Nishitetsu Auto Body Tech Co., Ltd.

Nishitetsu Auto Body Tech Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company headquartered in Kiyama, Miyaki District, Saga Prefecture, with an Ogura factory in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, and a Tokyo office. It was founded in January 1956 as Shin-Nihon Kidou Kogyo Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Nishitetsu Auto Body Tech Co., Ltd. in January 2016. Its shareholder is Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd., and its business covers vehicle modification, new bus modification, used bus renewal, bus body repair, used vehicle sales, and bus parts sales. It operates under the Nishitetsu Group corporate message "まちに、夢を描こう。"

The company was established in January 1956 as Shin-Nihon Kidou Kogyo Co., Ltd. in Itabitsu-cho, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. From the beginning it manufactured and repaired various automobile bodies. In 1962 it changed its trade name to Kyoei Shatai Kogyo Co., Ltd., and the following year relocated together with Nishi-Nippon Shatai Kogyo Co., Ltd. to Nishiminato-cho, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu. In 1972 it became a subsidiary of Nishi-Nippon Shatai Kogyo Co., Ltd., performing bus body repair and parts manufacturing. After Nishi-Nippon Shatai Kogyo Co., Ltd. was dissolved in October 2010, it became a subsidiary of Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. in March 2011. In April 2011 it relocated its head office to its current location in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, and fully entered the vehicle modification business. In January 2016 it changed its trade name to Nishitetsu Auto Body Tech Co., Ltd. In March 2019 the Ogura factory's harness manufacturing group obtained ISO9001/2015 certification, and in March 2021 the harness manufacturing business ended. The company states that it will leverage the technology and knowledge accumulated by three companies to realize customer needs.

A Nishitetsu Group engineering company contributing to community-building and memory-making through vehicle manufacturing, with technology in vehicle modification, repair, and parts manufacturing.

• Vehicle modification

• New bus modification

• Used bus renewal

• Bus body repair

• Used vehicle sales

• Bus parts sales

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