japanese rail company to open plant in US

[cteno4]

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/15/business/train-maker-to-build-plant-in-illinois/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=train-maker-to-build-plant-in-illinois#.UUIBxY5Ad9k

 

jeff

[bikkuri bahn]

Japan Times flubs the headline again (why am I not surprised).  This is an addition to the existing plant.  The new addition, dubbed Shop#3, will be building components, rather than carbody shells, which are built/assembled in Shops #1/2.

 

Here is the Nissya press release, with a diagram/artists conception of the new addition:

http://www.n-sharyo.co.jp/business/tetsudo/topics/tp130313a.html