Bombardier Transportation Mannheim Plant
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| Wholly owned subsidiary (of Bombardier Inc.) | |
| Industry | Rail vehicle manufacturing |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Headquarters | Montréal, Canada, St Pancras International, London |
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Key people
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Laurent Troger (President) |
| Products |
Locomotives High-speed trains Intercity and commuter trains Trams People movers Signalling systems |
| Revenue |
US$8.8 Billion (2013); US$9.6 Billion (2014) |
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Number of employees
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34,900 |
| Parent | Bombardier Inc. |
| Website | Bombardier.com/en/transportation |
US$8.8 Billion (2013);
Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Canadian firm Bombardier Inc. Bombardier Transportation is one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. The division is headquartered in Berlin, Germany and has many regional offices, production and development facilities worldwide.
Bombardier Transportation produces a wide range of products including passenger rail vehicles, locomotives, bogies, propulsion and controls.
Laurent Troger is the president and chief operating officer of Bombardier Transportation. In January 2011, the company had 34,900 employees, 25,400 of them in Europe, and 60 manufacturing locations around the world.
Bombardier Transportation's first order for mass transit rolling stock was in 1974 for the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) (Montreal transport authority) to build metro trains for the Montreal Metro.
The core of the Transportation group was formed with the purchase of Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1975.
With the 1975 purchase, Bombardier acquired MLW's LRC (Light, Rapid, Comfortable) tilting train design which it produced in the 1980s. In 1987, Bombardier bought the assets of US railcar manufacturers Budd and Pullman-Standard.
In the late 1980s Bombardier Transportation gained a manufacturing presence in Europe with the acquisition of a 45% share in BN Constructions Ferroviaires et Métalliques (whose principal site was in Brugge (Bruges), Belgium) in 1986, and the acquisition of ANF-Industries (whose principal site was in Crespin, France, near the Belgian border) in 1989.
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