Hanshin Industrial Region
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The Hanshin Industrial Region (阪神工業地帯 Hanshin Kōgyō Chitai?) is one of the largest industrial regions in Japan. Its name comes from the kanji used to write the names of Osaka (大阪) and Kobe (神戸), the two largest cities in the megalopolis.The GDP in this area (Osaka and Kobe) is $341 billion, one of the world's most productive region.[1]
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[edit] Numbers
- Osaka prefecture
- Number of establishments : 24,822
- Number of employees : 530,407
- Value of manufactured goods shipments : 15,961 billion yen
- Value added : 6,459 billion yen
- Hyōgo Prefecture
- Number of establishments : 11,300
- Number of employees : 359,850
- Value of manufactured goods shipments : 12,945 billion yen
- Value added : 4,808 billion yen
(4-digit industrial subclassification. From Report by Respective Industry of the 2005 Census)
[edit] Main cities and industry
[edit] Osaka - Medical, Chemical, Metal
Facilities
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Laboratories,Research institutes
- Rohto Pharmaceutical Co.
- Shionogi Pharmaceutical Co.
- Mitsubishi Pharma
- Sumitomo Pharmaceutical Co.
- Sumitomo Chemical
[edit] Sakai - Chemical, Metal
Facilities
- - Air conditioning and Chemicals.Especially,As a fluorine chemical industry, Daikin has major market share with DuPont.
Laboratories, Research Institutes
- Showa Denko
- Sakai Chemical Industry (Titanium Dioxide, Stabilizers & Metallic Soaps)
- Kyowa (medical)
[edit] Kadoma, Moriguchi, Daito - Electronics
Facilities and Research Institutes
- Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic)
- - It is also the headquarter.
- - It is also the headquarter.
- - It is also the headquarter.
[edit] Other cities in Osaka prefecture
Facilities
- Kinki Sharyo : Higashiosaka (manufacturer of railroad vehicles)
- Sunstar : Takatsuki (Manufacture and sales of oral care products)
- - It is also the headquarter.
- - It is also the headquarter.
- - A chemical company in Osaka.Especially,Reverse osmosis (Reverse Osmosis Membrane) is major of the world with Dow Chemical Company.
Laboratories, Research Institutes
- Nippon Shokubai : Suita (manufacture of catalyst)
- JT (Japan Tobacco) : Takatsuki (Medical laboratory)
- Osaka Bioscience Institute : Suita (The establishment of a national science research institute by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology )
[edit] Amagasaki - Chemical, Metal, Electronics
Facilities
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- - Railroad traffic control system, Electric Power control system, Air traffic control system,Doppler radar,Communications satellite,Global Positioning System.
- - Product of Titanium material (About 20 percent share of the world market[2])
Laboratories, Research Institutes
- - Urethane,Polyurethane Raw Materials
- - The largest Laboratory of Mitsubishi Electric.
- - Electric device and primary subjects of electric.
[edit] Kobe - Medical, Electronics, Heavy Industries,
Facilities
- - Shipbuilding, Marine structures
- - Mainly,high value products such as Container ship, Submarine, Research Vessels and Vehicles, Nuclear reactor, Satellite.
- - Shipbuilding, Marine structures, Trains
- Kobe Steel
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic)
- Komatsu (Manufactures construction, mining, and military equipment)
Laboratories, Research Institutes
- - It is also an East-Asia and Japan headquarter.
- Kobe Steel
- Mitsubishi Electric
- RIKEN (A public corporation funded by the government.Natural sciences research institute.)
- - Center for Developmental Biology.
- - Next-Generation Supercomputer Center (From 2010).[3]
[edit] Other cities in Hyōgo Prefecture
Facilities
- - A chemical company in Osaka and Hyogo.
- - Catalysis,Acrylic acid (World share 15%) and Super Absorbent Polymer (World share 25%).
- - Motorcycle
- Kobe Steel : Kakogawa,Takasago
- Nippon Steel : Himeji
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries : Takasago
- Mitsubishi Electric : Akashi
- Procter & Gamble : Akashi
Laboratories, Research Institutes
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries : Akashi
- Kobe Steel : Kakogawa
- Sumitomo Chemical : Takarazuka
- Nippon Shokubai : Himeji
