Metro’s next rail cars to be built at new $70 million Maryland plant

URLhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022
SourceWashington Post
Date Published03/21/2022
Author NameJustin George
Mentions specific company case(s) of reshoring, kept from offshoring, or transplantYes

Additional Reshoring Information:

Company/Division name Hitachi Rail
Type of work Manufacturing
Reshoring category:Foreign Direct Investment
Total number of jobs (added or to be added):500
Year reshoring announced:2022
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented:2024
Domestically, the work will be done:In-house
Capital investment ($):70
Country(ies) from which reshored:Japan
City reshored to:Hagerstown
State(s) reshored to:MD
If relevant, work nearshored to:-
Industry(ies):Transportation Equipment
Product(s) reshoredmetro rail cars
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive?Government Incentives, Infrastructure, Proximity to customers/market
Government Incentive dollar amount:contract with Metro worth about $2.2 billion
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