| | Call Details | American Railcar Industries Inc Earnings Conference Call (Q1 2008) Thu,
May 8, 2008, 10:00 am Eastern
| | About American Railcar Industries Inc
(NasdaqGS:ARII) |
| | American Railcar Industries, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of hopper and tank railcars in North America. It operates in two segments, Manufacturing and Railcar Services. The Manufacturing segment offers railcars, hopper railcars, and tank railcars. Its covered hopper railcars include grain railcars that carry shipments of grain to animal feedstock processing plants, grain mills, and ethanol facilities, which serve the food markets, starch markets, and energy markets; cement railcars; plastic pellet railcars that are used to transport, load, and unload plastic pellets under precise specifications to preserve the purity of the load; and pressureaide railcar, which handle products, such as clays, industrial, and food grade starches and flours. This segment also offers tank railcars that handle various commodities, including petroleum products, ethanol, asphalt, vegetable oil, corn syrup, and other food products, as well as other railcar types, including intermodal and coal railcars. In addition, it designs and manufactures custom and standard railcar components comprising valves and discharge outlets, manway covers, and valve body castings; outlet components and running boards; hitches; and aluminum and special alloy steel castings. The Railcar Services segment provides railcar repair and refurbishment, and railcar fleet management services primarily to leasing companies and shippers. Its repair and refurbishment services include light and heavy railcar repairs, exterior painting, interior lining application and cleaning, tank and safety valve testing, railcar inspections, wheel replacement, and conversion or reassignment of railcars from one purpose to another; and fleet management services comprise mileage accounting, rolling stock taxes, regulatory compliance, engineering services, field engineering services, online service access, and maintenance planning. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in St. Charles, Missouri. |
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