Harsco Receives Japan and North America Railway Equipment Orders Totaling $13 Million

Worldwide industrial solutions company Harsco Corporation HSC announced today new orders for railway track maintenance equipment totaling more than $13 million from customers in Japan and North America. The Japan order calls for Harsco's 20-stone rail grinder configuration, a self-propelled track maintenance unit that will be used to maintain rail surfaces and rail-to-wheel contours on the high-volume Shinzai and Shinkansen lines operated by the East Japan Railway Company, JR East. Delivery of the unit is scheduled for the second half of 2012.