Datong ABC Castings Company Limited (DACC) was established on April 28, 1996. It is a Sino-US joint venture established by China North LORIC Datong Electric Locomotive Company Limited (formerly MOR Datong Locomotive Works) and ABC Rail Products China Investment Corporation, U.S.A to produce railroad cast steel wheels. Datong Electric Locomotive Company Limited is national Grade 1 state-owned enterprise and one of the 500 largest industrial enterprises in China. It was built in 1954 , with 10,000 employees, and currently held by China North Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry Corporation (CNRLORIC). ABC Rail China Investment Corporation is an Amsted Rail wholly-owned subsidiary. Amsted Rail Group is a worldwide leader in design, manufacturing and sales of cast steel wheels and other railroad products.

Datong ABC Castings CompanyACC’s Limited was established on April 28, 1996, with a total investment of was RMB 343 million, with and the registered capital ofof RMB3 229 0 million., o 60% was contributed by Datong Electric Locomotive Company Limited and 40% was contributed by ABC Rail Products China Investment Corporation. DACC was one of the largest Sino-foreign joint ventures in China Ministry of Railway. DACC is located at 1-1 Qianjin Street, Datong City. It occupies 45,126 square meters and haspossesses more than 1,53,000 pieces of equipment. The manufacturing capacity is 2850,000 cast steel wheels per ya yearear. Current number of employees is 435, including 40 managing people and over 20 technical people (10 of them are at senior technical level).

Since formal operation began in August, 1998, DACC DACC adopted the ABC Rail proprietary cast steel wheel manufacturing technology. of ABC Rail (US) Among other things, this includes graphite sand cake, concentrated riser feeding, directional solidification. Manufacturing process of cast steel wheels  utilizes specially designed molding module of graphite or graphite with sand liningand advanced US management tools and quality control systems. DACC has been extensively utilizing computer information systems to manage production, quality data and statistics and has set up a complete and viable quality management system.. All areas of wheel are directionally solidified at designed cooling speed to avoid casting defects that are normally happened in conventional pouring process. This process also delivers more optimized grain size and improved wheel properties. This process is the development and combination of melting, casting and metallurgical heat treatment technology. DACC passed AAR M107/208 product certification in May 1999, AAR M1003 system certification in June 1999, ISO9002:1994 quality certification in March 2000, ISO9001:2000 conversion in March 2002, ISO14001 environment management system certification in 2002, GB/T28001 occupational health safety management system certification in January 2006. Cast steel wheels produced by DACC have reached advanced level among the same industry worldwide in respective of product quality and quality assurance system. DACC attaches great importance in environment protection and safety. Waste discharge meets state’s standard.

Based on ABC cast steel wheel manufacturing technology, DACC independently designs and produces Currently DACC is capable of engineering, producing and selling cast steel wheels with diameters ranging from 750mm to 1050mm. Wheels have been developed so far include HDZ、HDZA、HDZB、HDZC、HDZD、HEZB、HEZC、HEZD、HEZE、HFZ、IR33、TZR、CJ-33、CP33、CJ-36、CH-36、CE-28. DACC has produced and sold 3 million cast steel wheels. Besides extensive use in domestic railroad, products have been exported to US, Brazil, India, Australia, South Africa and Tanzania. ,

Cast steel wheels produced by DACC have won high satisfactory and good reputation among customers. The quality of DACC cast steel wheels ranked top one in freight car parts quality check organized by MOR Transportation Bureau Equipment Department in 2003. meeting needs of 25-ton axle load and 120km/h speed. The products are characterized by consistent quality, sound wear resistance and safety reliability. DACC now has multiply types of cast steel wheels, including HDZ, HDZA, HDZB, HEZB, HDZD, HEZD, IR33, CJ-36, CH36, CK36, CE-28. Some of the products have been exported to US, India, Brazil, Australia, Tanzania and some other countries and regions.

DACC passed AAR M 107/208 and AAR M 1003 certification in 1999, ISO 9002-1994 in 2000 and succeeded in ISO9001-2000 conversion in January 2002. DACC also attaches great importance to environment protection. Discharge of all pollutants meets State’s specification and passed ISO14000 in January 2002. In January 2006, DACC obtained Occupational Health Safety Management System Certificate issued by China Safe Production Science Research Institute, which laid a sound technological and social foundation for cast steel wheels’ gradual solid position in Chinese market.

DACC satisfactorily accomplished all operational goals in recent years. Fundamental management has been reinforced continuously. Over the past ten years from 1998 to 2008, 2 million cast steel wheels were produced and sold. All wheels meet AAR M-107/M-208 and China Railway Specification TB/T1013-1999. Cast steel wheels produced by DACC has won high satisfaction and quality reputation from customers. In quality check of freight car parts organized by MOR Transportation Bureau Equipment Department in 2003, quality of DACC wheels ranked the first. None of DACC wheels has ever impacted vehicle service safety and railroad transportation because of manufacturing quality. With excellent property and quality, DACC wheels have enjoyed a good reputation among customers. With our customers’ many years of support, DACC has grown to be one of the largest freight car wheel manufacturers in China. Being a domestic new technology industrial enterprise, DACC has obtained continuing support and encouragement from local and state government. DACC was awarded “Foreign Investment Advanced Technology Enterprise” by Shanxi Province Foreign Trade Commission in November 1999, and was again given this award in April 2006 by Shanxi Province Commerce Ministry. In 2008, DACC won the “Excellence Award” in State Foreign Investment Enterprise Social Responsibility Implementing.

In addition to enforcing technological innovation and quality improvement, DACC continuously expands its operational scale. In March 2006, DACC cooperated with Zhejiang Zhenghe Company, CNR and ABC Rail China Investment to jointly invest and build Xingyang Amsted Tonghe Wheel Company. DACC provided technical support and service during the initial stage. Now Tonghe Amsted Wheel Company has reached its production goal and has become another important railroad wheel manufacturer.

DACC will continuously reinforce its company management and increase its research and development skill to build excellent wheels to suit needs of rapid railroad transportation growth and continue making contributions to railroad transportation business.

DACC warmly welcomes customers from home and abroad, and is committed to provide the best service to all customers.