Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Japanese multinational corporation
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| February 26 2025 | MHI reported plans to expand Australian operations to secure potential contracts for the Mogami-class ships to enter Australian service. |
| June 2024 | Announced it will cease newspaper rotary printing press production due to declining demand. |
| 2023 | At the LIMA 2023 convention, MHI unveiled the Multi-Role Support Ship concept. |
| April 28 2022 | Yale University research identified MHI as a company 'defying demands for exit/reduction of activities' during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, refusing to withdraw from the Russian market. |
| January 2022 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi FBR Systems sign a Memorandum of Understanding with TerraPower to cooperate on sodium-cooled fast reactor development, with TerraPower set to acquire Japanese know-how and test facilities. |
| January 17 2022 | MHI successfully conducted the first sea voyage of an unmanned, fully autonomous vessel called Soleil, sailing 240 kilometres from Shinmoji to Iyonada Sea over seven hours at a maximum speed of 26 knots. |
| April 2021 | Two F-2 jets (an F-2A and an F-2B) experienced a minor mid-air collision over Yamaguchi Prefecture. Both aircraft safely landed with no reported injuries and minimal damage. |
| February 2021 | Sold its machine tools business MHI Machine Tool Co. to Nidec. |
| January 2021 | The G4M1 Model 11 (Serial #2806) was put on display at Markwarth Collection / Solomon Islands War Museum with a tail section attached. |
| 2020 | MHI acquired 2.5% of Vestas by transferring its 50% stake in MHI Vestas to Vestas and receiving 5 million new Vestas shares. |
| 2020 | MHI acquired Hitachi's gas turbine business unit after forming a joint venture between the two companies. |
| 2020 | Due to continuous delays and the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the aviation industry, MHI decided to halt the SpaceJet project. |
| June 2020 | MHI entered talks with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding to acquire their naval and patrol ship business, with the goal of strengthening MHI's defense sector. |
| May 2020 | MHI confirmed that all conditions for the Bombardier CRJ programme acquisition had been met, with the transaction to be closed on 1 June. |
| January 2020 | The nuclear power plant project in Sinop, Turkey, was officially scrapped after doubts about its feasibility. |
| December 24 2019 | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding delivered its first fuel gas supply system for a marine LNG engine. |
| August 2019 | The French ASTRID demonstration sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor project is cancelled. |
| June 25 2019 | MHI announced the acquisition of Bombardier Aviation's CRJ programme, with the intention to close the deal in the first half of 2020. |
| February 20 2019 | An F-2B fighter jet crashed during a training flight over the Sea of Japan. Both the flight instructor and pilot survived the accident. |
| 2018 | The acquired Areva nuclear reactor business entity was named Framatome. |
| November 28 2018 | The South Korea Supreme Court ordered MHI to pay 150 million won in compensation to 10 surviving Koreans and 18 family members of victims of forced labor during the Japanese occupation of Korea. |
| August 2018 | Two G4M1 aircraft (Serial #1800 and #2806) were recovered from Ballale Island in the Solomon Islands by a 'foreign salvager'. |
| 2017 | MHI acquired a 19% stake in the new entity inheriting Areva's nuclear reactor business. |
| 2017 | Exited the high-speed train business after struggling with development costs of the Mitsubishi SpaceJet. |
| December 1 2017 | MHI announced plans to launch two new wholly owned companies in its shipbuilding business, to be implemented on January 1, 2018. |
| 2016 | Repair work at Matsushima Air Base was completed, allowing the 21st Fighter Squadron to return to the base. |
| 2016 | Japanese fast reactor development halts following government decision to decommission the Monju Nuclear Power Plant due to technical problems including sodium leakage. |
| 2015 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries apologized and compensated victims of Chinese forced labor from World War II. |
| 2015 | MHI announced a proposal to take a minority ownership stake in a new entity inheriting Areva's nuclear reactor business. |
| 2014 | Japan agrees to cooperate with France in developing the emergency reactor cooling system for the ASTRID demonstration sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor. |
| 2014 | MHI unsuccessfully attempted to acquire the energy business of Alstom to develop its service network in Southeast Asia. |
| June 2014 | The company signed an agreement with four other major Japanese companies to build parts for Boeing's 777X aircraft. |
| 2013 | MHI planned wind turbine tests for offshore wind power in Europe, developing 7-MW turbines. |
| September 27 2013 | MHI and Vestas Wind Systems announced a joint-venture called MHI Vestas Offshore Wind to develop offshore wind energy, focusing on Vestas' V164 8.0MW turbine. |
| 2012 | MLE ceased production in Almere due to recession and declining sales, transitioning from a manufacturing facility to a sales office. |
| December 12 2012 | MHI acquired Pratt & Whitney Power Systems, the small gas turbine business of United Technologies. |
| November 2012 | Agreed with Hitachi to merge thermal power generation businesses into a joint venture. |
| January 1 2010 | Jungheinrich Forklifts joined the partnership through a manufacturing and distribution agreement with MCFA. |
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