GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan, has announced that effective Oct.1, 2021, its motorcycle and engines business unit will operate independently of KHI. The move will promote increased flexibility for these categories in order to more quickly respond to market opportunities and innovations.
Kawasaki Engines Division of Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) will be able to capitalize on this change through more efficient concept-to-market process that will provide the division with greater latitude in the overall development timeline.
“This move is recognition of KHI’s confidence in the success of our engine business that has steadily grown over the past decade. It provides us greater autonomy to pursue opportunities that will provide benefits for our entire Kawasaki Engines family—our OEMs, distributors and dealers,” said Nelson Wilner, Engines Division vice president.
Wilner indicated that no changes to employee structure or responsibility are expected.
Kawasaki Engines, a division of Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A., distributes gasoline engines for landscape, industrial and consumer markets. The division is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich. It sells to and services customers through a network of more than 40 OEMs, 15 distributors and more than 7,500 independent dealers throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia, select countries in Central and South America, and the U.S. Trust Territories of the Pacific, including Guam.