Japan Engine Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, maintains, repairs, sells, and licenses engines and other components in Japan. It offers UE engines used in bulk carriers, tankers, car carrier ships, container ships, and other vessels. The company also engages in the manufacture and sale of shield machine components for subway construction and tunnel boring; and machining and assembly of large sized products, including injection molding machines and testing devices. In addition, it provides pressure-relief control valve blocks, cylinder covers, piston crowns, piston heads and metallic sliding bearings, bedplates and shield machines, and resin granulators. The company was formerly known as Kobe Diesel Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Japan Engine Corporation in April 2017. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Akashi, Japan.