AMPONTAN (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
HOW DO YOU TRANSPORT a train from the factory to its depot? If it’s the latest version of the Shinkansen bullet train, you send it by ship. The photo shows the newest model of the Shinkansen’s lead car being loaded on a barge at the Kobe plant of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, which manufactured it. The car [...]
AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Filed under: Transportation Alternatives The Japanese already have some of the fastest trains in the world and it looks like Kawasaki Heavy Industries is about to give travelers another reason not to get airborne. The new Environmentally Friendly Super Express Train will hit speeds up to 217 mph thanks to a slick shape to slice through the air and lightweight construction. Those same features will...
Peak Energy (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Inhabitat has a post on the last fast train to be rolled out in Japan - Kawasaki Reveals The Fastest Bullet Train in Japan . Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. recently announced that it is developing the country’s fastest high speed train! Named the “Environmentally Friendly Super Express Train” (efSET), the modern marvel will propel passengers along at 217 miles per hour, besting the record-holding...
übergizmo (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Getting around Japan is pretty fast and convenient thanks to their myriad of bullet trains and rail lines, and this time round they're pushing for even faster trains thanks to Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Touted to be the country's fastest train, this latest model will ferry people to their destinations at speeds of up to 217mph, which is significantly faster than the previous king of the hill model...
DVICE (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Japan, a country at the forefront of train technology, crisscrossed with a crazy number of rail lines and bullet trains, has done it again. Kawasaki Heavy Industries is developing the country's fastest train. How fast is that? A speedy 217mph,...
Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (KHI) is developing a high speed train—the EfSET (Environmental friendly Super Express Train)—with a top speed of 350 kph (217 mpg). The current Shinkansen bullet train has a top speed of approximately 300 kph (186 mph).
UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Tokyo - Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. set up its first foothold in the Middle East and Africa with the announcement of its first subsidiary in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, the company said on Wednesday. The move is designed to beef up the Japa
The News Market (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Rolls-Royce has begun testing Trent 1000 development engines at the facilities of programme partner Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) in Akashi, Japan.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Kawasaki Heavy Industries decided to cancel its plan to spend 10 billion yen ($94 million) to build a new industrial robot plant as auto and microchip makers curb capital investments, the Nikkei business daily said.
TechBlogger (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Kawasaki Heavy Industries decided to cancel its plan to spend 10 billion yen ($94 million) to build a new industrial robot plant as auto and microchip makers curb capital investments, the Nikkei business daily said. Original post by Adam Pash
Hindu (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
TOKYO: Kawasaki Heavy Industries on Friday said it would start selling Kawasaki brand sports motor bikes in India through carmaker Bajaj Auto by the summer of 2009 to tap growing demand for luxury bikes there. ...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. reported Wednesday that its full-year net income gained 18 percent after its shipbuilding and industrial plant units returned to profit. Read more ...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 01/30/2008
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan's second-largest aerospace company, will spend yen20-billion ($186.9-million) on a factory to make parts for Boeing Co.'s twice-delayed 787 Dreamliner plane. The Kobe-based company will construct a 38,000-square-metre (409,000-square-feet) factory south of an existing plant in Nagoya, according to a statement yesterday. The plant is due to open in January, 2009....
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 01/23/2008
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. has delivered its first parts for Boeing Co.'s wide-body 777 freighters that will enter service by the end of this year. Read more ...
TechDigest (Free subscription) | 12/18/2007
We were impressed recently by student Daniele Benedettelli's Lego Mindstorms robot that could solve Rubik's Cubes. But it pales in comparison to Cube-Kun, a bot created by Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
