group. |
| 2017 |
Completes first US production line for cargo doors for Boeing’s commercial airplanes |
| 2017 |
In 2017, Kawasaki opened a production line to manufacture cargo doors for Boeing’s state‑of‑the‑art commercial airplane, the 777X, at the Lincoln Plant of Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. (KMM), located in the state of Nebraska. Since December 2015, the company had been building the line in the approximately 2,800 m² work area in the Plant’s existing building, and it now also features Kawasaki’s first aerostructures production line in the U.S. The line includes various types of cutting‑edge equipment and systems to advance facility automation, thereby achieving high‑quality, high‑efficiency production. This equipment includes Kawasaki robots capable of precise, detailed painting operations, and auto riveters with an expanded operating range. |
| 2018 |
Kawasaki's US plant completes first commercial aircraft cargo doors for Boeing |
| 2018 |
Kawasaki's U.S. plant completed the first commercial aircraft cargo doors for Boeing. Finished cargo doors. |
| 2018-09 |
In September 2018, at the Lincoln Plant, Kawasaki manufactured its first cargo doors for Boeing’s commercial aircraft. The aerostructures production line at the Plant features various types of cutting-edge equipment and systems to advance facility automation, including Kawasaki robots capable of precise, detailed painting operations, and auto riveters with an expanded operating range. The plant also incorporates into line operations the unique Kawasaki Production System (KPS), developed through mass-production activities over the years, to achieve high-quality, high-efficiency production, while utilizing U.S.-made, locally procured materials and parts to cut down on transportation costs and reduce lead times. |
| 2021 |
Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Kawasaki Motors, Ltd. are established as wholly owned subsidiaries. |
