The Manchurian Industrial Development Company (満州重工業開発, Manshū Jukōgyō Kaihatsu Kabushiki Kaisha, or Mangyō?) was an industrial conglomerate, or zaibatsu, in the Japanese controlled Empire of Manchukuo, established at the instigation of the Imperial Japanese Army to further the industrialization of Manchukuo, and in particular, to make it self-sufficient in strategic heavy industries.
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