German wagon construction
| Deutsche Waggonbau AG
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1990 |
| resolution | 1998 |
| Reason for dissolution | Sale to Bombardier Transportation and transfer of operations |
| Seat | Berlin , Germany |
| Branch | Rail vehicle manufacturer |
| Website | www.bombardier.com |
The German railroad cars AG (DWA) was a rolling stock manufacturer in Germany , the multi-site rail car operation. It emerged in 1990 from the GDR's rail vehicle construction combine and was sold to Bombardier Transportation in 1998 .
history
The company emerged as a result of German unification from parts of the "GDR Rail Vehicle Construction " combine , in which the GDR's state- owned rail vehicle manufacturers were combined. These in turn emerged from the wagon construction companies nationalized in the Soviet Zone in 1949 . With the spin-off of various companies after the fall of the Wall , including above all VEB Lokomotivbau Elektrotechnische Werke "Hans Beimler" (LEW) in Hennigsdorf near Berlin and its affiliated companies, the Treuhandanstalt took over the remaining wagon construction companies in the GDR in 1990, including factories in Bautzen ( wagon construction Bautzen ), Dessau ( Waggonbau Dessau ), Görlitz ( Waggonbau Görlitz ), Halle-Ammendorf ( Gottfried Lindner AG ), Niesky ( Christoph & Unmack ), Vetschau and Berlin together to form the DWA. In 1995 the Dessau plant was spun off after DWA was sold to the private equity investor Advent International . In 1998 the DWA was sold on by this company to the Canadian Bombardier Transportation.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry about Bombardier in Werkbahn.de
- ^ Werkbahn.de - section DWA
- ↑ Railway magazine 02/95, page 6, Alba-Verlag, Dusseldorf
- ^ History of Bombardier in Germany. Archived from the original on June 13, 2016 ; accessed on April 10, 2020 .