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"Kaizen" activities

Hitachi has a long history of manufacturing locomotives and rolling stocks. This started with the manufacture of steam locomotive, then the manufacture of the first Japanese electric locomotive to be made using domestic technology and also the participation as a principle manufacturer, from the outset, in the development of the Shinkansen (also known as the bullet train), which became the world's first commercially operated over 200 km/h train. This continues through to today with the supply of the service administration system, the principal equipment and over 1,000 vehicles for the Shinkansen. Our world leading technology is also clearly evident in our maintenance.