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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Transport industry |
Founded | 26 June 2008 |
Founder | CNR Group |
Defunct | 1 June 2015 |
Fate | merged with CSR |
Successor | CRRC |
Headquarters | , China |
Area served | China, exported Worldwide |
Key people | Cui Dianguo (Charmian) |
Products |
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Owner | CNR Group |
Parent | CNR Group |
China CNR Corporation Limited | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 中国北车股份有限公司 | ||||||
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CNR | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中国北车 | ||||||
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China CNR Corporation Limited (CNR) was a primary manufacturer of locomotives and rolling stock for the Chinese market. The company has also exported to over 80 countries and regions,including Argentina,Australia,Brazil,France,Hong Kong,New Zealand. Saudi Arabia,Taiwan and Turkey. [1] [2]
In 2008 China CNR was incorporated as the subsidiary of CNR Group (China Northern Locomotive &Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation). [3] China Chengtong Holdings Group and China Huarong Asset Management were minority shareholders. [4] In the same year CNR Dalian's CKD7C were exported to the Republic of Congo.
The company made an IPO of $2bn in 2009 on the Shanghai stock exchange. [5] [6]
From the early 21st century onwards the group began a strategic diversification into wind turbine manufacture - its first major new facility was a 500 turbine per year capacity factory in Songyuan,(built 2009–11),established through CNR Wind Power Co. The company expects to invest ~35 billion Yuan in CNR Wind Power to establish a full scale wind power industry. [7] [8]
In 2013,the company began providing underground cars for Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground in Argentina,with the 150 cars to make up the entirety of the line. [9] That same year,the company delivered 20 locomotives and 220 coaches to the country for Trenes Argentinos' long distance broad gauge rolling stock. [10]
CNR company began delivering 81 Diesel Multiple Units in 2015 for the Belgrano Sur Line in Buenos Aires,operated by Trenes Argentinos. [11]
In October 2014,CNR made a major breakthrough into the North American market by winning a $567 million contract to supply 284 metro cars for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Orange (Type B car) and Red (Type A car) lines,with an option for 58 more. CNR plans to dedicate two manufacturing lines at a Chinese facility and build a 150,000 square-foot facility in Springfield,Massachusetts for final assembly of the vehicles. [12] [13]
At the end of 2014 CNR and rival CSR announced their intention to merge,with CSR acquiring CNR shares at a ratio of 1 CNR :1.1 CSR;the resultant company (value ~$26 billion) was to be named CRRC. [14] [15] The two companies formally merged on 1 June 2015. [16]
The corporation has numerous subsidiaries at various sites in China: [17]