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 Company
Sumitomo Chemical
Sumitomo Electric Industries
Sharp
Kansai Paint
Laboratories, research institutes:
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co.
Shionogi Pharmaceutical Co.
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma
Sumitomo Pharmaceutical Co.
Sumitomo Chemical
Facilities:
Daikin Industries
- Air conditioning and chemicals, especially fluorine; has major market share with DuPont.
Laboratories, research institutes:
Showa Denko
Sakai Chemical Industry (titanium dioxide, stabilizers & metallic soaps)
Kyowa (medical)
Facilities: and research institutes:
Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic): the headquarters
Sanyo: the headquarters
Funai: the headquarters
Facilities:
Kinki Sharyo in Higashiosaka (manufacturer of railroad vehicles)
Sunstar in Takatsuki (manufacture and sales of oral care products): the headquarters
Daihatsu in Ikeda (cars), the headquarters
Nitto 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 electronics
Facilities:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Shipbuilding, marine structures
- container ships, submarines, research vessels and vehicles, nuclear reactors, satellites.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- Shipbuilding, marine structures, trains
Kobe Steel
Mitsubishi Electric
Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic)
Komatsu (manufactures construction, mining, and military equipment)
Laboratories, research institutes:
Bayer Kobe Research Center
Eli Lilly and Company
Boehringer-Ingelheim
Procter & Gamble: the East-Asian and Japanese headquarters.
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).
Facilities:
Asahi Glass Co. in Takasago
Caterpillar, Inc. in Akashi
Fujitsu in Akashi
Nippon Shokubai in Osaka and Hyogo: catalysts, especially acrylic acid (world share 15%) and super-absorbent polymers (world share 25%)
Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Akashi: motorcycles
Kobe Steel in Kakogawa, Takasago
Nippon Steel in Himeji
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Takasago
Mitsubishi Electric in Akashi
Procter & Gamble in Akashi
Laboratories, research institutes:
Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Akashi
Kobe Steel in Kakogawa
Sumitomo Chemical in Takarazuka
Nippon Shokubai in Himeji: acrylic acid plant
