IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation | |
Native Name: | 株式会社 IHI シバウラ |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Type: | Subsidiary |
Hq Location City: | Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-6009 |
Hq Location Country: | Japan |
Key People: | Seiichi Daita (President) |
Industry: | Agricultural machinery |
Num Employees: | 910 (as of March 31, 2018) |
Area Served: | Worldwide |
Parent: | IHI Corporation |
Footnotes: | [1] |
or Shibaura is a Japanese agricultural machinery manufacturer owned by IHI Corporation.[2] The company is one of Japan’s leading suppliers of small tractors and diesel engines.[3]
The company originated in 1942 and began making engines and tractors from 1951. In 1973 Shibaura made an agreement with Ford to build a small tractor, the Ford 1000, using Ford's specifications and styling.[4] Subsequently Shibaura made other models of Ford tractors, like the Ford 1600 and 2110, and continued to build small tractors even after Ford acquired New Holland.[5] The company also produced Yanmar tractors and STIHL power tools.[6]
Some of the engines are made by a joint venture company, Perkins Shibaura Engines, founded in October 1994 and opened in 1996.[7] In April 2005, the company won .[2]
The joint venture company has manufacturing sites in three countries: the UK, the US and China. The company's original products was the Perkins 100 Series engine but later their offerings became more diverse,[3] including the Perkins 400 series engine, manufactured first in 2001.
The company has three manufacturing locations in Japan, with its main 35-acre factory in Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, in the centre of Japan.