Hitachi's $100m US railcar plant comes online equipped with dog robot

Japanese industrial group will use Maryland site as testing ground for advanced technologies

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Hitachi's new factory in Maryland will produce railcars for the Baltimore subway and other transit systems. (Photo by Azusa Kawakami)

AZUSA KAWAKAMI and KOSUKE TOSHI

WASHINGTON -- Japanese conglomerate Hitachi has officially launched full-scale operations at its new railcar plant in Hagerstown in the eastern U.S. state of Maryland, the company said on Monday.

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