traded as tyo 7102 nag 7102 industry railways founded japan september 1896 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 number of employees 1 751 september 2010 website www.n sharyo.co.jp www.nipponsharyousa.com nippon sharyo rolling stock factory in toyokawa aichi nippon sharyo builder s plate nippon sharyo built odakyu 50000 series vse emu taiwan shinkansen series 700t made by a consortium including nippon sharyo caltrain bi level car highliner ii car sonoma marin area rail transit smart rolling stock nippon sharyo dmu nippon sharyo ltd. nippon shary seiz kabushiki gaisha tyo 7102 formed in 1896 is a major rolling stock manufacturer based in nagoya japan . in 1996 it abbreviated its name to nippon shary . its shortest abbreviation is nissha . 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 . 1 contents 1 notable projects 1.1 japan 1.2 argentina 1.3 brazil 1.4 canada 1.5 philippines 1.6 singapore 1.7 taiwan 1.8 usa 1.9 venezuela 1.10 indonesia 2 wartime involvement 3 references 4 external links notable projects edit japan edit shinkansen bullet train trainsets 0 series 100 series 200 series 300 series 500 series 700 series 1 n700 series e2 series odakyu electric railway trainsets odakyu 50000 series vse odakyu 60000 series mse linimo magnetic levitation train keisei electric railway trainsets keisei 3000 series keisei 3050 series keisei ae100 series keisei ae series argentina edit ferrocarril general roca emus brazil edit porto alegre metro emus canada edit toronto transit commission work cars rt10 garbage car 1967 tokyo rose retired in 2000 and scrapped rt12 electric locomotive 1968 and retired 2009 rt13 centre cab crane 1968 with car and crane cabs rt22 flat car 1973 formerly wash car rt 17 and rebuilt 1996 rt54 flat car 1973 union pearson express diesel multiple units nippon sharyo dmu jointly with sumitomo corporation 2014 philippines edit manila light rail transit system singapore edit singapore mrt emu c751b 2 taiwan edit taiwan railway administration emu700 local commuter train emu800 local commuter train dmu3100 express train temu 2000 tilting trains 3 taipei metro c371 taiwan high speed rail thsr 700t usa edit amtrak bi level cars los angeles county metro rail light rail vehicles northern indiana south shore line emus maryland marc train single level push pull coaches jointly with sumitomo corporation chicago metra bi level gallery cars 4 and highliner rail cars virginia vre bi level gallery cars san francisco bay area caltrain bi level gallery cars sonoma marin area rail transit nippon sharyo dmu jointly with sumitomo corporation 4 venezuela edit i.f.e emus working on caracas cua commuter line railway system ezequiel zamora central indonesia edit rheostatic series the train also made by hitachi and kawasaki heavy industries built 1976 have 2 doors and using mild steel body types built 1978 1983 1984 have 3 doors and using mild steel body types built 1986 1987 have 3 doors and using stainless steel body types all rheostatic emu are stopped operating in the jabodetabek lines and waiting it s time for being scrapped . shinko diesel multiple units for short distance line like surabaya lamongan surabaya sidoarjo etc. built 1976 1980 have 2 doors and using mild steel body types built 1982 1986 1987 have 3 doors and using mild steel body types note the dmu built in 1976 and 1980 are now used as regular loco hauled trains without engines . the dmu made in 1982 upwards are refurbished with cummins engine . wartime involvement edit nippon sharyo built c56 31 preserved at yasukuni war museum in tokyo nippon sharyo in 1936 built steam locomotive number c56 31 which was used in 1943 to open the infamous thai burma railway as stylized in the movie the bridge over the river kwai built by over 100 000 allied pow and other slave labourers . this restored steam engine now sits in the foyer of the yasukuni war museum in tokyo . japanese veterans groups raised funds to return the locomotive from burma to japan in 1979 . during world war ii nippon sharyo like many major japanese companies drew upon prisoner of war labour to maintain war production . the pow camp at narumi provided allied pow forced labour for nippon sharyo . 5 references edit a b jr central takes majority stake in train builder . railway gazette international . 1 october 2008 . http www.n sharyo.co.jp business tetsudo e pages zsingapole.htm taiwan railway administration orders tilting trains . railway gazette international . 6 january 2011 . a b sonoma marin orders commuter dmu cars . railway gazette international . 20 december 2010 . narumi pow camp retrieved 27 june 2010 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to nippon sharyo . official website english retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nippon sharyo & oldid 742135820 categories manufacturing companies of japanlocomotive manufacturers of japanrolling stock manufacturers of japantram manufacturersjapanese brandscompanies based in nagoyacompanies listed on the tokyo stock exchangecompanies listed on the nagoya stock exchangehidden categories articles containing japanese language textcommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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