Rail Car Maker Kinkisharyo Moving Headquarters to El Segundo (Los Angeles: 2013, purchasing)

[jimmykem]

Rail car maker Kinkisharyo moving headquarters to El Segundo

Kinkisharyo International Inc., the No. 1 supplier of low-floor light rail vehicles in North America, is moving its U.S. headquarters from Massachusetts to El Segundo, bringing about 25 jobs to the South Bay city and another 250 positions to the Palmdale area, where it will manufacture rail cars for the county Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

“We are moving our U.S. headquarters because we believe in Los Angeles and believe that this location will give us great opportunities to grow our business,” said Teiji Tani, president of Kinkisharyo International, in an email response to written questions.

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Can only be a good thing?

[genjy]

I can't wait to ride the new Kinkisharyos. Hopefully they are even better than the Gold Line's current P2550 trains.

[subPrimeTime]

That's definitely good news, especially the fact that many of those would be manufacturing type jobs.

[pvande55]

With rail expansions under way in Honolulu, LA, Houston and Dallas, California is closer to more customers than Massachusetts. Not to mention more Hispanics who are more likely to work in manufacturing.

[jm1982]

Will these go super fast , like those Japanese bullet trains ?

That'd be awesome .

[2Easy]

They will make light rail cars. They had promised to move here if they were awarded the light rail contract for the new cars that Metro is purchasing and they won. When that contract is up they will probably move to wherever gives them the next big contract. That's how it works.