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| Nov.1910 |
Kobe Engine Manufacturing Company, predecessor of Kobe Diesel Co., Ltd., was established in Kobe and began producing the first Borinder type petroleum engine in Japan. |
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| Apr.1935 |
Hot bulb engine (900PS), the largest of its kind in the world at the time, was developed. |
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| Jul.1938 |
Producing four-stroke diesel engines in addition to conventional hot bulb engines began. |
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| Sep.1956 |
Our Plant was authorized by Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) Bureau. |
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| Feb.1957 |
We established a technical tie-up with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and obtained a
license to produce and sell Mitsubishi UE diesel engines (uniflow scavenging,
two-stroke, single-acting and exhaust gas turbocharged engines). |
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| Jun.1958 |
The first 6UET45/75A engine (2,700PS) under the license from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. was completed. |
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| Jan.1971 |
Production of UE engine totaled 1,000,000PS (290 units). |
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| Jun.1975 |
8UEC52/105E engine (10,600PS) with a two-stage turbocharging system, the first engine of its kind in the world, was completed. |
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| Jun.1979 |
The first engine, constant pressure supercharging system featuring improved fuel saving 6UEC52/125H (8,000PS) was completed. |
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| Sep.1979 |
The first engine, cylinder bore 600mm H series 6UEC60/150H (10,800PS) was completed. |
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| Aug.1980 |
Fuel-saving 6UEC45/115H engine (6,000PS) was completed. |
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| Feb.1982 |
Kobe Plant was moved to Seishin Industrial Park, Northwest of Kobe city. |
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| Jun.1982 |
The first engine, exceptionally fuel-saving 7UEC60HA (14,000PS) was completed. |
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| Aug.1983 |
Production of UE engine totaled 5,000,000PS (945 units). |
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| Feb.1984 |
The first engine, long stroke L series 6UEC52L (9,600PS) was completed. |
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| Jul.1984 |
Production of UE engine totaled 1,000 units. |
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| Jun.1985 |
The first engine, fuel-saving long stroke LA series 5UEC52LA (8,000PS) was completed. |
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| Oct.1987 |
The first engine, super-long stroke LS series 8UEC60LS (19,200PS) was completed. |
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| May 1992 |
Production of UE engine totaled 7,000,000PS (1,203 units). |
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| Sep.1993 |
The first engine, super-long stroke 6UEC50LSII (11,220PS) was completed. |
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| Dec.1993 |
The first engine, super-long stroke 8UEC33LSII (5,870PS) was completed. |
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| Jul.1998 |
Production of UE engine totaled 9,000,000PS (1,397 units). |
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| Nov.1998 |
Kobe Diesel-Mitsubishi UE diesel engines were registered NK ISO9001 management system. |
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| Jan.2000 |
The first unit of the complied engine with IMO NOx regulation Tier I was completed. |
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| Dec.2000 |
The first engine, super-long stroke 8UEC60LSII (21,600PS) was completed. |
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| Feb.2001 |
Production of UE engine totaled 10,000,000PS (1,481 units). |
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| Apr.2001 |
The first engine, fuel-saving super-long stroke 6UEC52LSE (13,920PS) was completed. |
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| Sep.2001 |
Production of UE engine totaled 1,500 units. |
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| May 2003 |
The first engine, fuel-saving super-long stroke 7UEC43LSII (10,010PS) was completed. |
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| Apr.2006 |
Nagasaki and Kobe Plant were merged; Head Office and plants were moved to the Company’s new buildings in Akashi, Hyogo. |
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