Nippon Sharyo
Nippon Sharyo, Ltd. (日本車輌製造株式会社, Nippon Sharyō Seizō kabushiki gaisha, literally "Japan Vehicles Manufacture Company" and formerly known outside Japan as Nippon Sharyo Seizo Kaisha, Ltd.), formed in 1896, is a major rolling stock manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its name to "日本車両" Nippon Sharyō. Its shortest abbreviation is Nissha "日車". It was a listed company on Nikkei 225 until 2004. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange as ticker 7102. In 2008, Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) became the majority shareholder (50.1%) of the financially struggling Nippon Sharyo making the firm a "consolidated subsidiary" of JR Central. In July 2012 Nippon Sharyo USA started production in their new facility in Rochelle, Illinois. The facility closed at the end of October 2018 due to a lack of orders.
Nippon Sharyo's headquarters | |
Native name | 日本車輌製造株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Nippon Sharyō Seizō kabushiki gaisha |
| Formerly | Nippon Sharyo Seizo Kaisha, Ltd. |
| Company type | Public KK |
| TYO: 7102 NAG: 7102 | |
| Industry | Railways |
| Founded | September 1896 Japan |
| Headquarters | Nagoya, Japan |
Key people | Tsutomu Morimura (President & CEO), Mikio Tsuge (Senior Managing Director of Nippon Sharyo, Ltd and Chairman of Nippon Sharyo USA, Inc.) |
| Products | Rolling stock |
| Revenue | 101,094,000,000 yen (2017) |
| −5,104,000,000 yen (2017) | |
| −5,114,000,000 yen (2017) | |
| Total assets | 129,194,000,000 yen (2017) |
Number of employees | 1,850 (September 2018) |
| Parent | JR Central (50.1%) |
| Website | www |