AnsaldoBreda
| Società per Azioni | |
| Industry | Engineering |
| Predecessor | Ansaldo Trasporti and Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Defunct | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Maurizio Manfellotto (CEO) |
| Products | Rail transport vehicles |
| Services | Maintenance |
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Number of employees
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2,400 |
| Parent |
Finmeccanica Hitachi since 2015 |
| Website | www.ansaldobreda.it |
AnsaldoBreda S.p.A. was a rail transport engineering company based in Italy. The company designed and manufactured railway and mass transit vehicles. In February 2015, Finmeccanica agreed to sell AnsaldoBreda to Hitachi. On 2 November 2015 AnsaldoBreda was sold and changed its name to Hitachi Rail Italy.
In 1853, the company Gio. Ansaldo & C. was registered in Genoa as a manufacturer of steam locomotives, rail rolling stock and steam engines. The company was supported by the Minister of Finance, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, who aimed to reduce the State of Savoy's dependence on imported trains and rolling stock.
In 1886, Ernesto Breda founded Ing. Ernesto Breda and C., the company which became Società Italiana Ernesto Breda (SIEB) in 1899.
In 1989 both Ansaldo and Breda participated in a consortium for the design and manufacturing of the ETR500 high speed train.
AnsaldoBreda was formed in 2001 by the merger of Ansaldo Trasporti and Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie, and was part of the Finmeccanica group. It has production sites at four locations in Italy: Naples, Reggio Calabria, Palermo, and Pistoia.
The company employs about 2,400 people. Salvatore Bianconi was the Chief Executive Officer of AnsaldoBreda from 2008 to 2011, when he was succeeded by Maurizio Manfellotto.
On 2 November 2015 AnsaldoBreda was sold and changed its name to Hitachi Rail Italy.
Ansaldo entered the age of the steam locomotive in 1854 with its model FS113, also known as Sampierdarena.
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