Kinkisharyo-Mitsui
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Kinkisharyo-Mitsui is a joint venture
between Kinki Sharyo
International LLC and Mitsui & Co.
(USA) Inc. that specializes in manufacturing public transit vehicles.
Kinkisharyo has manufactured transit vehicles in Japan
since 1920, and in the 1980s expanded into the U.S. market, with sales to transit systems in New Jersey
, Massachusetts
, Texas
, and California
. Mitsui, an international firm with operations in transportation, telecommunications, and other industries, contributes financing, insuring, and shipping of transit vehicles.
Major projects include producing trains for the Sound Transit Central Link
light rail project in Washington state, USA.
Joint venture
A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
between Kinki Sharyo
Kinki Sharyo
is an Osaka, Japan-based manufacturer of railroad vehicles. It is an affiliate company of Kintetsu Corporation.In business since 1920 and renamed The Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd in 1945...
International LLC and Mitsui & Co.
Mitsui & Co.
Mitsui & Co., also known as Mitsui Bussan, is one of the largest sogo shosha in Japan, and also part of the Mitsui Group. Its business area covers energy, machinery, chemicals, food, textile, logistics, finance, and more.- History :...
(USA) Inc. that specializes in manufacturing public transit vehicles.
Kinkisharyo has manufactured transit vehicles in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
since 1920, and in the 1980s expanded into the U.S. market, with sales to transit systems in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, and California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Mitsui, an international firm with operations in transportation, telecommunications, and other industries, contributes financing, insuring, and shipping of transit vehicles.
Major projects include producing trains for the Sound Transit Central Link
Sound Transit Central Link
Central Link is a light rail line running between downtown Seattle and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. It is the initial phase of Sound Transit's Link Light Rail system. Service operates seven days a week, from 5 am to 1 am Monday through Saturday and from 6 am to midnight on...
light rail project in Washington state, USA.