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	SUBARU.COM : ABOUT : FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
		Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., (FHI), traces its corporate lineage back to Nakajima Aircraft Company, which was founded in 1917.
		Fuji's first car, the 1958 Subaru 360 Minicar, utilized a variety of new technologies.
		Industrial Products: This division produces Robin brand equipment including generators, water pumps and engines for industrial, agricultural and recreational applications with main markets in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
	www.subaru.com /common/about/about_fhi.jsp (501 words)

	Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1917), Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. (FHI) (富士重工業, Fuji Jūkōgyō) (TYO: 7270) was established on July 15, 1953 when five Japanese companies joined to form one of Japan's largest manufacturers of transportation equipment.
		In particular, they apply a great deal of their aircraft technology to their automotive division, the most notable example being the horizontally-opposed boxer engines used in all modern Subaru automobiles.
		This article about an industrial corporation or company is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fuji_Heavy_Industries (305 words)

	Toyota to buy 10pct of Fuji Heavy-report - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Fuji Heavy President Kyoji Takenaka and Toyota Executive Vice President Mitsuo Kinoshita are scheduled to attend the briefing.
		GM bought its stake in Fuji Heavy, which is known for its edge in all-wheel-drive technology, in December 1999, but analysts have recently questioned the value of that alliance as Subaru battles its own drop in sales.
		Fuji Heavy recently began building a Saab model on an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) basis for GM, but their cooperation beyond that is limited to some joint parts procurement and collaboration on research and development.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/10/05/toyota_to_buy_fuji_heavy_shares__media (389 words)

	Fuji cuts ties with GM, joins Toyota - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Fuji Heavy said on Wednesday that it will dissolve its alliance with General Motors Corp and that Toyota will buy an 8.7 percent stake in the Subaru maker from the struggling U.S. car giant.
		Analysts said the tie-up would enable Toyota to tap Fuji Heavy's underutilized factories, notably in the United States, and some key technologies such as advanced lithium ion batteries and all-wheel-drive powertrain, for which Subaru is best known.
		Fuji Heavy said it would buy 11.5 percent, or 90 million, of its own shares -- all but 1 million held by GM -- for a maximum 57.6 billion yen.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/10/05/toyota_to_buy_87_pct_in_fuji_heavy (1021 words)

	Subaru Maker Says New B9 Tribeca Could Help Boost 2005 Sales \| American International Automobile Dealers \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Japan’s Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., the maker of Subaru cars, said on Friday it expects its global auto sales to rise a mere 0.2 percent in 2005 from the previous year, as a weak dollar weighs on its crucial North American sales.
		He said Fuji Heavy would strengthen its "soft side" such as sales operations and services to cope with changes in economic and other conditions, such as an incentives war in the United States, to close in on the 2006/07 sales target.
		Fuji Heavy plans to shrink incentives in 2005, which were at around $1,300 per unit in the previous year, and to increase sales through better marketing, the firm said.
	www.aiada.org /article.asp?id=31436&cat=Industry (633 words)

	MPH Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Fuji Heavy, the producer of Subaru cars, hopes the early retirement program, which is expected to have an annual 5 billion yen cost reduction effect, will help turn its business around, the officials said.
		Fuji Heavy projects a 35 percent decline in consolidated net profit to 12 billion yen for the current business year through March 31 due chiefly to slack sales of new cars in the domestic and the North American markets.
		Fuji Heavy said it is planning to pay an interim dividend of 4.5 yen per share, unchanged from a year earlier.
	www.mph-online.com /web/news/00170 (477 words)

	Defense Industry
		The Japanese shipbuilding industry was hit by a lengthy recession from the late 1970s through most of the 1980s, which resulted in a drastic cutback in the use of facilities and in the work force, but there was a sharp revival in 1989.
		The industry was helped by a sudden rise in demand from other countries that needed to replace their aging fleets and from a sudden decline in the South Korean shipping industry.
		Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Corporation indicated an interest in the arms export market when it changed its articles of incorporation to include arms in its list of products in June 1987 and later asked that weapons export restrictions be eased during the early 1990s.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/japan/industry.htm (1029 words)

	Toyota, Subaru May Tie Up in Hybrid Cars \| American International Automobile Dealers \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A spokesman at Fuji Heavy said that although the company had not entered formal talks with Japan’s top automaker, there was a "very high chance" that Toyota’s hybrid system would be the best match for its vehicles.
		The Fuji Heavy spokesman said his company was still studying internally what type of cooperation, if any, it would need for its hybrid vehicles.
		Toyota President Fujio Cho and Fuji Heavy President Kyoji Takenaka are expected to hold talks soon on the matter, which had been discussed on a working level since last year, it said.
	www.aiada.org /article.asp?id=32492&cat=Industry (629 words)

	Autonet.ca - Subaru 360 to Outback H6: Back in 1917, Chikuhei Nakajima founded Japan’s first private aircraft ...
		Fuji Sangyo became 12 different companies in 1950, but this was followed by the formation of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. in 1953 to once more build production aircraft.
		Fuji completed their first Japanese built jet aircraft, the T-i Jet Trainer, in 1957 and went on to build the company’s first automobile, the 360, in 1958.
		Early in 1989, Subaru moved its headquarters from Vancouver to Toronto, which led to the establishment of Subaru Canada Inc. by Fuji Heavy Industries, as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
	www.autonet.ca /DriverSource/Stories.cfm?StoryID=4768 (1007 words)

	Takeshi Tanaka, Chairman and CEO, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. Seeking to Become a Global Player with a Premium Brand. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Takeshi Tanaka, who will become the new chairman of Fuji Heavy Industries (Fuji) this month after having celebrated his fifth anniversary as its president, expects his company to bolster Subaru sales by 30 percent by 2005 by “becoming a global player with a premium brand” based on its unique core technologies.
		When Tanaka joined Fuji as its managing director and chief general manager of the purchasing division in 1990, the company was anything but healthy because the year began with a huge loss.
		This year, Fuji is launching various alliance-related initiatives, everything from the joint development of new vehicles and COE activities for AWD to its participation in GM’s AutoWorld in certain parts of Asia and its handling of GM products in Japan.
	www.jama.org /AutoTrends/detail.cfm?id=161 (591 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Fuji Heavy President Kyoji Takenaka said the company, which makes Subaru brand cars, is testing the new batteries to be used by General Motors.
		Fuji Heavy shares, which have risen 24 percent this year, fell as much as 2.4 percent to 576 yen in Tokyo in morning trading.
		Fuji is trying to cut costs by as much as about 30 percent to meet its profit target of 35 billion yen ($295 million) in the year ending March 31, 2004, from 33.4 billion yen last year.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aU.ypXFyw7kw&refer=asia (709 words)

	Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. - Company Profile - Computer Business Review
		Fuji Heavy Industries is engaged in the manufacture, sale, repair, and leasing of automobiles and transportation-related products.
		Against this backdrop, we, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), made definite progress toward attaining the ideals to which Subaru aspires, giving us new confidence in the accuracy of the direction we have been taking.
		We at Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. consider the winning of this award to be a firm appreciation of Subaru's unique car-developing philosophy, pursuing "the value that cars should genuinely possess while ascertaining accurately the needs of the times" based on customer-oriented mind simultaneously.
	www.cbronline.com /companyprofile.asp?guid=9C88C906-9153-463D-9F24-DAAD30B568CC (2890 words)

	Encyclopedia: Bluetooth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) radio bands were originally reserved internationally for non-commercial use of RF electromagnetic fields for industrial, scientific and medical purposes.
		The UART protocol can be as simple as the industry standard AT protocol, which allows the device to be configured to cable replacement mode.
		Fuji is: A mountain in Japan, see Mount Fuji A Japanese company producing photographic film, cameras, and related products, see Fujifilm A Japanese company producing industrial products, see Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd....
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bluetooth (8220 words)

	Eclipse and FHI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Fuji Heavy Industries, globally branded as SUBARU, to manufacture wings for Eclipse 500 and license use of friction stir welding
		Fuji Heavy Industries is a global manufacturer of transportation and aerospace related products and the maker of SUBARU automobiles.
		The origin of Fuji Heavy Industries is back in Nakajima Aircraft Laboratory founded in 1917.
	www.apvco.com /eclipse.htm (703 words)

	NASIOC - FHI and Toyota Negotiating Hybrid Partnership
		Fuji Heavy, the maker of Subaru vehicles, is expected to use Toyota's hybrid technology in its Legacy and other models to reduce costs, company officials said.
		Fuji Heavy, held one-fifth by GM, would use the power system in its Legacy and other models sold in the United States, where it generates 35 percent of its sales, the paper said.
		A battery that Fuji Heavy co-developed with NEC Corp may be suitable for cars because it is small and highly vibration-resistant, it said.
	forums.nasioc.com /forums/showthread.php?t=709948 (2538 words)

	AutoWeek - The Auto Enthusiast's Online Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. said last week that it will build a Saab version of the high-end XUV at its Subaru of Indiana Automotive plant in Lafayette, Ind.
		Fuji Heavy officials say the two vehicles will be designed separately but will share Subaru's all-wheel-drive platform.
		Fuji Heavy is pushing Subaru of America to move upscale as rapidly as possible.
	www.autoweek.com /news.cms?newsId=100431 (1270 words)

	Boeing News Release: Boeing Honors Quality Performance
		Boeing honors Fuji Heavy Industries, Aerospace Division, for its continuous commitment to support the Boeing key measures for world-class business success in a global economy.
		Fuji has embraced the Boeing Advanced Quality System and continues to explore new applications of process control in the products it supplies to Boeing.
		Fuji has supplied major components for all current Boeing airplane models, including wing-to-body fairings, main landing gear doors, wing center sections, spoilers, ailerons, elevators and flaps.
	www.boeing.com /news/releases/1996/news.release.961108.html (779 words)

	Subaru of America, Inc., a Division of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan -- CarGuide123.com
		Subaru of America, Inc., a Division of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan
		Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd., one of Japan's largest manufacturers of transportation equipment, has been building Subaru cars since 1958.
		In 1972, their Subaru division was the first to offer four-wheel drive passenger cars in the world.
	carguide123.com /articles/Subaru_of_America,_Inc.,_a_Division_of_Fuji_Heavy_Industries_Ltd._of_Japan.html (949 words)

	GM buys stake in Fuji Heavy Industries - Dec. 10, 1999
		Negotiations on the details of GM’s investment in Fuji still are under discussion, but it should come to about 169 million shares of Fuji common stock for about 853 yen per share, GM spokesman Henry Wong said.
		GM's investment in Fuji gives it relatively low-cost access to all-wheel-drive technology used on Subaru vehicles such as this Forester L.) already owns 49 percent of Isuzu Motors, another Japanese automaker, and 10 percent of Suzuki Motor Corp., a Japanese maker of compact and subcompact cars.
		Fuji would like to boost its brand position in North America and Europe,” Takeshi Tanaka, president and chief executive of Fuji, said.
	money.cnn.com /1999/12/10/deals/gm_fuji (1049 words)

	FAQs
		Fuji Heavy Industries is the successor to Nakajima Aircraft, which was originally established as the Aircraft Research Laboratory established in 1917 by Chikuhei Nakajima (1884-1949) in Gunma Prefecture (approximately 70km north of Tokyo), at the site of Subaru's present manufacturing base.
		As Fuji Heavy Industries had just taken over 5 of 12 companies resulting from the breakup of the old Nakajima Aircraft Company, Kita saw this unique name as the ideal symbol to express the unification of these 5 Fuji companies -- "Subaru".
		Subaru Research And Development, Inc., a subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., is located in Ann Arbor, MI and is involved with advanced design and conducts prototype and emissions testing.
	forums.nasioc.com /faqs.htm (5180 words)

	McLellan's Automobile Literature :: Out-of-Print Books -- Subaru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		"Fuji Heavy Industries -- in the air -- on the ground -- on the sea.
		THIS IS FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., 1972: A review of products used to introduce customers to Subaru automobiles.
		THIS IS FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., 1973: A review of products used to introduce customers to Subaru automobiles.
	www.mclellansautomotive.com /sales-lit/bytype/outofprint/bymake/subaru/index.shtml (168 words)

	Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI)
		Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI) traces its beginnings to Nakajima Aircraft Co., Ltd., founded in 1917.
		In the intervening years, the spirit of innovation at FHI has propelled the company to the top of the Japanese aerospace industry.
		The company joined with Boeing at the design stage to address joint development and manufacture of this mission-critical part, earning it the "Supplier of the Year" award for the main structure ahead of 3,000 other suppliers around the world.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/japan/fhi.htm (197 words)

	CNN.com - Subaru profit dips, but sees gains ahead - May 23, 2001
		To strengthen its Japanese sales, Fuji Heavy this autumn plans to launch a new multi-seat wagon, which will be produced by GM's Thai plant for sale under Fuji Heavy's Subaru brand.
		It is also considering a project to sell the Fuji Heavy-designed Impreza model in Taiwan, made by Taiwan's Ta Ching Motors, under the GM and Subaru brand names.
		Sales at Fuji Heavy, which also makes the Legacy and Forester all-wheel-drive vehicles, fell for the second straight year, slipping 1.4 percent to ¥1.31 trillion last business year.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/05/23/subaru.reut (334 words)

	Fuji Heavy most exposed to forex changes among Japanese carmakers - report - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		TOKYO (AFX) - Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd, the maker of Subaru brand cars, is the most susceptible to currency exchange fluctuations among the eight Japanese carmakers, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, citing its own calculations.
		Fuji Heavy, which is 20 pct-owned by General Motors Corp, said it expects to post an operating profit of 31 bln yen this year, based on assumed average exchanged rates of 105 yen to the dollar and 135 yen to the euro.
		Fuji Heavy, on the other hand, plans to make only 119,000 cars in North America this year, or just slightly over half of the 219,000 vehicles it expects to sell there this year.
	www.forbes.com /home/feeds/afx/2005/06/07/afx2078843.html (523 words)

	Subdriven \| The Subaru Enthuisast Website
		Nakajima, the man who founded the company that bore his name, caught news of the Wright Brothers successful first flight while he was enrolled in the Japanese navy and soon thereafter became involved in building airplanes for his country’s military.
		The name was changed to Fuji Sangyo Co. and a new focus was begun in an effort to use their aircraft technologies in other fields.
		As FHI was trying to expand their market’s and utilize their experience in the aircraft field, they created their first prototype car which was announced in February 1954, the P-1.
	www.subdriven.com /news/publish/Features/article_237.shtml (1780 words)

	AutoWeek - The Auto Enthusiast's Online Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		GM stopped building the minivan for Subaru in December, about three years after Fuji Heavy sold it in Japan.
		Fuji Heavy said sales were poor because the minivan lacked Subaru specialties, all-wheel drive and a boxer engine.
		General Motors is selling its 20 percent stake in Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., maker of Subaru-brand cars.
	www.autoweek.com /news.cms?newsId=102622 (712 words)

	ipedia.com: Boeing 777 Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As the aircraft would have been heavy and had high per-passenger costs, it was not selected for production.
		The 777-300 has tailskid and ground manoeuvring cameras mounted on the horizontal tail and underneath the forward fuselage to aid pilots during taxi due to the aircraft's enormous length.
		At least the following companies have made contributions: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (fuselage panels), Kawasaki Heavy Industries (fuselage panels), Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd (center wing section), Ilyushin (jointly designed overhead baggage compartment).
	www.ipedia.com /boeing_777.html (1832 words)

	Autonet.ca - Legacy and Outback in demand: The folks at Japan's Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. have an almost Germanic ...
		Autonet.ca - Legacy and Outback in demand: The folks at Japan's Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. have an almost Germanic passion for the cars they build.
		The folks at Japan's Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. have an almost Germanic passion for the cars they build.
		People who buy Subarus love them for their durability and symmetrical all-wheel drive -- a system that powers all wheels all the time vs. other AWD systems that are either part time or "on demand." And it's in winters such as the one we've just been through that Subaru's virtues are especially appreciated.
	www.autonet.ca /DriverSource/stories.cfm?storyID=12040 (1066 words)

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