CRRC


CRRC Corporation Limited is a Chinese state-owned and publicly traded rolling stock manufacturer. It is the world's largest rolling stock manufacturer in terms of revenue, eclipsing its major competitors of Alstom and Siemens.
It was formed on 1 June 2015 with the merger of CNR and CSR. As of 2016 it had 183,061 employees. The parent company is CRRC Group, a state-owned enterprise supervised by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. The State Council also owned additional shares via China Securities Finance and Central Huijin Investment. According to claims by the United States Department of Defense, the company is a supplier to People's Liberation Army.

History

and CSR Group, once one company , were separated in 2002.
In late 2014 CNR Group and CSR Group agreed to merge, subject to approval by the Chinese state - under the agreement CNR Group would formally acquire CSR Group, and the combined business then be renamed to CRRC Group and CRRC Corporation Limited respectively. Rationales given for the merger were increased efficiency, and the ability to better compete internationally with combined resources.
The merger came into effect 1 June 2015, with each CNR share exchanged for 1.1 CSR shares - the combined company became the largest railway rolling stock manufacturer in the world, and had over 90% of the China market. Total employment of the combine was 175,700 persons, and the share capital was valued at.
After formation, CRRC began efforts to expand overseas; after being awarded a 284 vehicle order for metro cars for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Red and Orange lines with a US$556.6 million bid in October 2014, the company started to construct a assembly plant in Springfield, Massachusetts, at a former Westinghouse plant beginning in September 2015. Manufacturing work began in April 2018.
In mid-2015 production began at a rolling stock plant in Batu Gajah, Perak, Malaysia, a satellite of CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive, and the corporation's first plant outside China. Additionally the former CSR had acquired Emprendimientos Ferroviarios in Argentina in 2014 and announced in 2016 that they would begin maintenance and production of new rolling stock for export in the country. Argentina had previously purchased a variety of rolling stock from the company over the years, including 704 EMU cars, 81 DMU cars, 44 passenger locomotives, 360 carriages, 107 freight locomotives and 3,500 freight cars, in addition to the 150 200 Series cars for the Subte. In 2017, the Argentine government purchased an additional 200 EMUs from CRRC.
In mid-2015, CRRC formed a freight wagon joint venture, Vertex Railcar, as a minority partner with Hong Kong-based private equity firm Majestic Legend Holdings to establish production in Wilmington, North Carolina at a former Terex facility. CRRC provided railcar designs and some components, and Majestic Legend invested US$6 million; the plant was operational by the beginning of 2016. In August 2016, at the request of a letter from 55 US House of Representatives members alleging that Vertex was being unfairly subsidized by the Chinese government, the United States Department of the Treasury began an investigation into whether the Chinese investment in Vertex constituted a national security risk. 42 US Senators sent a similar letter in September, conveying concerns about the state-owned enterprises behind Vertex. The Treasury Department released its report in December and found that the joint ownership was not a risk.
In late 2015, Yu Weiping, one of the vice-president of the company, stated the company planned to double overseas sales over five years, with North American passenger rail being one target. Interim six month financial results for the new company showed an increase in overseas revenue of over 60%. Half year revenue was, with a gross profit of. Non rail revenue was.
In March 2016, CRRC Qingdao Sifang was awarded a contract to build 400 7000-series cars for the Chicago Transit Authority, with an option for another 446 cars. The cost of the contract was US$632 million up to US$1.3 billion with options; as a consequence CRRC began development of a US$40 million assembly factory in Chicago, designed by Itasca, IL-based Cornerstone Architects Ltd.
In March 2017, Quincy, Massachusetts based CRRC MA was awarded a contract by SEPTA to construct 45 bi-level rail cars with the option for 10 additional cars for delivery in October 2019. The SEPTA order will be built at the Springfield plant and car shell manufactured from the Tangshan plant. CRRC was selected over Hyundai Rotem and Bombardier, which also bid on the bi-level contract and had each produced equipment for SEPTA in the past. Later that month, CRRC was also awarded a contract to build 64 HR4000 cars for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority that will replace existing vehicles on the agency's Red and Purple lines, with an option for another 218 cars.
The LACMTA order will result in a assembly plant being built in LA.

Subsidiaries

Locomotive

On 8 January 2016 CRRC Corporation purchased 13.06% stake of China United Insurance Holding from China Insurance Security Fund for. It also joint-owned Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology with parent company CRRC Group.
In November 2016 the company confirmed plans to buy Škoda Transportation based in the Czech Republic. The deal eventually did not go through.

Shareholders

, CRRC was majority owned by CRRC Group directly and indirectly for 55.91% of total share capital. Other entity of the central government, such as China Securities Finance and Central Huijin Investment, also owned a minority stake. In terms of different shares, BlackRock owned 6.13% H shares in long position, or 0.98% in terms of total share capital. Himalaya Capital Investors, a Seattle based mutual fund also owned about 6.13% H shares in long position. Other shareholders each owned less than 1% shares in terms of total share capital.

Products

Steam Locomotives
Diesel Locomotives
For China Railways:
For export:
Electric Locomotives
For China Railways:
For Export:
DMU and EMU:
High-speed trains
CRH1E-250
Metro
Tram/Light Rail