Life Factory: A Behind the scenes of the production Nissan in Japan
The history of Isuzu dates back to its first company history, Tokyo Ishikawajima Shipbuilding Engineering Co Ltd which was established in 1893. In 1916, this diversified company in automotive engineering, using the accumulated capital of its very profitable year naval construction activities Isuzu foundation and in 1918 began a passenger vehicle production company in an alliance with the British car manufacturer Wolseley Motor Ltd. in 1922, Tokyo Ishikawajima Shipbuilding engineering has successfully locating production of the Wolseley A9 - the first car ever made in Japan This achievement was followed in 1924 by the completion of the first Japanese built Wolseley CP 1 payload 5-ton truck qualified as an official military truck by the Japanese government in 1927, Tokyo engineering Ishikawajima Shipbuilding completed its backing of Wolseley and began manufacturing the 100 efficie Localized of his own design a first example was the Sumida, developed in 1929, which was equipped with an A6 or A4 gine and achieved excellent power and fuel consumption.
In the same year that the Sumida appeared, the Ministry car was split in Tokyo engineering Ishikawajima Shipbuilding and established as an independent company named Ishikawa Automotive Works Co Ltd late 1920s was a period when car ownership beginning to develop as a result of the 1923 great earthquake, such as cars demonstrated their ability to accelerate the pace of recovery after the disaster given the growing demand for motor vehicles, the Japanese government promoted the automotive industry national in 1933, Ishikawa Automotive Works responded by launching the Isuzu, a standard model car government named the river flowing past Isuzu oldest shrine in Japan, the Ise shrine in Mie prefecture current company name was then taken from that of the car.
In 1933, Ishikawa Automotive Works merged with DAT Automobile Manufacturing Inc. to establish a new company called Automotive Industries Co Ltd. This company has poured its energies in the development of diesel engines, a technology that was not yet even set up in trade in the advanced countries of Europe and North America, and in 1936, the company has successfully developed two models of diesel engines air-cooled, the DA6 and DA4 the first diesel engines were to be the basis of all generations subsequent Isuzu diesel engines.
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