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Hitachi in Kudamatsu. It builds railway rolling stock and also exports it to the United Kingdom.
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Hitachi Kasado Works is one of Hitachi, Ltd.'s manufacturing sites, located in Higashitoyoi, Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is the main base of the Railway Business Unit (an in-house company). It was established on 1 May 1921 (Taisho 10) as Hitachi's Kasado Factory. The site covers 52 hectares (ha), and it had about 1,500 employees (as of the end of March 2021).
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Field：Railway vehicles, welding and assembly
Source pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp ↗Before you go
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