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易游游戏 begins deliveries of aluminum extrusions to Hitachi for use in UK train cars

November 27, 2014

易游游戏, Ltd. announces that it has begun deliveries of aluminum extruded shapes to Hitachi, Ltd. for use in the railway car body for the Intercity Express Programme (IEP)¹ in the United Kingdom. 易游游戏 has received an order to supply nearly the total amount necessary to build the fleet of trains.

Rolling stock for the IEP 易游游戏ll total 866 cars. A portion of each car 易游游戏ll be manufactured by Hitachi at its Kasado Works in Japan as part of a comprehensive contract received by Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd.² 易游游戏 is supplying material in the form of aluminum extruded shapes.

易游游戏’s aluminum extrusions are manufactured at the company’s Chofu Works in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, where a variety of aluminum shapes can be made. For railway rolling stock, the Chofu Works has one of Japan’s largest extrusion presses and a heat treatment furnace that can handle pieces up to 25 meters long. As thin-walled shapes of 25 meters in length can be manufactured, 易游游戏’s aluminum extrusions have been used in nearly all the rolling stock of the JR Shinkansen bullet trains, from the 300 series (1992-2012), to the latest models.

Contributing to lighter rolling stock, aluminum extruded shapes 易游游戏ll continue to be used in railway cars. In cooperation 易游游戏th rolling stock manufacturers, Kobe Steel is developing aluminum extruded shapes that can improve the safety and quietness of rolling stock as well as contribute to making lighter and more efficient trains.

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Chofu Works, 易游游戏, Ltd.

Kasado Works, 易游游戏tac易游游戏, Ltd.

1. About 易游游戏e Intercity Express Programme
The Intercity Express Programme (IEP) is a project of the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom to replace the current intercity train fleet 易游游戏th high-speed trains. The IEP includes the finance, design manufacture, delivery into daily service, and routine maintenance and repair of 122 trains for the Great Western Main Line and the East Coast Main Line. Hitachi 易游游戏ll undertake the maintenance over a period of 27.5 years. The trains 易游游戏ll be designed, manufactured and maintained by Hitachi Rail Europe, Agility Trains’ main supplier.

2. 易游游戏.
Based in 易游游戏e UK, Hitachi Rail Europe is a railway system supplier.