Kiepe
| Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (German private limited Company) | |
| Industry | Electrical engineering |
| Predecessor | Kiepe Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG |
| Founded | 1906 |
| Founder | Theodor Kiepe |
| Headquarters | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Products | Electrical traction equipment for passenger and freight rail vehicles HVAC equipment for light rail vehicles. |
| Revenue | Approx. €140 million p.a. |
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Number of employees
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450 |
| Parent | Vossloh AG |
| Website | www.vossloh-kiepe.com |
Vossloh Kiepe (formerly Kiepe Elektrik) was a German manufacturer of electrical traction equipment for trams, trolleybuses other road and rail transport vehicles, as well as air-conditioning and heating systems, and conveyor device components.
The business was sold to Knorr-Bremse in 2016.
In 1906 Theodor Kiepe created an electric arc lamp repair workshop in Düsseldorf, over the next 40 years the company's product range grew to include electrical switches, then electrical drum controllers and resistors for electric vehicles. By 1951 the product range included electro-pneumatic contactors, and traction motors; in 1952 the company supplied equipment for an order of 700 trolleybuses for Argentina.
Between the 1950s and 1970s Kiepe Elektrik expanded, with formation of subsidiaries both in Austria (Kiepe Bahn und Kran Electric Ges.m.b.H., 1959.), and elsewhere. In 1973 the company was acquired by ACEC of Belgium. In 1983 the company was acquired from ACEC by Alstom, then by AEG in 1993. During this time Kiepe had become a provider of electrical traction equipment for light rail vehicles.
In 1995 AEG formed Adtranz with ABB by merging their transportation divisions. As this created a duopoly of electric traction equipment manufacturers in Germany, the European Commission ruled that the Kiepe subsidiary had to be sold; in 1996 Schaltbau AG acquired the company. In the early 2000s the company expanded into the North American and Italian markets.
On 14 September 2002 Vossloh AG acquired Kiepe Elektrik, and in 2003 the company was renamed Vossloh Kiepe GmbH..
In mid-2012 UK based engineering consultancy Transys Projects Ltd. was acquired, the acquisition was renamed Vossloh Kiepe UK in late 2012.
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