CRRC Shandong

36.655051°N 116.955037°E / 36.655051; 116.955037 (CNR Jinan)

CRRC Shandong Co. Ltd.
Native name
中车山东机车车辆有限公司
IndustryEngineering
PredecessorJinan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Plant
Founded1910 (1910) as "Jinan Machine Factory"
Headquarters
Jinan, Shandong
,
China
ProductsRolling stock, metal structures
ParentCRRC
Websitecrrcgc.cc/sd

CRRC Shandong Co. Ltd. (Chinese: 中车山东机车车辆有限公司; lit. 'CRRC Shandong Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co.', 'Ltd.'), formerly also known as JRVEC (Jinan Railway Vehicles Equipment), is a railway rolling stock factory located in Jinan, Shandong, China, established in 1910 as a workshop of the Jinpu Railway.

CRRC Wind Power (formerly CNR Wind Power) is its wind power manufacturing subsidiary, established in 2010 in Songyuan.

History

Jinan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Plant was founded in 1910 as the Chinese: 济南机器厂; lit. 'Jinan machine factory' in Jinan, Shandong Province, China.[1][2] The factory was established with German backing as a repair works for the northern parts of the Jinpu Railway; in 1914 it became the property of the 'Jinpu Railway Authority', under state control.[3]

From 1951 the company was named Chinese: 济南机车车辆修理工厂; lit. 'Jinan rolling stock repair factory', and after 1958 Chinese: 铁道部济南机车工厂; lit. 'Ministry of Railways Jinan Locomotive Works'.[2] The company operated mainly as a maintainer of steam locomotives.[4] and also manufactured steam locomotives, including 117 YJ class and a small number of SY class.[5][6]

In 1993 the company re-focused on manufacturing railway freight wagons,[1][4] and was renamed Chinese: 济南机车车辆厂; lit. 'Jinan locomotive and rolling stock works'.[2] At the beginning of the 21st century began to diversified into other areas, including steel structure manufacture.[1]

In July 2007 the company name was changed to Jinan Railway Vehicles Equipment Co., Ltd. (JRVEC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the China North Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation (CNR Group).[1][4] After the IPO of China CNR, the subsidiary belongs to the listed arm of the group.

In August 2016, the company name was changed to CRRC Shandong, after CNR Group was merged with CSR Group as CRRC Group.

Products

As of 2012 the company manufactured railway wagons, including tank, double-deck car transporting, open, flat, closed types, and wagon bogies. Other products included steel structures including communications towers, bridges, and wind turbine towers. The company also produced toilet systems and bolt tightening machines for specialised railway applications.[7] The company had a production capacity of 7000 wagons per year.[8]

Subsidiaries

CNR Wind Turbine Co., Ltd was established in Jinan with a capital of 100 million Yuan to design and manufacture wind turbines. CNR foresees a total investment of 3 billion Yuan to establish a facility with production capacity of 1000 wind turbines per year.[8][9] On 4 September 2009 construction of a factory with a 500 turbine per year capacity began in Songyuan, Jilin province. The plant was fully complete by May 2011.[10][11][12]

The company's first installed product was a 1.5MW turbine, used at the Shandong Dongying wind project from mid-2010,[13][14] The first company's first 2MW turbine was manufactured in 2012.[15]

References
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  2. 济南轨道交通装备有限责任公司 - 历史沿革, www.jnjcc.com (in Chinese), archived from the original on 2012-03-22
  3. 第三类 济南机车工厂, sd.infobase.gov.cn (in Chinese), 山东省地方史志办公室 (Shandong Province history archives), archived from the original on 2013-11-26
  4. 济南轨道交通装备有限责任公司 - 企业简介, www.jnjcc.cn (in Chinese), archived from the original on 2012-10-29
  5. Duncan Cotteril, "YJ Class 2-6-2", www.railography.co.uk
  6. Duncan Cotteril, "SY Class 2-8-2", www.railography.co.uk
  7. "Products", www.jrvec.com, See subpages, archived from the original on 2012-09-30, retrieved 10 October 2012
  8. "(JREVC Brochure)" (PDF), www.jrvec.com (in Chinese and English), Company Introduction, p.2, retrieved 10 October 2012
  9. "(brochure of CNR Wind Turbine)" (PDF), www.jrvec.com (in Chinese and English), archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2012-10-10
  10. 中国北车风电产业园在济南奠基开工, www.chinacnr.com (in Chinese), 8 September 2009, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 10 October 2012
  11. 中国北车松原风电产业园全面开工, www.chinacnr.com (in Chinese), 10 May 2011, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 10 October 2012
  12. "CNR Wind Turbine builds new assembly plant in Songyuan City", business.highbeam.com, China Business News, 11 May 2011, archived from the original on 25 January 2013
  13. 北车风电公司首台风力发电机组正式并网发电, www.chinacnr.com (in Chinese), 9 August 2010, archived from the original on January 19, 2013
  14. 北车风电首台风力发电机组发往风场, www.cnrwind.com (in Chinese), 8 June 2010
  15. 北车风电首台2兆瓦风机成功下线, www.chinacnr.com (in Chinese), 15 April 2012, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 10 October 2012
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