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SHAREHOLDERS

From the early 1980's until 1999 , FHI was 20% owned by Nissan , who was primarily interested in its bus manufacturing division. Upon Nissan's acquisition by Renault , its 20% stake was sold to General Motors , but GM announced on October 6, 2005 that it will sell 8.4% of the company to Toyota and will dispose of its remaining share, 11.4% of the company, on the market. {Link without Title}


DIVISIONS

FHI has four main divisions. The Automobile division, Subaru , has been manufacturing and selling automobiles since 1958 and now has 1,970 Dealer s in 100 countries. The Aerospace division is a contractor for the Japan Defense Agency and markets and sells both commercial and defense-related Aircraft , Helicopter s and Target Drones . The industrial products division manufactures and sells equipment under the Robin brand. Finally, the transportation equipment division builds several types of Bus es, Garbage Truck s, and Prefabricated Housing .

The company's four divisions all share their technological advancements with one another, which has made FHI a leader in innovation. In particular, they apply a great deal of their aircraft technology to their automotive division, the most notable example being the horizontally-opposed Boxer Engines used in all modern Subaru automobiles.


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