Fuso (company)
The Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (Japanese: 三菱ふそうトラック・バス株式会社, Hepburn: Mitsubishi Fusō Torakku・Basu Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese company whose principal business is the manufacturing and sales of diesel trucks and buses, bus chassis and special-purpose vehicles. It is headquarters are located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa and owned by Germany-based Daimler Truck.
Headquarters in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa | |
Native name | 三菱ふそうトラック・バス株式会社 |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Commercial vehicles |
| Founded | 1932 2003 (Independent) |
| Headquarters | 10 Ōkura-chō, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa , Japan |
Key people | |
| Products | Buses and trucks |
| Revenue | $7.6 billion (2010) |
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Number of employees | About 10,000 (December 2015) |
| Parent | Daimler Truck |
| Subsidiaries | Fuso Trucks America |
| Website | mitsubishi-fuso.com |
Fuso derives from the ancient Chinese term fusang (扶桑), for a sacred tree said to grow at the spot in the east where the sun rises, and has been used to refer to Japan itself. The actual fuso tree is a hibiscus.
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