Hitachi Zosen Corporation has acquired 28.0% of the shares of Nippon Pusnes Co., Ltd. (Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi; President Kenji Ebihara), a group company engaged in the design, manufacture, sales, and after-sales service of deck machinery for ships and equipment for marine structures. The 28.0% acquired represents all shares owned by Akastor AS (Norway).

　Nippon Pusnes was established in 1976 and joined the Hitachi Zosen Group in 1998. It has a track record of equipping more than 3,000 ships with deck machinery such as mooring winches for securing to terminals and windlasses for anchoring offshore and steadying the vessel in typhoons.

　Having acquired all shares owned by Akastor, Hitachi Zosen now owns more than 90% of the shares of Nippon Pusnes. Through the move, Hitachi Zosen seeks to strengthen group management as well as integrate its marine diesel engines and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) NOx removal systems with Nippon Pusnes's deck machinery to promote the marine components business.

　The outline of Nippon Pusnes is as follows.

1. Name: Nippon Pusnes Co., Ltd.

2. Representative: President Kenji Ebihara

3. Location: 2-18-6 Takehisa-cho, Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi

4. Capital: 450,000,000 yen

5. Employees: Approx. 100 (Nippon Pusnes consolidated)

6. Businesses: Design, manufacture, sales, and after-sales service of deck machinery for ships and
　　　　　　　　　　　equipment for marine structures

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