Where is American Railcar Industries  Corporate office Headquarters

American Railcar industries is a manufacturer and maintainer of hopper and tanker railcars. The headquarters of the company is located in Saint Charles, Missouri. It was founded in 1994 by ACF industries. ACF is American Car and Foundry. It manufactured railroad rolling stocks.

At its initial stages the company manufactured components of railcars. It also provided repairing, painting and fleet management services. Later, in 1999 the company started to manufacture both hopper and tanker cars.

In 2004 it formed American Railcar Leasing. Being its subsidiary ARL leases railcars to the tank markets and hoppers. The company leases tank cars to transport vegetable oil, LPG, petroleum products, asphalt, chemicals, etc. They are also used for transporting plastic pellets, flour, sugar, minerals and grains. In 2014 the company owned 25, 000 tank and covered hopper cars.

In 2017, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation acquired American Railcar Leasing. Later, in 2018 the complete business was purchased by ITE management.