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 on-reading of the kanji used to abbreviate the names of Osaka (大阪) and Kobe (神戸), the two largest cities in the megalopolis. The GDP of this area (Osaka and Kobe) is $341 billion, one of the world's most productive regions.
(4-digit industrial subclassification)
Facilities:
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co.Daiichi Sankyo Co.Takeda Pharmaceutical CompanySumitomo ChemicalSumitomo Electric IndustriesSharpKansai PaintLaboratories, research institutes:
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co.Shionogi Pharmaceutical Co.Mitsubishi Tanabe PharmaSumitomo Pharmaceutical Co.Sumitomo ChemicalFacilities:
Daikin Industries- Air conditioning and chemicals, especially fluorine; has major market share with
DuPont.
Laboratories, research institutes:
Showa DenkoSakai Chemical Industry (titanium dioxide, stabilizers & metallic soaps)Kyowa (medical)Facilities: and research institutes:
Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic): the headquartersSanyo: the headquartersFunai: the headquartersFacilities:
Kinki Sharyo in Higashiosaka (manufacturer of railroad vehicles)Sunstar in Takatsuki (manufacture and sales of oral care products): the headquartersDaihatsu in Ikeda (cars), the headquartersNitto Denko- A chemical company, specializing in
reverse osmosis membrane (a market shared with
Dow Chemical Company)
Laboratories, research institutes:
Nippon Shokubai in Suita (manufacture of catalyst)JT (Japan Tobacco) in Takatsuki (medical laboratory)Osaka Bioscience Institute in Suita (a national science research institute established by the Ministry of Science and Technology )Facilities:
Mitsubishi Electric- Railroad traffic control system,
electric power control system, air traffic control system,
Doppler radar,
communications satellite,
Global Positioning System.
Osaka Titanium Technologies- Titanium products (about 20% share of the world market)
Laboratories, research institutes:
Bayer- Urethane,
polyurethane raw materials
Mitsubishi Electric- The largest laboratory of Mitsubishi Electric- Electric devices and
electronicsFacilities:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries-
Shipbuilding, marine structures-
container ships,
submarines, research vessels and vehicles,
nuclear reactors,
satellites.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries- Shipbuilding, marine structures, trains
Kobe SteelMitsubishi ElectricMatsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic)Komatsu (manufactures construction, mining, and military equipment)Laboratories, research institutes:
Bayer Kobe Research CenterEli Lilly and CompanyBoehringer-IngelheimProcter & Gamble: the East-Asian and Japanese headquarters.Kobe SteelMitsubishi ElectricRIKEN, a public corporation funded by the government; natural sciences research institute- Center for Developmental
Biology.- Next-Generation
Supercomputer Center (From 2010).
Facilities:
Asahi Glass Co. in TakasagoCaterpillar, Inc. in AkashiFujitsu in AkashiNippon Shokubai in Osaka and Hyogo: catalysts, especially acrylic acid (world share 15%) and super-absorbent polymers (world share 25%)Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Akashi: motorcyclesKobe Steel in Kakogawa, TakasagoNippon Steel in HimejiMitsubishi Heavy Industries in TakasagoMitsubishi Electric in AkashiProcter & Gamble in AkashiLaboratories, research institutes:
Kawasaki Heavy Industries in AkashiKobe Steel in KakogawaSumitomo Chemical in TakarazukaNippon Shokubai in Himeji: acrylic acid plant