Hanshin Industrial Region

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The Hanshin Industrial Region (阪神工業地帯, Hanshin Kōgyō Chitai^?) is one of the largest industrial regions in Japan. Its name comes from the kanji used to write the names of Osaka (大阪) and Kobe (神戸), the two largest cities in the megalopolis.The GDP in this area (Osaka and Kobe) is $341 billion, one of the world's most productive region.^[1]

Contents 1 Outline 1.1 Numbers 1.2 Main cities and industry 1.2.1 Osaka - Medical, Chemical, Metal 1.2.2 Sakai - Chemical, Metal 1.2.3 Kadoma, Moriguchi, Daito - Electronics 1.2.4 Other cities in Osaka prefecture 1.2.5 Amagasaki - Chemical, Metal, Electronics 1.2.6 Kobe - Medical, Electronics, Heavy Industries, 1.2.7 Other cities in Hyōgo Prefecture 2 See also 3 References

[edit] Outline

[edit] Numbers

• Osaka prefecture
  • Number of establishments : 24,822
  • Number of employees : 530,407
  • Value of manufactured goods shipments : 15,961 billion yen
  • Value added : 6,459 billion yen
• Hyōgo Prefecture
  • Number of establishments : 11,300
  • Number of employees : 359,850
  • Value of manufactured goods shipments : 12,945 billion yen
  • Value added : 4,808 billion yen

(4-digit industrial subclassification. From Report by Respective Industry of the 2005 Census)

[edit] Main cities and industry

[edit] Osaka - Medical, Chemical, Metal

Facilities

Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. Daiichi Sankyo Co. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company

Sumitomo Chemical Sumitomo Electric Industries Sharp

Laboratories,Research institutes

• Rohto Pharmaceutical Co.
• Shionogi Pharmaceutical Co.
• Mitsubishi Pharma
• Sumitomo Pharmaceutical Co.
• Sumitomo Chemical

[edit] Sakai - Chemical, Metal

Facilities

Exxon Mobil Showa Denko Ube Industries Nippon Oil Esso

Bayer (Polyurethane) Nippon Steel Mitsui Chemicals Mitsubishi Materials Osaka Gas

• Daikin Industries

- Air conditioning and Chemicals.Especially,As a fluorine chemical industry, Daikin has major market share with DuPont.

Laboratories, Research Institutes

• Showa Denko
• Sakai Chemical Industry (Titanium Dioxide, Stabilizers & Metallic Soaps)
• Kyowa (medical)

[edit] Kadoma, Moriguchi, Daito - Electronics

Facilities and Research Institutes

• Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic)

- It is also the headquarter.

• Sanyo

- It is also the headquarter.

• Funai

- It is also the headquarter.

[edit] Other cities in Osaka prefecture

Facilities

• Kinki Sharyo : Higashiosaka (manufacturer of railroad vehicles)
• Sunstar : Takatsuki (Manufacture and sales of oral care products)

- It is also the headquarter.

• Daihatsu : Ikeda (Cars)

- It is also the headquarter.

• Nitto Denko

- A chemical company in Osaka.Especially,Reverse osmosis (Reverse Osmosis Membrane) is major of the world with Dow Chemical Company.

Laboratories, Research Institutes

• Nippon Shokubai : Suita (manufacture of catalyst)
• JT (Japan Tobacco) : Takatsuki (Medical laboratory)
• Osaka Bioscience Institute : Suita (The establishment of a national science research institute by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology )

[edit] Amagasaki - Chemical, Metal, Electronics

Facilities

Sumitomo Metal Industries Mitsui Chemicals Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic) - Plasma display

Asahi Glass Co. Sekisui Chemical Co.

• Mitsubishi Electric

- Railroad traffic control system, Electric Power control system, Air traffic control system,Doppler radar,Communications satellite,Global Positioning System.

• OSAKA Titanium technologies

- Product of Titanium material (About 20 percent share of the world market^[2])

Laboratories, Research Institutes

• Bayer

- Urethane,Polyurethane Raw Materials

• Mitsubishi Electric

- The largest Laboratory of Mitsubishi Electric.

- Electric device and primary subjects of electric.

[edit] Kobe - Medical, Electronics, Heavy Industries,

Facilities

• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

- Shipbuilding, Marine structures

- Mainly,high value products such as Container ship, Submarine, Research Vessels and Vehicles, Nuclear reactor, Satellite.

• Kawasaki Heavy Industries

- Shipbuilding, Marine structures, Trains

• Kobe Steel
• Mitsubishi Electric
• Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic)
• Komatsu (Manufactures construction, mining, and military equipment)

Laboratories, Research Institutes

• Bayer Kobe Research Center
• Eli Lilly and Company
• Boehringer-Ingelheim
• Procter & Gamble

- It is also an East-Asia and Japan headquarter.

• Kobe Steel
• Mitsubishi Electric
• RIKEN (A public corporation funded by the government.Natural sciences research institute.)

- Center for Developmental Biology.

- Next-Generation Supercomputer Center (From 2010).^[3]

[edit] Other cities in Hyōgo Prefecture

Facilities

• Asahi Glass Co. : Takasago
• Caterpillar, Inc. : Akashi
• Fujitsu : Akashi
• Nippon Shokubai

- A chemical company in Osaka and Hyogo.

- Catalysis,Acrylic acid (World share 15%) and Super Absorbent Polymer (World share 25%).

• Kawasaki Heavy Industries : Akashi

- Motorcycle

• Kobe Steel : Kakogawa,Takasago
• Nippon Steel : Himeji
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries : Takasago
• Mitsubishi Electric : Akashi
• Procter & Gamble : Akashi

Laboratories, Research Institutes

• Kawasaki Heavy Industries : Akashi
• Kobe Steel : Kakogawa
• Sumitomo Chemical : Takarazuka
• Nippon Shokubai : Himeji

[edit] See also

• Kansai Science City
• Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto

[edit] References

1. ^ Which are the largest city economies in the world and how might this change by 2020?
2. ^ Japanmetalnews
3. ^ Press Release

• Preliminary Report on Census of Manufactures 2005 from Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Japan
• Mitsubishi Electric Locations
• Mitsubishi Electric Products
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
• Osaka (Sumitomo) Titanium technologies Co.,Ltd