Wabtec
Wabtec Corporation ( Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation) is an American company that was born from the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company and Motive Power Industries in November 1999. The company is based Wilmerding (Pennsylvania). In more than 40 factories around 6,000 people are employed worldwide.
Wabtec is a manufacturer of locomotives for the U.S. market, air brakes and other components for rail vehicles of all kinds Among other things, electronic Zugkontrollsysteme be developed and offered. In addition, the company operates in the field of entertainment, overhaul and refurbishment of locomotives.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
The original Westinghouse Air Brake Company was founded in 1869 by George Westinghouse to build the he developed automatic air brake and marketable. 1990, the rail vehicle sector ( Railway Products Group ) triggered by management buy -out from the now to American Standard Companies belonging to the Group. Under the old name Westinghouse Air Brake Company, a new company that also the trademark " WABCO " holds in the rail vehicle sector was established. 1995, this company went public.
Motive Power Industries
The story of Motive Power Industries dates back to the 1970s, when the Group Morrison - Knudsen began to work up locomotives and remotorisieren. For this purpose, was opened in Boise ( Idaho) a corresponding plant. 1980 saw the purchase of the former Erie Lackawanna General Electric Railroad repair shop in Hornell (New York). Nine years later they opened a further operation part in Mountaintop (Pennsylvania). At the same time, the company acquired some supply companies in the rail sector to expand its own product range and to take on technology. 1993 affiliated to the rail sector from an independent subsidiary under the name " Morrison Knudson Rail Corporation " (MK Rail). In April 1994, they took 35 % of the company on the stock market. In 1995, the parent company went bankrupt. Subsequently, the remaining shares of MK Rail to the creditor banks were transferred in October 1996. On January 1, 1997, the company in " Motive Power Industries" was called then. The Lokwerkstatt in Boise became the subsidiary " Boise Locomotive Company " and the engine department was to " Engine Systems Company".