Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co. Ltd., abbreviated as TEC, is a Chinese train manufacturer. It is headquartered in

Zhuzhou Zhuzhou (, ), formerly Jianning (建宁), is a prefecture-level city of Hunan Province, China, straddling the Xiang River southeast of the provincial capital, Changsha, and bordering Jiangxi province to the east. It is part of the " Greater Chan ...

, Hunan Province. The company is a prominent maker of traction systems for locomotives, electric multiple units and urban transit train applications, which generates of the company's total sales. Despite both CRRC Times Electric and intermediate parent company

CRRC CRRC Corporation Limited (known as CRRC) is a Chinese state-owned and publicly traded rolling stock manufacturer. It is the world's largest rolling stock manufacturer in terms of revenue, eclipsing its major competitors of Alstom and Siemens. I ...

were listed companies, the ultimate largest shareholder was the Central Government of China, via

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and

CRRC Group CRRC Group Corporation, known as CRRC Group, is a Chinese state-owned holding company, direct parent company of CRRC and 32 other subsidiaries; if including second-tier subsidiaries, the holding company is the head of 112 legal entities (as in 201 ...

. Since 5 September 2016 CRRC Times Electric is a constituent of

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History

Predecessors

The parent company of the predecessors and current direct parent entity of Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric, Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute, was found in 1959 by the

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. (now known as , formerly CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute Co., Ltd., abb. CRRC ZELRI; subsidiary of listed company

). In 2002, Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute was 51% owned by

CSR Group CSR Group Corporation formerly known as China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation (abbreviation: CSRG), was a Chinese locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer. In 2007, the major assets of the group was spin-off and f ...

and

CNR Group China Northern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation commonly known as CNR Group was a Chinese locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer, and later holding company of China CNR. CNR Group merged with CSR Group in 2015 to form CRRC ...

, the duopoly of the Chinese market. The ratio was set immediately after the controls of the duopoly were transferred from the Ministry of Railways to State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC). Both SASAC and the ministry were entities of the

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. The institute had founded Zhuzhou Times Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (, "Times Electronic" for short) on 28 December 1992, which became a subsidiary of Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric in 2005, for 90%

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. Another subsidiary of the institute, "Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute,

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Branch", was found on 4 February 1992. The Ningbo Branch became a wholly owned subsidiary of Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric also in 2005.

Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric

On 26 September 2005 Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co., Ltd. was incorporated as "company limited by shares" (; function similar to

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), CSR Group injected Times Electronic, CSR Zhuzhou Institute Ningbo Branch and other assets into the company as share capital. On 20 June 2006 the Ningbo company was re-incorporated as a limited company as Ningbo CSR Times Sensor Technology Co., Ltd. (, now known as Ningbo CRRC Times Transducer Technology Co., Ltd., previously incorporated under the

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in 1992) In December 2006, Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric was listed on the

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, a year before the listing of the intermediate parent company CSR Corp., Ltd. Followed by the merger of ultimate parent company CSR Group with CNR Group to form

(as well as their listed subsidiaries CSR Corp. Ltd. and China CNR Corp., Ltd. to form CRRC Corp., Ltd.) in 2015, Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric was renamed to Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric on 10 March 2016. The company remained as a separate listed company without privatization nor merger by share swap.

Joint venture

Siemens Traction Equipment Ltd. (STEZ), is a joint venture between

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(50%), Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric (30%) and

CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. is one of the electric locomotive manufacturers in China. It is one of the subsidiaries of CRRC. History Predecessor Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works was founded in 1936. CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. O ...

(20%). It produces AC drive electric locomotives and AC locomotive traction components.

Shareholders

The share capital of the company consisted of domestic share ( A share) and share floats outside mainland China (

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). As of 13 January 2017, 53.44% shares were A shares, which were owned by subsidiaries of

(mainly CRRC Zhuzhou Institute), subsidiary of

Sinomach China National Machinery Industry Corporation (also known as Sinomach) is a Chinese conglomerate with businesses in tool making, construction equipment, agricultural equipment, and infrastructure construction. In two particular areas of construc ...

(Sinomach Capital Holdings Co., Ltd., ) and CRCC High-tech Equipment, all were indirect subsidiaries of the Chinese Government (via SASAC). Moreover, CRRC Zhuzhou Institute also owned 2.91% shares of CRCC High-tech Equipment as minority shareholder. As of 31 December 2016, the major shareholders of H shares (>5% H shares) were investment managers

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, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Fidelity International and sovereign wealth fund of Singapore (

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