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Report Findings:
High-speed rail manufacturing and jobs are growing in the United States.
Rising rail ridership trends set the stage for more manufacturing growth.
Rail investments mean job creation and economic growth and expansion.
Table of Contents
Overview...................................................................................................................................................... 1-2
Rail Car and Locomotive Manufacturers................................................................................................ 3-5
Supply Chain Company Profiles............................................................................................................... 6-8
Supply Chain Companies Lists and Maps
Illinois........................................................................................................................................................... 9-10
Indiana......................................................................................................................................................... 11-12
Iowa.............................................................................................................................................................. 13
Michigan...................................................................................................................................................... 13-14
Minnesota.................................................................................................................................................... 15
Ohio.............................................................................................................................................................. 16-18
Wisconsin.................................................................................................................................................... 19-20
Supply Chain Company Profiles, Continued........................................................................................... 21-22
The Midwest Regional Rail Network Moving from Vision to Reality................................................... 23
A National Commitment to High-Speed Passenger Rail...................................................................... 24
Authors
Editors
Design &
Production
Michael Stern
ELPC Environmental Law Fellow
Ashley Craig
ELPC Senior Environmental Business Specialist
Kevin Brubaker
ELPC Deputy Director
Jill Geiger
ELPC Director of Communications & Marketing
Howard A. Learner
ELPC Executive Director
Katie Coleman
ELPC Communications Associate
Overview
Construcciones y Auxiliar de
Ferrocarriles USA Washington, D.C.
CAF USA is the North American subsidiary of a Spanish
parent company that has operated a 400,000-square-foot
facility in Elmira, NY, since 2000. The company is building
130 new single-level passenger cars for Amtrak a
contract that is expected to create 575 new manufacturing
and assembly jobs. That plant has a 2,700-foot test track
used for final rail car evaluation and is establishing a
stainless steel shell manufacturing area. Globally, CAF is
involved in rail projects on six continents.
Kawasaki Rail Car has delivered more than 3,000 rail cars to
American customers and more than 90,000 worldwide. Its
900 employees manufacture commuter, subway and rapid
transit cars. Kawasaki recently opened a new railcar shell
manufacturing facility in Lincoln, NE. Kawasaki Rail Car is
a division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, a global company
Stadler US Westfield, NJ
US Railcar Columbus, OH
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HiRail Corporation manufactures custom rubber gradecrossing units. The company offers customized designs
and a state-of-the-art engineering facility in Lisbon, IA. For
more than 25 years, HiRAIL Corporation has used rubber
recycled from old tires in full-depth railroad grade-crossing
systems. Most of these tires would otherwise have been
destined for a landfill.
1. K&E................................................................... Alsip
2. Prestige Metal Products............................ Antioch
3. Nippon Sharyo USA.................................... Arlington Heights
4. Illinois Auto Electric.................................. Aurora
5. PPG Rail Division......................................... Batavia
6. R&W Machine............................................... Bedford Park
7. Kustom Seating............................................ Bellwood
8. Corrugated Metals...................................... Belvidere
9. WI-Tronix........................................................ Boilingbrook
10. Austin-Westran............................................ Byron
11. JMA Railroad Supply................................. Carol Stream
12. Prince Industries........................................ Carol Stream
13. Amsted Industries...................................... Chicago
14. Amsted Rail................................................... Chicago
15. Bowman, Barrett & Associates............. Chicago
16. Clements National...................................... Chicago
17. EJM Engineering......................................... Chicago
18. Freedman Seating...................................... Chicago
19. Inter Swiss..................................................... Chicago
20. LTK Engineering Systems....................... Chicago
21. Western-Cullen-Hayes.............................. Chicago
22. Funk Linko..................................................... Chicago Heights
23. Holland............................................................ Crete
24. Skandia........................................................... Davis Junction
25. Forge Resources Group............................ Dekalb
26. La Marche...................................................... Des Plaines
27. Parkway Metal Products......................... Des Plaines
28. National Railway Equipment................. Dixmoor
29. Burns & McDonnell.................................... Downers Grove
30. Harting............................................................ Elgin
31. Jet Finishers.................................................. Elk Grove Village
32. Midwest Imperial Steel Fab.................... Frankfort
33. Sharma & Associates................................. Hinsdale
34. Rexroth Bosch Group................................ Hoffman Estates
35. Relay Systems of America....................... Joliet
36. Electro-Motive Diesel............................... LaGrange
37. Specialty Products..................................... Lake Bluff
38. Kor-Pak........................................................... Lake Forest
39. Aldridge Electric......................................... Libertyville
40. Morton Manufacturing............................. Libertyville
41. Zeman Manufacturing.............................. Lisle
42. Pierce Distribution Services Co............ Loves Park
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Powertran....................................................... Ferndale
Independent Machine............................... Gladstone
American Seating........................................ Grand Rapids
Suspa................................................................ Grand Rapids
Hastings Fiber Glass................................... Hastings
Alsons............................................................... Hillsdale
Steel Products (MCS Industries)........... Homer
Total Plastics................................................. Kalamazoo
Alcoa................................................................. Lansing
G4S Secure Solutions USA....................... Livonia
Harsco Rail..................................................... Ludington
Brasco International.................................. Madison Heights
General Bearing........................................... Milford
Trinity Equipment...................................... Muskegon
Kenneth Smith Inc...................................... Niles
Omnicast......................................................... Norton Shores
Peleton............................................................. Otsego
Bach-Simpson............................................... Port Huron
Dymac............................................................... Port Huron
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L&S Electric...................................................Appleton
Apache Stainless Equipment.................Beaver Dam
Automation Solutions of America........Beloit
ANDERSON MFG.........................................Bristol
Engineering Specialists............................Brookfield
Evans Transportation...............................Brookfield
Milwaukee Insulation................................Butler
Doig Corporation........................................Cedarburg
KM Logistics..................................................Cuahy
E80 Plus Constructors..............................DeForest
Krech Ojard & Associates........................Eau Claire
MTL Manufacturing...................................Elkhorn
Fiber-Tech......................................................Franksville
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Airgas Safety.................................................Germantown
J.W. Speaker Global Headquarters.......Germantown
Sedia.................................................................Glendale
Northern Electric........................................Green Bay
Mahar Tool Supply.....................................Kenosha
Compass Group............................................La Crosse
D & B Tool & Mfg.........................................Lannon
HNTB................................................................Madison
Mohawk..........................................................Madison
Heavy Metal Fabricators..........................Manitowoc
Silvan Industries.........................................Marinette
Mayville Engineering................................Mayville
Metalcraft of Mayville...............................Mayville
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Talgo.................................................................Milwaukee
Technical Metal Specialties.....................Milwaukee
United P&H Supply....................................Milwaukee
Wagner............................................................Milwaukee
Wisconsin & Southern Railroad...........Milwaukee
Arrow Global.................................................Mosinee
Bent Tubes.....................................................Neenah
A & A Manufacturing.................................New Berlin
Milwaukee Composites............................Oak Creek
Premold..........................................................Oconomowoc
Midwest Engineering Systems..............Pewaukee
HFI Fluid Power Products.......................Racine
Seats.................................................................Reedsburg
Stoughton Trucking...................................Stoughton
Liberty Elec...................................................Sussex
Five Star Fabricating.................................Twin Lakes
Weldall.............................................................Waukesha
Wieland Engineering.................................Waukesha
Dura Glass Industries................................Waupaca
Wausaukee Composites...........................Wausaukee
American Paper Packaging.....................Wauwatosa
Northern Tool & Equipment..................West Allis
The Sign Shop of West Bend..................West Bend
Primix Elkhart, IN
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Rocore Indianapolis, IN
Rocore designs and manufactures heat transfer products
for power generation, military equipment and the rail and
marine industries. Rocore was founded in Greendale, WI,
in 1984. The company has five domestic manufacturing
facilities and currently supplies little to the intercity
passenger rail industry, but has the capabilities to gain
business from an increase in demand from train OEMs.
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Map by ELPC.
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A National Commitment to
High-Speed Passenger Rail
President Obama devoted significant attention to highspeed passenger rail in his 2010 and 2011 State of the Union
addresses. His vision to build a national network is akin to
President Eisenhowers drive to construct the interstate
highway system. President Obamas plan today encounters
many of the same opposing arguments (system costs, this
issue should be left to the states, the status quo is sufficient,
etc.) that President Eisenhower faced in the 1950s. Despite
its initial speed bumps, it is hard to imagine the United
States without the benefits of the national highway system
over the past 60 years.
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