LOWA
With the abbreviation LOWA , the Association of People's Own Enterprises (VVB) , founded in 1945, for locomotive and wagon construction in the GDR was designated. It existed as VEB Kombinat Eisenbahnfahrzeugbau der GDR until German reunification in 1990.
history
Nine years after it was founded as VVB LOWA, it was renamed “VVB Rail Vehicle Construction” in 1954. Later it was converted into the GDR's nationally owned combine rail vehicle construction . All locomotive and wagon construction companies of the GDR were united in it. This included the works:
- VEB Waggonbau Ammendorf , formerly Gottfried Lindner AG
- VEB Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg , formerly Orenstein & Koppel (left the combine in 1976)
- VEB Waggonbau Bautzen , formerly Linke-Hofmann-Busch
- VEB Waggonbau Dessau , formerly Dessauer Waggonfabrik
- VEB Waggonbau Gotha , formerly Fritz Bothmann
- VEB Waggonbau Görlitz , formerly Waggon- und Maschinenbau Görlitz AG (WUMAG)
- VEB Lokomotivbau Elektrotechnische Werke Hans Beimler Hennigsdorf , formerly AEG
- VEB Waggonbau Niesky , formerly Christoph & Unmack
- VEB Waggonbau Werdau , formerly Linke-Hofmann-Busch with predecessors from Sächs. Wagon construction and wagon factory Schumann
- VEB Heavy Engineering "Heinrich Rau" Wildau
- VEB Waggonausüstungen Vetschau , now TransTec Vetschau GmbH
- VEB Federnwerk Zittau , now Federnwerk Zittau GmbH
Other VEBs belonged to the combine LEW " Hans Beimler " Hennigsdorf:
- VEB Laminate Plant (SPW), Bernau near Berlin
- VEB Galvanotechnik Leipzig (GTL), successor company of Langbein-Pfanhauser works in the GDR
- VEB industrial furnace and plant construction Güntersberge
- VEB Infrared Anlagenbau Oranienburg
- VEB Schaltgerätewerk Werder
- VEB Schaltgerätewerk Muskau
Products
A selection of the products manufactured by VEB LOWA:
Trams
- LOWA ET50 (1950–1956) - standard tram car
Omnibuses and trolleybuses
- First LOWA trolleybus put into service in Erfurt in summer 1950
- Trolleybuses standard size I and standard size II
- LOWA omnibus type W 50 from the Werdau wagon factory (from 1951)
- LOWA buses W 500, 501, H3B, H6B
- Semi-trailer omnibus
Bus production was stopped in 1955.
(Sources below)
Steam power car
- LOWA road tractor DW 65 The steam engine was built at the LOWA plant in Vetschau. Since there were problems with flying sparks, this development was not pursued further.
Steam locomotives
Diesel locomotives
- DR series V 15
- DR series V 60
- DR series V 100
- DR class V 180 (1960–1970) - largest diesel locomotive in the GDR
Electric locomotives
- DR series E 11
- DR series E 42
- DR series 243
- DR series E 251
- DR series 250
- DR series 252
- Class E04 (EU04) (1954–1958) four-axle direct current locomotive for the PKP
- Class E05 (EU20) (1954–1958) six-axle direct current locomotive for the PKP
Railcar
- DR class VT 18.16 (1963, 1965–1968) diesel-hydraulic express multiple unit
- DR class ORT 137.7 (1968) overhead line inspection railcar
- DR class 280 (1973–1974) electric S-Bahn multiple unit
Small locomotives
- LEW EL 2 - standard gauge mine locomotive
- LEW EL 3 - 900 mm mine locomotive
- LEW EL 4 - works railway locomotive
- LEW EL 16 - battery towing vehicle
Railroad car
Others
- Electron steel multi-chamber furnaces (development: Ardenne Institute )
- Copper foil for printed circuit board production in the GDR
- Electrical household appliances, garden furniture and sauna stoves ( consumer goods offensive of the 1980s )
successor
The plants of VEB Waggonbau Bautzen, VEB Waggonbau Dessau, VEB Waggonbau Görlitz, VEB Waggonbau Ammendorf, VEB Waggonbau Niesky and Vetschau were merged into Deutsche Waggonbau AG after German reunification in 1990 . This was bought by Bombardier Transportation in 1998 . VEB Lokomotivbau Elektrotechnische Werke "Hans Beimler" Hennigsdorf was taken over by AEG again. In 2005, the Niesky plant was taken over by DB vehicle maintenance . The Dessau plant was also sold. The medium-sized FTD Fahrzeugtechnik Bahnen Dessau has set up shop on this site .
The Gotha wagon factory was smashed. One part of the company was sold to the Schmitz Group and manufactures road trailers, another part of the company is Gothaer Fahrzeugtechnik, a manufacturer of lattice masts and boom extensions. Rail vehicle construction no longer takes place in Gotha, nor in Babelsberg. VEB Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg was wound up in 1992. Today there is an industrial park on its premises. In 1994 the Wildau Crankshaft GmbH was founded at the Wildau site, which was taken over by the Georgsmarienhütte company in 1997 . A new campus of the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau was built on the remaining parts of this site .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The constructive development in bus and trolleybus construction. In: Motor Vehicle Technology 4/1951, pp. 82–86.
- ^ The trolleybus development in the German Democratic Republic since 1945 in: Motor vehicle technology 3/1954, pp. 71–73
- ↑ New production of buses and coaches in the German Democratic Republic. In: Motor Vehicle Technology 3/1952, pp. 75–79.
- ^ The development of road vehicles in the GDR. In: Motor vehicle technology 9/1952, p. 266.
- ↑ What's new? In: Motor vehicle technology 11/1952, p. 331.
- ↑ The IFA travel bus W 501 in: Motor vehicle technology 7/1953, pp. 211–212
- ^ The IFA's double-decker articulated lorry bus. In: Motor Vehicle Technology 5/1953, pp. 146–148.
- ↑ Considerations on the technology of buses and coaches. In: Motor vehicle technology 1/1956, pp. 16-18.
- ↑ Critical considerations on the exchange of experience in automotive technology in Karl-Marx-Stadt. In: Motor Vehicle Technology 11/1955, pp. 378-380.
- ↑ New trolleybuses in the German Democratic Republic. In: Motor vehicle technology 9/1951, p. 210.
- ^ The LOWA road steam tractor DW 65. In: Motor vehicle technology 5/1951, pp. 108–110.
- ↑ The steam and gas turbine vehicle compared to the diesel vehicle. In: Motor vehicle technology 3/1955, pp. 74-78.