Kanadevia (formerly Hitachi Zosen)
About
Kanadevia, formerly Hitachi Zosen, is an Osaka-based engineering company that builds environmental, energy and infrastructure plants and equipment.
Its main businesses are waste-to-energy plants, seawater desalination, water and sewage treatment, process equipment, precision machinery, bridges, floodgates and disaster-prevention equipment, along with marine equipment, wind power and electrolysis and methanation for decarbonisation. Its history goes back to the Osaka Iron Works, founded in 1881; it operated as Hitachi Zosen from 1943 and took the Kanadevia name in 2024. It has about 12,700 employees.
The 2025 Battery Report lists Kanadevia among solid-state battery players in Asia-Pacific, in its sulphide electrolyte group.
From the Battery Report
Battery Report 2025 · chapterCell Design and Materials: Solid-StateVolta Foundation's annual report on this part of the battery industry.Supply Chain Segments
Battery Chemistries
Location Info
- HQ
- Osaka, Japan
Sources
Where the details on this profile come from.
What they do: Electrode & Cell Manufacturing
- Battery Report 2025, p.378 (Solid-state Industry Players, Asia-Pacific (sulphide)) · Battery Report · checked Oct 2026
Quick Facts
- Last Updated
- Oct 16, 2026



