Bombardier Transportation
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| Type | Wholly owned subsidiary (of Bombardier Inc.) |
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| Industry | Rail vehicle manufacturing |
| Headquarters | Schöneberger Ufer 1, Berlin, Germany |
| Key people | André Navarri (President) |
| Products | Locomotives High-speed trains Intercity and commuter trains Trams People movers |
| Employees | 34,900 |
| Parent | Bombardier Inc. |
| Website | www.transport.bombardier.com |
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-equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its headquarters are in Berlin, Germany.
Its wide range of products includes passenger rail vehicles, locomotives, bogies, propulsion, and controls. They also provide rail control solutions[clarification needed] and build total transit systems.[clarification needed]
André Navarri is the current President of Bombardier Transportation. In January 2011 the company had 34,900 employees, 25,400 of them in Europe, and 59 manufacturing locations around the world.[1]
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[edit] History
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.[2]
The original core of the Transportation group was formed with the purchase of Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1975. With that purchase Bombardier acquired MLW's LRC (Light, Rapid, Comfortable) tilting train design which it produced in the 1980s. The group also purchased Hawker Siddeley Canada[citation needed]. MLW was later sold to General Electric in 1988. GE ended railcar operations in Canada in 1993. Bombardier Transportation continues to operate the railcar operations in Thunder Bay.[citation needed] 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[2] (with its principal site in Bruges, Belgium) in 1986, and the acquisition of ANF-Industries (with its principal site in Crespin, France, near the Belgian border) in 1989.[2] In 1990 Procor Engineering Ltd. of Horbury near Wakefield, UK; a manufacturer of bodyshells, was acquired,[2] and renamed Bombardier Prorail.[3]
In 1991 the grouping Bombardier Eurorail was formed consisting of the company's European subsidiaries; BN, ANF-Industrie, Prorail, and BWS.[4][5]
In 1995 Waggonfabrik Talbot KG in Aachen, Germany, and in 1998 Deutsche Waggonbau AG (DWA), and Ateliers de constructions mécaniques de Vevey in Vevey, Switzerland,[6] were acquired.[2] DWA encompassed the major portion of the railway equipment industry of the former East Germany ("Kombinat Schienenfahrzeugbau") with its principal sites in Bautzen and Görlitz.[citation needed]
The 2001 acquisition of the German company ADtranz from DaimlerChrysler made Bombardier Transportation become by many measurements the Western world's largest rail-equipment manufacturer.[7] The addition of ADtranz made Bombardier a manufacturer of locomotives along with its existing product lines of passenger carriages, multiple-unit trains, and trams. With the acquisition of ADtranz, Bombardier gained competence in the electrical propulsion components business.
After the Adtranz acquisition in 2001 Bombardier Transportation published its core manufacturing strategy for Europe: three sites for bogie manufacture were to be at Siegen in Germany, Derby (UK) and at the ex-ANF plant in Crespin (France). Vehicle body manufacturer was to be done at Bautzen and Gorlitz (Germany), at the former Kalmar Verkstad plant (Sweden), at the Bombardier's Derby carriage plant, and the former BN Constructions Ferroviaries et Métalliques in Bruges. For final assembly the company chose the former Waggonfabrik Talbot plant in Aachen and the former LEW Hennigsdorf (nr. Berlin) in Germant, the former Sorefame plant in Amadora, Portugal, and its plants in Derby (UK), Crespin (France), Bruge (Belgium), Kalmar (Sweden), and Pratteln, Switzerland. Additionally a number of plants would have specialised manufactuing roles, including Česká Lípa, (Czecheslovakia) and the Pafawag facility in Poland which would supply parts and welded structures, and sites in Vienna (Austria) and Bautzen (Germany) which would specialise in LRV manufacture whilst double deck trains for the German market would be manufactured in Gorlitz. Other sites had their work mandate reduced in scope, or were closed.[8][9]
In 2004 due to overcapacity in the European passenger train industry Bombardier announced a restructuring program resulting in the closure of several plants; in the UK the bogie production site at Pride Park, Derby, as well as Bombardier Prorail (Wakefield) and a maintenence facility in Doncaster were closed; in mainland Europe the plants at Pratteln, Kalmar, Amadora were to be closed,[10] as well as plants in Ammendorf and Vetschau in eastern Germany which had been labelled for closure in 2001.[8][10]
[edit] Products and services
In addition to manufacturing a wide variety of passenger rail vehicles and locomotives Bombardier Transportation provides services for commuter train providers.
- Maintenance: Bombardier Transportation has several maintenance contracts for the servicing of commuter trains. This includes fueling, storage, train washing and upkeep. One of their key clients is GO Transit, as well as OCTranspo (Ottawa O-Train).
- Train Operation: Bombardier Transportation will be the next operator for 6 of the 7 GO Transit commuter train lines starting in June 2008.
[edit] Facilities
Bombardier Transportation has production facilities or product development in:
- Americas:
- Canada : engineering facilities in Saint-Bruno, Quebec and Kingston, Ontario; manufacturing facilities in Thunder Bay, Ontario and La Pocatière[11]
- United States : manufacturing in New York State and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2]
- Mexico : Sahagun - engineering and production site.[2]
- Brazil : minor presence in São Paulo state.[2]
- Europe:
- Belgium : Passenger vehicles,[2] at former BN Constructions Ferroviaries et Métalliques plant
- Czech Republic : freight rolling stock[2]
- Denmark : Continues production of IC3 "flexiliner" passenger multiple units.[2]
- France : Public transport - mass transit, trolleybuses, metros,[2] at former ANF Industrie plant
- Germany : Major facilities for production of mass transit, regional, and high speed passenger trains. Control systems.[2] Diesel and electric locomotive manufacture. Sites include former LEW Hennigsdorf nr. Berlin, former Henschel locomotive works in Kassel, former Waggonfabrik Talbot works in Aachen, and others.
- Italy : Production site for FS Class E464 at former Tecnomasio plant in Vado Ligure
- Norway : servicing of Adtranz products NSB Class 73 and GMB Class 71 built at former Adtranz factory in Strømmen[2] (see Strømmens Værksted), also manufactures NSB Class 93[2]
- Poland : (Bombardier Transportation Polska), includes manufacturing site in Wroclaw (former Pafawag factory), Katowice, Lodz and Warsaw.[2][12]
- Sweden : Production, engineering, development[2] Also manufactures Regina EMUs.
- Switzerland : Research and design - propulsion and bogies, also manufacture of high capacity (double decker) passenger vehicles.[2] Sites include former Ateliers de Constructions Mécaniques de Vevey in Villeneuve
- United Kingdom : Derby Litchurch Lane Works - Manufacturing TurboStar, ElectroStar passenger multiple units and London Underground Stock.[2]
- Also Hungary, Austria, Spain[2]
- Asia:
- India : Movia-car manufacturing and Electrical component manufacture in Savli, Vadodara.[2]
- China : Joint ventures with native companies Bombardier Sifang-Power (Qingdao) transportation Ltd., Changchun Bombardier railway vehicles Co. Ltd., Bombardier CPC propulsion systems Ltd..[2]
- Thailand : BTS Skytrain, Bangkok
- Australia:
- Bombardier Transportation Australia Ltd - Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria.
[edit] References
- ^ "About Transportation". Bombardier Inc.. http://www.bombardier.com/en/transportation/about-transportation. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Rolling stock and manufacturers: Bombardier transportation". Japan Railway and Transport Review 12/2205
- ^ "Bombardier Prorail Limited". investing.businessweek.com. Bloomberg. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=53000589. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ^ "Geschiedenis (1855 - ....)" (in dutch)). www.abvv-bombardier.dommel.be. ABVV (General Federation of Belgian Labour. http://www.abvv-bombardier.dommel.be/#gpm1_2. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ Miville Tremblay (1994) (in french). Le sang jaune de Bombardier: la gestion de Laurent Beaudoin. PUQ. p. 56. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YlLv_UrDwgIC.
- ^ History of Bombardier (Switzerland)
- ^ Bombardier Transportation: History.
- ^ a b "Bombardier Sets Course for the Future With New European Passenger-Vehicle Manufacturing Network Strategy", www.thefreelibrary.com (Business Wire), 13 Nov 2001, http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Bombardier+Sets+Course+for+the+Future+With+New+European...-a080002260
- ^ "The Passenger-Vehicle Manufacturing Network Strategy in Europe", www2.bombardier.com (Bombardier Transportation), 13 Nov 2001, http://www2.bombardier.com/en/1_0/pdf/presentation011113.pdf
- ^ a b David Briginshaw (Jun 2004), "Bombardier addresses overcapacity", findarticles.com (Railway Age), http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_6_205/ai_n6114832/
- ^ Bombardier in Canada
- ^ "Bombardier Transportation in Poland". www.bombardier.com. Bombardier. http://www.bombardier.com/files/en/supporting_docs/BT_Poland.pdf.
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