Amsted Industries is a diversified manufacturer of industrial components serving primarily the railroad, vehicular, and construction and building markets. Its predecessor firm, American Steel Foundries, was founded over 100 years ago in Chicago, United States with the consolidation of 8 US steel companies, the oldest of which began operating as early as 1882. In 1962, American Steel Foundries changed its name to Amsted Industries. Today, Amsted Industries has operations in 47 facilities in 11 countries across North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. In China, Amsted Industries is represented by Amsted China and 5 separate businesses_58_ Amsted Rail, Baltimore Aircoil(BAC), Burgess-Norton, ConMet and Diamond Chain in 9 different Chinese cities. Amsted Industries’ world-wide headquarter is in Chicago, United States and Amsted China’s Corporate Office is based in Shanghai, China.安施德工业集团是一个多元化的工业部件制造型企业，主要服务于铁路、车辆、建设和建筑市场。它的前身是芝加哥有100多年历史的美国钢铁铸造厂，美国钢铁铸造厂由8家美国钢铁公司联合成立，其中早的钢铁公司成立于1882年。在1962，美国钢铁铸造厂将公司名称改为安施德工业集团。目前，安施德在北美、南美、欧洲、非洲和亚洲共计11个国家建立了47家工厂，在中国，安施德工业集团在9个不同的城市设立了包括安施德中国总部和涉及5个不同业务领域的多家公司，5个业务单位是Rail(安捷达铁路)、BAC（巴尔的摩）、BN（贝恩）、BNWH（贝晖）、ConMet(康迈)和Diamond Chain(岱盟德)。安施德工业集团的全球总部设在美国芝加哥，安施德工业集团在中国的总部设在上海。