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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Rail transport |
| Founded | 1869 |
| Defunct | 1972 |
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
| Headquarters | Osaka, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Locomotives High-speed trains Intercity and commuter trains Trams People movers Signalling systems |
Kisha Seizo Co., Ltd. (汽車製造株式会社, Kisha Seizō Kabushiki Gaisha) was a Japanese manufacturer of railway rolling stock that existed from 1896 to 1972.
- 1896: Established by Masaru Inoue as the Kisha Seizo Joint Stock Company (汽車製造合資会社, Kisha Seizō Gōshi Kaisha).
- 1899: Factory opened in Osaka.
- 1901: Merged with the Hiraoka Factory (平岡工場, Hiraoka Kōjō), a coach and car maker in Tokyo. The two plants were reorganized as the Osaka Head Office and the Tokyo Branch.
- 1912: Becomes Kisha Seizo Co., Ltd. (汽車製造株式会社) after corporate restructuring.
- 1936: Head office moved to Tokyo; Osaka Head Office becomes Osaka Branch.
- 1944: The two branches (factories) renamed Osaka Works and Tokyo Works respectively.
- 1968: Construction of railway wagon factory in Utsunomiya.
- 1972: Merged with Kawasaki Heavy Industries.[1]
- ^ "Kawasaki: Chronological Table". Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Retrieved 3 August 2018.