Kisha Seizo

Kisha Seizo
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRail transport
Founded1869; 155 years ago (1869)
Defunct1972
FateMerged
SuccessorKawasaki Heavy Industries
HeadquartersOsaka, Japan
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsLocomotives
High-speed trains
Intercity and commuter trains
Trams
People movers
Signalling systems
Works number 11 (JNR locomotive No. 233)
Builder's plate of No. 233

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]
  1. ^ "Kawasaki: Chronological Table". Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Retrieved 3 August 2018.