Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation

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Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation
Native name
三菱ふそうトラック・バス株式会社
KK
Industry Commercial vehicles
Founded 1932;86 years ago (1932)
Headquarters Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Key people
Products Buses and trucks
Revenue $7.6 billion (2010)
Owner
Number of employees
 About 10,000 (December 2015) [1]
Parent Daimler AG
Subsidiaries Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc.
Website mitsubishi-fuso.com
Fuso Canter 3C13, 8th Generation in Duenas, Spain. Fuso Canter 3C13, 8th Generation.jpg
Fuso Canter 3C13, 8th Generation in Dueñas, Spain.

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 a manufacturer of trucks and buses. It is headquartered in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. Currently, it is 89.29 %-owned by Germany-based Daimler AG, under the Daimler Trucks division. [2]

Japanese is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language. It is a member of the Japonic language family, and its relation to other languages, such as Korean, is debated. Japanese has been grouped with language families such as Ainu, Austroasiatic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance.

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Fuso derives from the ancient Chinese term Fusang, for a sacred tree said to grow at the spot in the East where the sun rises, and has been used to refer to Japan itself. The actual Fuso tree is a hibiscus.

Chinese language family of languages

Chinese is a group of related, but in many cases not mutually intelligible, language varieties, forming the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese is spoken by the ethnic Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China. About 1.2 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their first language.

Fusang former country

Fusang refers to several different entities in ancient Chinese literature, often either a mythological tree or a mysterious land to the East.

<i>Hibiscus</i> genus of plants

Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising several hundred species that are native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Member species are renowned for their large, showy flowers and those species are commonly known simply as "hibiscus", or less widely known as rose mallow. There are also names for hibiscus such as hardy hibiscus, rose of sharon, and tropical hibiscus.

History

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.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment, and electronics company

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group.

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.

In 1957, MNHI integrated the Tokyo and Kawasaki Works into the Tokyo Motor Vehicle Works. Seven years later, Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries, Shin Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Engineering Company merged to form Mitsubishi Fuso Heavy Industries; Mitsubishi Fuso Motors Sales split into two divisions: Shin and Fuso Motors Sales Company. Sharing a logo, they split the distribution of heavy and light machinery; Shin distributed light machinery branded as Mitsubishi, and Fuso distributed heavy machinery branded as Fuso. In 1970 MHI signed a joint-venture agreement with Chrysler Corporation, establishing the Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), and MHI transferred its motor-vehicle operations to MMC.

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The DaimlerChrysler–Mitsubishi alliance refers to the 69-month period during which U.S.-German automaker DaimlerChrysler AG (DCX) held a controlling stake in Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC). First established on March 27, 2000 with the signing of a letter of intent, it was initiated by Jürgen E. Schrempp, the chairman of DCX, who was attempting to build what he called a "Welt AG" which would have as widespread a presence across worldwide automotive markets as its rivals. The merger with the Chrysler Corporation had increased Daimler-Benz's share of the North American market, and Mitsubishi Motors offered a gateway to Asia.

In 2003, the Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) was established. DaimlerChrysler, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and other Mitsubishi companies acquired 43-, 42- and 15-percent shares, respectively, in MFTBC. In 2005, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation transferred its MFTBC shares to DaimlerChrysler as part of their compensation agreement for financial damages resulting from quality problems and recalls at MFTBC. DaimlerChrylser and the Mitsubishi companies hold shares of 89 and 11 percent, respectively. In 2006, MFTBC moved its headquarters from Tokyo to Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa; the following year, DaimlerChrysler sold its majority stake in Chrysler Corporation to Cerberus Capital Management. The corporation was renamed Daimler AG, and the DaimlerChrysler Truck Group was renamed Daimler Trucks; MFTBC is part of the Daimler Trucks Division of Daimler AG.

Facilities

Fuso trucks are developed and built primarily at the following Japanese facilities:

Fuso FJ rigid truck, made in India, at the International Motor Show 2014 in Hanover, Germany Fuso FJ Rigid 6x2. Spielvogel 2014 1.JPG
Fuso FJ rigid truck, made in India, at the International Motor Show 2014 in Hanover, Germany

Mitsubishi Fuso Canter work trucks are manufactured in Egypt, Portugal, The Philippines, Venezuela, Turkey, and Russia. They are marketed in Japan, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and a number of other Asian countries, as well as in the United States.

They are also manufactured in India at the Daimler India Commercial Vehicles plant in Oragadam, near Chennai. Those vehicles are sold in East Africa and Southeast Asia. [4] Mitsubishi Fuso's European marketing and sales headquarters is in Stuttgart.

Products

Fuso Fighter in Hong Kong, 2013 13-08-09-hongkong-by-RalfR-071.jpg
Fuso Fighter in Hong Kong, 2013

Domestic

Truck

Bus

A Fuso Aero King is operated by Nishinihon JR Bus Co., in Japan. Nishinihon JR Bus Mitsubishi-Fuso Aero King.jpg
A Fuso Aero King is operated by Nishinihon JR Bus Co., in Japan.

Export

Van

Truck

Fuso FK fire engine TCFD FireWolf 568BH Front.jpg
Fuso FK fire engine

Bus

A Fuso RM bus is operated by Kamalan Bus Inc. in Taiwan. KamalanBus 326FL Front.jpg
A Fuso RM bus is operated by Kamalan Bus Inc. in Taiwan.
A Fuso RP118 bus is operated by BMTA in Thailand. Fuso 191.jpg
A Fuso RP118 bus is operated by BMTA in Thailand.
  • Fuso Rosa
  • Fuso MK (Aero Midi)
  • Fuso MP (New Aero Star) non-step Diesel & CNG
  • Fuso MS (Aero Bus/Aero Queen)
  • Fuso BK125L (Bus chassis)
  • Fuso BM115/116/117/118 (Bus chassis)
  • Fuso RK (Bus chassis)
  • Fuso RM (Bus chassis)
  • Fuso RP (Bus Chassis)

Other

Electric transport

The Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Star diesel-electric bus is being tested in Japan. According to the company, it can reduce fuel consumption by as much as 30 percent. [6] The Aero Star uses a series hybrid drive, where its diesel engine drives an electric generator to recharge lithium-ion batteries [7] connected to the two electric motors with a combined output of 158 kW which propel the vehicle. [2] Daimler Trucks use this system for most of their hybrid commercial vehicles, including in the Mitsubishi Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid; series hybrids are efficient on urban buses. [7]

Global distribution

Outside Japan, vehicles manufactured by the corporation are sold in:

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Corporate profile". Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine .
  3. ↑ Mitsubishi Fuso Plant Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine .
  4. 1 2 Daimler Trucks Operations in Asia Premieres FUSO FJ Fuso Press release, September 24, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ghabbour Auto". Ghabbour Auto. April 19, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ Archived November 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine .
  7. 1 2 Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine .
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