Editing Matabushi Incorporated

{{InfoBoxCorporation
| image = Matabushi.png
| founded = 
| dissolved = 
| affiliation = {{Ubl|[[Clan Nova Cat]]|[[Draconis Combine]]}}
| previous_names = 
| headquarters = Pollux ([[Pesht III]])<ref name=HB:HKp160>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 160: "Matabushi Incorporated"</ref>
| leadership = [[CEO of Matabushi Incorporated|CEO]]
| products = [[DropShip]]s
| parent = 
| divisions = {{Ubl|[[Matabushi Artificial Workforce]]|[[Matabushi Computing Equipment]]|[[Matabushi Finance]]|[[Matabushi National Service]]|[[Matabushi Trade]]}}
| plants = Fresno ([[Avon V]])<ref name=OBDC7>''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 7: "Matabushi, Inc."</ref>
}}

==Overview==
As of [[3025]], '''Matabushi Incorporated''' was already the most prosperous and technologically advanced corporation in the [[Draconis Combine]], with first bid on any contracts and first civilian access to any new technology captured.<ref name=HK(TDC)p159>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 159 (PDF p. 161): "Important Corporations - [Matabushi Incorporated]"</ref>

Matabushi relocated its corporate headquarters from Corant City, [[Albiero]],<ref name=HK(TDC)p159/> to [[Pesht]] after the [[Clan Invasion]].<ref name=O:DCp16>''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 16: "Albiero"</ref>

In the mid-3050s, the company expanded into the military market, building [[DropShip]]s for the [[Draconis Combine Admiralty]]. Prior to that, Matabushi was best known on [[Pesht]], where it produced computers and electronics for the civilian market. The Pesht office also served as a center for interstellar trade and finance.<ref name=O:DCp3>''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 3: "Industrial Update"</ref>

During the long Jihad, the facility on [[Avon]] suffered capital and personnel losses of 35%, and the operating capacity of the factory had been reduced to 80% of their main production volume in [[3079]],<ref name=O:DCp4>''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 4: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"</ref><ref name=O:TCp24>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 24: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"</ref> but the plant was quickly restored to full production.<ref name="J:FRp89">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 89: "Pesht Military District"</ref>

==Principal Divisions==
{{seealso|Matabushi Computing Equipment}}

'''Matabushi National Service'''<ref name=HK(TDC)p159/>
* Division Head: [[Marquis]] Tonomahi Tahiro
* Chief Products: Advanced Electronics and Computer
This division was the closest to being a defense contractor that any civilian Combine corporation. The company produced guidance and tracking sensor systems and manufactured other computerized equipment that might have applications in civilian transportation. In the Draconis Combine though, any equipment was subject to military requisition as only a token minimum went for civilian use.<ref name=HK(TDC)p159/>

'''Matabushi Artificial Workforce'''<ref name=HK(TDC)p159/>
* Division Head: Marquis Yasu Hanagata
* Chief Products: Robotics
This division was also subject to military requisition, but for them there was more equipment available for civilian use as most of the products were for the benefit of other corporations serving the Combine.<ref name=HK(TDC)p159/>

'''Matabushi Finance'''<ref name=HK(TDC)p159/>
* Division Head: Marquis Nagate Tahiro
* Chief Products: Banking and Investment
This division was the only sizable private finance firm in the Kurita sphere as most banks are government-run. One of the company's major functions was to change House Bills liberated from other Successor States into useful currency, usually [[C-bill]]s.<ref name=HK(TDC)p159/>

'''Matabushi Trade'''<ref name=HK(TDC)p159/>
* Division Head: Marquis Tanji Koetsu
* Chief Products: Shipping and Trading
This division started as a sideline to Matabushi Finance as a way to launder money throughout settled space. Most of the company's dealings were with the [[Bandit Kingdoms|Bandit Kings]] in the shadowy world of the [[Periphery]]. The division though also operated in every [[Successor State]].<ref name=HK(TDC)p159/>

==Manufacturing==
Matabushi Incorporated has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

===Avon===
{|class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Components produced on Avon:<ref name=OBDC7/><ref name=OR63>''Objective Raids'', p. 63: "Produced Matabushi Incorporated Components on Avon"</ref><ref name=O:TCp25>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 25: "Matabushi Incorporated"</ref>
|-
! width="350pt" | Component
! width="350pt" | Type
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[DropShips]]</u>
|-
| ''[[Overlord (DropShip class)|Overlord]]''<ref name=OR63/><ref name=OBDC7/><ref name=DS&JSp15>''DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary'', p. 15: "JumpShip and DropShip Manufacturers"</ref><ref name=O:TCp25/>
| [[DropShip]]
|-
| ''[[Union (DropShip class)|Union]]''<ref name=OR63/><ref name=OBDC7/><ref name=DS&JSp15/>
| DropShip
|-
| ''[[Overlord-C]]''<ref name=OBDC7/><ref name=O:TCp25/>
| DropShip
|-
| ''[[Union-C]]''<ref name=OBDC7/><ref name=O:TCp25/>
| DropShip
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Interplanetary Drive - DropShip]]</u>
|-
| [[Star League V250]]
| ''Union''<ref name=OR63/>
|-
| [[Star League V450]]
| ''Overlord''<ref name=OR63/>
|}

==Notes==
* Matabushi Incorporated appeared in the first ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'' video game, though it should be noted that the [[Canon|canonicity]] of that game is uncertain. In the game, [[Duke]] [[Ishi Tahiro]] and [[Marquis]] [[Tanji Koetsu]], both Chief Executive Officers, were in charge between [[3024]] and [[3029]], during [[Operation INROAD]] and its aftermath.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[Objectives: Draconis Combine]]''
* ''[[Objectives: The Clans]]''

[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Matabushi Incorporated]]
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