Akira Heavy Industries

Akira Heavy Industries

Akira Building, located in Fuzan
Native name	Akira Jūkō
Type	Iminchebol
Industry	Defense Heavy Industry Logistics Engineering Construction Chemicals Rail
Predecessor	Akira-Mamatsuhita Design Group
Founded	September 13th, 1898 (Original incarnation, 136 years ago) August 7th, 1952 (Modern incarnation, 84 years ago)
Founder	Akira Katashi
Headquarters	Fuzan , Neo-Korea
Brands	Akira Steel Akira Logistics Company Akira Engineering and Construction Akira Armaments Akira Chemical Akira Rail
Revenue	c. 101.2 Billion MSD (2033)
Operating income	c. 8.2 Billion MSD (2033)
Net income	c. 4.2 Billion MSD (2033)
Total assets	c. 13.6 Billion MSD (2033)
Total equity	c. 6.4 Billion MSD (2033)
Owner	Akira Hikari (CEO)
Number of employees	312,800 (2033)

Akira Heavy Industries, natively rendered in HCL as Akira Jūkō is one of the three major Neo-Korean Iminchebol responsible for the production of key resources within the defense and civilian sectors, operating alongside Miyamoto Ltd and Karasu in this role. It was founded in 1898 by Akira Katashi as Akira Light Industries, achieving Iminchebol status in 1906 following a number of acquisitions in Jungg'o. It has historically been owned by the Akira Family since its establishment, with the latest head of the company, Akira Hikari, having been adopted into the family at a young age. Akira is headquartered in Fuzan, one of the few companies to do such.

Akira Heavy Industries has existed in some form since the Kaesong Period, being founded by Akira Katashi in 1898. It is one of the largest employers in Neo-Korea, hiring over 300,000 individuals and having a notable market share in a number of foreign ventures. It is distinctly interlinked with the state, with Akira projects being used to project a form of soft power in numerous occasions. It is the on-paper largest defense contractor in the world, although this is generally considered dubious in actuality due to the incorporation of subordinate corporations in its overall employee number.

Akira does not have any notable international purchasers, although by technicality products such as the NMT-92 "Sangaku" have ended up in the arsenals of nations such as Kozakura.

History

Founding

AHI would be founded in 1898 as Akira Light Industries, a working out of the personal properties and workshops of the newly-enriched Akira Katashi. Akira at this point in time primarily focused on the production of minor commodities, including luxury clothing, board games, and embroidered materials. It would become an Iminchebol through its acquisition of several steel and weapons manufactory plants in Jungg'o, leading to Katashi renaming the company to Akira Heavy Industries. It eventually began to diversify into extractive production of the key materials for their existing industries, participating in coal and iron mining and eventually also investing in transportation and rail infrastructure as it became more and more useful to the national economy (and therefore received greater state funding).

Divisions

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• Akira Steel
• Akira Logistics Company
• Akira Engineering and Construction
• Akira Armaments
• Akira Chemical
• Akira Rail

Ownership

The ownership of Akira is split between the state-entity of Neo-Korea, more specifically the Central Governing Council, and the Akira Family - with the split being approximately 60-40 in favor of the former. Shares in Akira, as with all Iminchebol, cannot be traded after their allotment without the direct vote of the CGC.

Notable Products

• NMT-31 "Dokkaebi"