History

1918	Established the Hanshin Ironworks Co., Ltd. for making and selling oil engines
1929	Started making and selling diesel engines
1937	Completed the Z6K800PS engine, Hanshin's first original engine
1944	Changed the trade name to the current one - the Hanshin Diesel Works, Ltd.
1953	Received a permission by the Minister of Transport to show the Japanese Industrial Standards on internal-combustion engines for small vessels as the first company in this industry
1955	Be listed on the Osaka Stock Exchange
1956	Started making and selling controllable pitch propellers
1960	Started making and selling industrial machinery such as all sorts of dust collection, gas treatment equipment, and hydraulic equipment
1962	Constructed a plant in the current Kisaki area in Akashi City as a specialized factory for industrial machinery
1965	Constructed a diesel engine plant in Akashi Plant Merged with the Kinoshita Ironworks Co., Ltd.
1967	Extended Tamatsu Plant with a casting plant
1978	Moved headquarters to the current place (Chuo-ku, Kobe City) and sold Kobe Plant (in Nagata) Extended Akashi Plant by putting the diesel engine department together
1986	Made a business alliance with the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and started manufacturing the Kawasaki-MAN B&W 2-stroke engines on commission
1990	Became an official member of the New Production System
1992	Achieved 10,000,000 PS in total for diesel engines developed by ourselves
1995	Acquired approval toward the ISO9001 / JISZ9901 quality system for the diesel engine department
1999	Acquired a written expert opinion regarding NK's NOx for the first time for low speed 4-stroke engines
2007	Completed advanced support system for ship administration: "HANASYS EXPERT"
2008	Developed the "electronic control system for low speed 4-stroke engines" with the Nabtesco Co., Ltd.
2009	Constructed a new plant in Harima-cho, Hyogo Prefecture
2011	Acquired quality management system of ISO14001
2013	HANSHIN's stock was listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange with the merger of Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchange
2015	Completed the world's first electronically controlled 4-stroke low speed diesel engine
2018	Celebrated 100th anniversary of the company's founding
2018	Completed the world's first 4-stroke low speed gas engine
2021	Completed institutional monitoring system (HANASYS 5)
2022	Shifted to the Standard Market from the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange due to a restructuring of the Tokyo Stock Exchange's market segment
2023	Achieved production of 12,000 units of diesel engines in total Completed Harima Advanced Research Building as an engine operation site for research and development of new fuels on the Harima Plant site
2024	Completed the world's first methanol-fueled engine for marine use by converting the current low-speed 4-stroke engine to methanol fuel