Since China’s first diesel locomotive operated, CRM had been responsible for supplying railway oil, and thus developed a comprehensive system providing supply service following relevant policy of railway oil using. As the sole agency for railway diesel procurement, CRM provides whole-process services including procurement, warehousing, delivery and refueling to 18 railway bureaus and about 300 refueling stations in ChinaAs the sole agency for railway diesel procurement, CRM provides whole-process services including procurement, warehousing, delivery and refueling to 18 railway bureaus and about 300 refueling stations in China, and develops a “four-point” system integrating service network system, resource guarantee system, professional team system and informatization support system.
CRM is the only biggest supplier for the track maintenance and rails for infrastructure with an annual supply of over 2 million tons, providing integrated service for the full life of rails, including procurement, production coordination, quality control, transportation and organization, welding and processing, maintenance of rails required in national railway maintenance and railway construction, as well as rails required by urban rail transit and overseas customers. With 124 thousand-kilometer railways, 22 thousand-kilometer high-speed railways in domestic market and the help of “going-out” strategy of railways, CRM has already been the largest as well as the most professional enterprise offering integrated service of rails in China and around the world.
As the supplier of Class-A components for locomotives in China, CRM procures and supplies components for producing, refurbishing and maintaining locomotives and automotive materials. We are the sole supplier of imported bearings for production and maintenance of passenger carriages, the sole supplier of H beam for trucks, and the main supplier to manufacturing factories producing planes, passenger carriages, trucks and high-speed trains. CRM, with abundant product resources, client base and resource plants, is also an important partner for railway bureau at all levels. Our products include key components in running gear such as wheel sets, axles, bearings, couplers, buffers and braking devices and materials for manufacturing cars such as H beam, Z-shaped steel, bamboo floor and glasses on high-speed train. The products we supply involve the following areas: high-power electric locomotives, speed-lifting passenger cars at 140-160 kilometers per hour, high-speed trains at a speed of 250 kilometers per hour and above, main-type freight cars of 70 and 80 DWT, urban rail, subway, trains and so on. In addition to our domestic sales, we also export rail vehicles and key components to overseas markets, such as the United States, Brazil, Mongolia and Sierra Leone.
CRM is the largest agency in respect of Goods and Materials Supplied by Railway Construction Project Companies (i.e., Party A) and Controlled by the MOR in China and one of the largest suppliers of railway construction materials, providing comprehensive solutions of materials supply and management for large and medium railway construction projects in China for a long time.
As for industrial business, CRM focuses on research and development of railway-related products and maintains an important position in the market. We have expanded the range of our industrial products to high-end products, such as high-speed spring bar fastener, rail welding, metro segment. In addition, CRM, through encouraging innovation and optimizing the allocation of resources, provides railway construction materials and sleepers in bulk to major projects in China, including Hefei-Fuzhou High-speed railway, Shangqiu-Hangzhou High-speed Railway, Hefei-Anqing High-speed Railway and Inner Mongolia-Jiangxi Railway.
China Railway Materials Group Corporation (hereinafter called “CRM”) has a series of qualifications, including first-class qualification of main contractor for building constructions, and it also has a state-level enterprise technological center. The annual output of cement pipe and aerated concrete of CRM is 700 kilometers and 550 thousand cubic meters respectively, and it is capable of exploring and processing limestone of 1.1 million tons.
The productions and production bases of CRM spread all over China, which can satisfy the needs of large projects including municipal and hydraulic engineering initiated by both national and local governments. CRM’s concrete product company is a comprehensive one, integrating research and development, design, production and transportation. In addition, CRM has received several technological awards from State Council, building materials industry and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
China Railway implements the national circular economy development strategy. Aiming at the huge scrap market of railway, China Railway General Resources Technology Co., Ltd. is established to specialize in the recycling and centralized disposal of railway scrap materials. The company focuses on the deep processing, remanufacturing and big data management of railway scrap materials. Based on the national railway supply chain service network of China Railway, through professional technology and innovation mode, the company strengthens the development and efficiency of scrap materials, builds "one network platform, one R & D center and several industrial bases" nationwide, providing intensive and professional services for the whole railway scrap materials To build the industrial chain of railway circular economy.
Logistics service is a key component of our supply chain integrated services. We have established a national logistics network centered on transportation hubs. Currently, we own 29 logistics bases located in 22 principal cities in China, comprising warehouses with a total area of 590,000 square meters, stock ground with a total area of 2.09 million square meters and 89 special railway lines (with an overall length of approximately 75 kilometers). We also have over 270 logistics operation sites and over 300 units of lifting equipment with an aggregate handling capacity of 50 million tones. CRM can build departure point inside clients’ plant area and provide basic logistics service such as warehousing, transportation at the request of our clients.
CRM is among the earlier Chinese enterprises to “go out”. Since 1980s, we purchased materials for railway transportation, production and construction, such as railway tracks, diesel, wheels, electromechanical devices, automotive parts, steel, cement and wood, and cooperated with financial organizations such as World Bank and Asian Development Bank to invite bids for railway materials. At the moment, CRM has established 8 overseas subsidiaries in Hong Kong, the United States, Australia, Sierra Leone and Laos, whose business includes integrated service of railway materials, import and export of automotive parts, equipment leasing, bulk commodity trade and logistics, covering about 20 countries and regions. Meanwhile, we have successfully operated several EPC projects, and the amount of the nonferrous metal, copper exportation, ranks the top three in China, and we have built partnership with many famous enterprises, such as ANSTEEL, Baogang Group, MITSUI & CO., LTD, Voestalpine, LORAM, VALE, BHP, FMG and Royhill. To seize the opportunities brought by the “Belt and Road” initiative, all CRM business sectors have been working together to expand overseas market, and they have got dozens of orders from Laos, Malaysia, Bengal, Iran and other markets along the “Belt and Road” route. For the next decade, we will grab the opportunities brought by Made in China 2025, cooperation of BRICs, constantly innovate to build an international productive service group and better support social and economic development.
We provide leasing services through China Railway Leasing Co., Ltd., a joint venture company we established with ORIX Corporation and Teamwell International Trading Limited. China Railway Leasing Co., Ltd., focusing on railway operation, construction, equipment production and urban rail transit market, is a professional leasing company offering service to railway system equipment, especially mobile equipment like locomotives. It provides financial leasing and operating leasing services in respect of railway equipment including locomotives, large construction equipment, large track maintenance machinery for rail transit operators, major industrial and mining enterprises, railway construction contractors, companies providing railway maintenance services.
