It was founded in 1896 by Shozo Kawasaki, with the primary objective of building steel boats. In 1907, Kawasaki manufactures locomotives, engines, steam turbines and began aviation (15 years after the Wright brothers’ first flight).
During World War II, manufactured by Kawasaki of 20 000 aircraft, 20 aircraft carriers, 30 battleships and 250 submarines on behalf of the Japanese army. With the Marshall Plan, Kawasaki is restarted after the war and used his expertise to build tankers, submarines and civilian vessels tonnage, and built its first motorcycle in 1953.
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