KMM Lincoln factory. Courtesy: Kawasaki

The Lincoln factory began its operation with the production of motorcycles in 1974, as a factory of Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (and thereafter came under the control of KMM in 1981, when KMM was founded).

The factory currently produces, among others, all-terrain vehicles, the Jet Ski*1 personal watercraft, and railway vehicles. The factory has introduced the Kawasaki Production Systems (KPS) *2, Kawasaki's original production systems developed through mass-production activities over many years. It will extend these systems to the production of aerostructures as well.

The steady growth of demand is anticipated to continue in the worldwide commercial airplane market. Taking this opportunity to establish an assembly line for the Boeing 777X's cargo doors, Kawasaki designates the Lincoln factory as its aerostructure manufacturing base in the U.S. and will actively pursue the expansion of its commercial aircraft business as well as the growth of KMM.
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References

*1 - Jet Ski is a registered trademark of Kawasaki Heavy Industries.

*2 - The Kawasaki Production Systems (KPS). Based on the Just In Time Systems, these systems use Kawasaki's proprietary logical production management techniques, which were developed and tested in-house by applying them on production lines, and which can be implemented in any production line, regardless of whether it is a mass-production or single-production line.

*3 - Produced at the Maryville Plant in Missouri.