Visit to the company Cad Railway Industries, Inc. (July 27, 2022)
On Wednesday, July 27, Consul General Jun SAITO visited Cad Railway Industries, Inc. where he met and exchanged with President and CEO Fausto Levy, and visited the railway vehicle maintenance site with Senior Manager Osayasu Sano from Sojitz Corporation and of Vice President Operations Benoit Leclerc. Cad Railway Industries is the largest MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) company for rail vehicles in Canada, and the company became a subsidiary of Sojitz Corporation of Japan in 2020. Compared to other ground transportation systems, vehicles traveling by rail emit less CO2 per unit of transport volume and are also more environmentally friendly. As such, the company plans to expand its MRO activities for rail transportation not only in Canada, but throughout North America in the future.