China Northern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation commonly known as CNR Group was a Chinese locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer, and later holding company of

China CNR 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, Ne ...

. CNR Group merged with

CSR Group CSR Group Corporation formerly known as China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation (abbreviation: CSRG), was a Chinese locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer. In 2007, the major assets of the group was spin-off and f ...

in 2015 to form

CRRC CRRC Corporation Limited (known as CRRC) is a Chinese state-owned and publicly traded rolling stock manufacturer. It is the world's largest rolling stock manufacturer in terms of revenue, eclipsing its major competitors of Alstom and Siemens. I ...

History

In 1986 the (LORIC) was formed, comprising 35 production sites and 4 research centres. In 2002 the China Northern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation was spin-off from LORIC. Its main competitor, the

China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation CSR Group Corporation formerly known as China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation (abbreviation: CSRG), was a Chinese locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer. In 2007, the major assets of the group was spin-off and f ...

was formed in the same year. Both CNR Group and CSR Group were also transferred from the

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to the

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at that time. CNR Group carried out import and export orders between 1998 and 2005 through the LORIC Import & Export Corp., Ltd. The subsidiary CNR Logistic Development Corp., Ltd., established in 1998 deals with export sales of CNR vehicles and parts. In November 2005, CNR Group signed a 669 million euro agreement with Siemens under CEO

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that gave them access to the

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jewels of the latter. The first of these trains were to run in 2008 on the

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route. Only the first three of 60 trains were to be built in Germany. The balance were built in

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at the plant which is now named

CRRC Tangshan CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd., is a manufacturer of rolling stock located in Tangshan, Hebei province, People's Republic of China. While Datong built mainline steam locomotives until 1988, Tangshan built steam for industrial use until 1999, becoming th ...

. In 2008, a new

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was incorporated, receiving major assets of the group and floated in both

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and

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. Some auxiliary assets of the group remained unlisted. The holding company also formed a new investment vehicle

CNR Ship & Ocean Engineering Development CNR may stand for: Arts, entertainment and media *China National Radio, the national radio station of the People's Republic of China *CNR Music, a Dutch record and video/DVD label *"CNR", a song about Charles Nelson Reilly by "Weird Al" Yankovic ...

in ship building. Chonghe Marine Industry was a minority shareholder in that vehicle . In 2015 CNR Group absorbed

, and renamed to

CRRC Group CRRC Group Corporation, known as CRRC Group, is a Chinese state-owned holding company, direct parent company of CRRC and 32 other subsidiaries; if including second-tier subsidiaries, the holding company is the head of 112 legal entities (as in 201 ...

; the flagship subsidiaries,

and CSR, also merged as

Exports

* DF7G-C for

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References

External links

* {{CRRC Group Holding companies of China Defunct government-owned companies of China Ministry of Railways of China 3