FreightCar America
| FreightCar America, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | US3570231007 |
| founding | 1901 |
| Seat |
Chicago , Illinois ,
|
| management | Joseph E. McNeely (President and CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 1,662 |
| sales | 772.9 million US dollars |
| Branch | Rail vehicle construction |
| Website | www.freightcaramerica.com |
| As of December 31, 2015 | |
FreightCar America (until 2004 Johnstown America ) is an American freight car manufacturer based in Chicago . In the 2015 financial year, he delivered almost 9,000 cars. FreightCar America specializes in stainless steel or aluminum coal wagons (brands BethGon and AutoFlood ).
The company has manufacturing facilities in Roanoke, Virginia, Danville, Illinois, and Shoals, Alabama. FreightCar America has been leasing part of the Navistar plant in Shoals since 2013 , which is intended to alleviate the dependency on the coal wagons, which are in high cyclical demand , through a diversified product range .
The subsidiary FreightCar Rail Services operates repair workshops in Grand Island and Hastings (Nebraska) .
history
FreightCar America was founded in 1991 when Bethlehem Steel sold its freight car division called Johnstown America to Thomas M. Begel, the former CEO of Pullman-Standard . The eponymous plant in Johnstown (Pennsylvania) was closed in 2007.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Our Heritage ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Officers & Directors
- ↑ a b c d Form 10-K 2015
- ↑ Locations
- ↑ Bernie Delinski: Navistar, FreightCar team up at Barton plans . In: TimesDaily . February 20, 2013 ( timesdaily.com ).
- ↑ Presentation , September 2016
- ^ Johnstown America Industries, Inc. History
- ^ FreightCar America, Inc. Announces Decision to Close Johnstown Facility , December 18, 2007
