Formerly | China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation Limited |
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Company type | public |
Industry | manufacturing |
Predecessor | major assets of CSR Group |
Founded | December 28, 2007 [1] |
Defunct | June 1, 2015 |
Fate | Merged with China CNR to form CRRC in 2015 |
Successor | CRRC |
Headquarters | , China |
Area served | China Asia |
Products | |
Parent | CSR Group |
CSR Corporation Limited (CSR), formerly known as China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp was a Chinese manufacturer of locomotive and rolling stock.
In 2007 the China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation Limited (CSR) was formed. [2] as a special purpose vehicle for potential initial public offering for the major assets of state-owned CSR Group. Some auxiliary assets were left in the group and remained unlisted.
The company's H shares were first traded on the Hong-Kong stock market on 21 August 2008, the company's A shares began trading on the 18 August 2008. [3] The shares also began trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in August; $1.57 billion was raised in the share offers. [4] [5] A 40% stake in the company was offered in total on the two exchanges. [6]
On 26 December 2011, CSR announced that it had successfully tested a super high speed train that was capable of traveling at 500 km/h. [7]
In February 2014, CSR acquired the Argentine rolling stock manufacturer Emprendimientos Ferroviarios. [8] [9]
At the end of 2014 CSR and its rival CNR announced their intention to merge, with a 1:1 share swap; the resultant company (value ~$26billion) was to be named CRRC. [10] [11] The two companies formally merged on 1 June 2015. [12]
At the time of the restructuring and share issue in 2008 the company had 20 subsidiaries:
The main factories for the manufacture of locomotives are installed in Zhuzhou (electric locomotives), Ziyang, Luoyang, Xiangfan (diesel locomotives), Qishuyan, and Chengdu (the latter two also producing carriages). Carriages are built in factories in Nanjing, Zhuzhou, Beijing, Meishan, Wuchang, Tongling, Shijiazhuang, Wuhan and Guiyang. The company has two research institutes in Zhuzhou and Qishuyan.
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Main models manufactured:
The firm also built subway trains, particularly for networks in Shanghai Metro and Beijing Metro.
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In June 2016 the CSR along with members of the Gupta family were accused of trying to improperly influence the awarding of a R51 billion (US$6 billion) 2012 contract for CSR to deliver 600 trains to the South African Passenger Rail Agency. [26] [27] It was later reported that the future South African Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane was also allegedly implicated in the deal when she worked as Counselor Immigration and Civic Services in South Africa's embassy in China. [28] [29]
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