Nippon Sharyo announced that it will lay off 50 employees on Feb. 5, 2016. The company announced that layoffs reflect a temporary reduction in the final assembly shop and a four-week shutdown of its welding facilities.
Nippon Sharyo has implemented a policy outlining employees eligibility to be recalled to work.
NIPPON SHARYO,LTD. is a Japan-based company mainly provides railway vehicles, transportation equipment and steel structures, construction machinery, engineering, and other manufacturing, construction, sales and incidental services. The Company operates through four business segments. The Railway Vehicle segment manufactures and sells railway vehicles such as electric trains and railcars. The Transportation Equipment and Steel Structure segment manufactures and sells transportation equipment such as wagons, tank trucks and large land vehicles, and manufactures, installs and sells road bridges and railway bridges. The Construction Machinery segment manufactures and sells pile driving machines, portable diesel generators, emergency power generators and others. The Engineering segment manufactures and sells vehicle inspection equipment, farming plants, and paper-related equipment. The Company also manufactures and sells laser processing machines, railway goods, and rents real estate.
NIPPON SHARYO, LTD. 
