Hanshin_Industrial_Region

Hanshin Industrial Region

Hanshin Industrial Region

Industrial region of Japan

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.[1] 2014 Osaka and Kobe's GDP per capita (PPP) was US$35,902.[2]

Statistics

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(4-digit industrial subclassification[3])

Main cities and industries

Ōsaka Prefecture

Osaka: medical, chemical, metal

Facilities:

Laboratories, research institutes:

Sakai: chemical, metal

Facilities:

- Air conditioning and chemicals, especially fluorine; has major market share with DuPont.

Laboratories, research institutes:

Kadoma, Moriguchi, Daito: electronics

Facilities: and research institutes:

Other cities in Osaka prefecture

Facilities:

- A chemical company, specializing in reverse osmosis membrane (a market shared with Dow Chemical Company)

Laboratories, research institutes:

Hyōgo Prefecture

Amagasaki: chemical, metal, electronics

Facilities:

- Railroad traffic control system, electric power control system, air traffic control system, Doppler radar, communications satellite, Global Positioning System.
- Titanium products (about 20% share of the world market[6])

Laboratories, research institutes:

- Urethane, polyurethane raw materials
- The largest laboratory of Mitsubishi Electric
- Electric devices and electronics

Kobe: medical, electronics, heavy industries

Facilities:

- Shipbuilding, marine structures
- container ships, submarines, research vessels and vehicles, nuclear reactors, satellites.
- Shipbuilding, marine structures, trains

Laboratories, research institutes:

- Center for Developmental Biology.
- Next-Generation Supercomputer Center (From 2010).[7]

Other cities in Hyōgo Prefecture

Facilities:

Laboratories, research institutes:

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Which are the largest city economies in the world and how might this change by 2020?
  2. [2]
    "Global Metro Monitor". 30 November 2001.
  3. [3]
    Preliminary Report on Census of Manufactures 2005 from Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Japan
  4. [4]
    Mitsui Chemicals
  5. [5]
    Mitsubishi Materials
  6. [6]
    Japan Metal News
  7. [7]
    "Press Release". Archived from the original on 2007-04-28. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
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