New York Air Brake
| New York Air Brake
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| legal form | LLC |
| founding | 1890 |
| Seat |
Watertown , New York , United States
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| management | Michael J. Hawthorne |
| Number of employees | 800 |
| Branch | Rail vehicle construction |
| Website | www.nyab.com |
New York Air Brake ( NYAB ) is an American manufacturer of rail vehicle parts, in particular air brakes . The company has been a Knorr-Bremse subsidiary since 1991 .
Production sites:
- China Grove , North Carolina
- Kingston , Ontario, Canada
- Watertown , New York
- West Chicago , Illinois (Anchor Brake Shoe Company)
history
NYAB's predecessor was the Eames Vacuum Brake Company, founded in 1876 . In 1890 it was incorporated as the New York Air Brake . Until 1912 the company was in intense competition with the Westinghouse Air Brake Company . Arms production dominated the First and Second World Wars. In 1967 NYAB merged with General Signal and on January 1, 1991 Knorr-Bremse took over the company. In 1993, the company switched from control valves type Westinghouse to control valves of type DB-60th