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Compagnie Électro-Mécanique

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Compagnie Electro-Mecanique
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRail transport
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Defunct1983
SuccessorAlstom
HeadquartersLyon, France
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsLocomotives
High-speed trains
Intercity and commuter trains
Trams
People movers
Signalling systems

Compagnie Électro-Mécanique (CEM) was a French electrical engineering manufacturer based in Paris, Le Havre, Lyon, Le Bourget, Nancy, Dijon. It was a subsidiary company of Brown, Boveri & Cie.

Production

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The company produced DC motors, AC motors, generators, turbines, transformers and railway locomotives. Examples of railway locomotives included SNCF Class C 61000 and SNCF Class CC 65500.

Acquisition by Alsthom

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It was acquired by Alsthom in 1983.

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