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As a case study, the preservation and utilization of industrial heritage in J-TREC (formerly known as Tokyu Car Corporation, or TCC) is discussed herewith. TCC has started preserving their own products by an in-house preservation system established in 2008, which was their 60th anniversary. The first stainless steel railcars preserved in J-TREC Yokohama Plant were certified as JSME Mechanical Engineering Heritage No.51 in 2012. The utilizing policy of the industrial heritage is to improve brand value, to use real products in engineering education, and to motivate company staff. It was evaluated that the results of preservation and utilization surpassed expectation. It has had a positivew qualitative evaluation from a technical viewpoint but expediting of activity from a financial aspect is required.
