The late 1990s also saw an major expansion in European operations. In 1992, the company acquired Mexico's largest railway rolling-stock manufacturer, Concarril, from the Mexican government. That same year in Europe, the company established its Bombardier Eurorail division consisting of ANF, BN, BWS (the former assets of Lohner), and the English bodyshell maker Prorail, which it had purchased in 1990. The Hawker Siddeley assets included a manufacturing plant in Thunder Bay, Ontario. In addition to the core UTDC assets, Bombardier also received the rail manufacturing division of Hawker Siddeley Canada which had been purchased by Lavalin and merged into UTDC. The company was able to acquire the Urban Transportation Development Corporation (UTDC) from the Government of Ontario after its parent company Lavalin went bankrupt. ![]() 1990s: Expansion to Mexico, Germany and the UK īack home in Canada, 1991 brought a big expansion for Bombardier. In the late 1980s Bombardier Transportation gained a manufacturing presence in Europe with the acquisition of a 45% share in BN Constructions Ferroviaires et Métalliques (whose principal facility was in Bruges, Belgium) in 1986, and the acquisition of ANF Industrie (whose main plant was in Crespin, France) in 1989. With these new assets, and no desire to remain in the business of building freight locomotives or freight cars, Bombardier sold off MLW to General Electric in 1988. In 1987, Bombardier bought the assets of two major US railcar manufacturers, Budd and Pullman-Standard. With the purchase of the MLW, Bombardier acquired the LRC (Light, Rapid, Comfortable) tilting train design which it heavily marketed to both Amtrak and Canada's Via Rail, however, the program was only modestly successful with Bombardier selling about 100 LRC coaches to Via. The purchase of MLW gave Bombardier a rail focused manufacturing facility, that had an established history building locomotives, freight railcars, and passenger railcars.ġ980s: Expansion to the US and Europe The core of the transportation group was formed when Bombardier purchased the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1975. But Bombardier held onto the rolling stock business, and in 1974 secured an order from Société de transport de Montréal (STM) to build metro trains for the Montreal Metro. ![]() While Lohner built trams, Bombardier was more interested in its Rotax business, which built engines for its Ski-Doo snowmobiles. entered the rail market in 1970 when it purchased Lohner-Rotax of Austria. History 20th century 1970s: Formation and first orders Ĭanadian company Bombardier Inc. ![]() Formerly a division of Bombardier Inc., the company was acquired by French manufacturer Alstom on 29 January 2021. In February 2020, the company had 36,000 employees, and 63 manufacturing and engineering locations around the world. It produced a wide range of products including passenger rail vehicles, locomotives, bogies, propulsion and controls. Bombardier Transportation had many regional offices, production and development facilities worldwide. It was one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Bombardier Transportation was a Canadian-German rolling stock and rail transport manufacturer, headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
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