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Fuso (company)
Japanese automobile manufacturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 manufacturer of trucks and buses. It is headquartered in Kawasaki, Kanagawa and owned by Germany-based Daimler Truck.[2]
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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; 92 years ago (1932) 2003; 21 years ago (2003) (Independent) |
Headquarters | 10 Ōkura-chō, , Japan |
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Products | Buses and trucks |
Revenue | $7.6 billion (2010) |
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Number of employees | About 10,000 (December 2015)[1] |
Parent | Daimler Truck |
Subsidiaries | Fuso Trucks America |
Website | mitsubishi-fuso.com |
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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.