Pafawag (Państwowa Fabryka Wagonów; ) is a Polish locomotive manufacturer based in Wrocław. The company became part of Adtranz in 1997 as Adtranz Pafawag, and in 2001 part of Bombardier Transportation.
History The factory opened in 1833 as Linke-Hofmann-Werke, Breslau, and became one of the major production centres for rolling stock in Europe.
By the end of the Second World War most of the factory had been destroyed, and after the war the city of Breslau became part of Poland.
In 1953 the company was renamed Pafawag.
In 1953 the company produced the EP-02, the first Polish electric locomotive manufactured after World War II.
In the late 1980s to mid 1990s the company experienced increasing economic problems due to lack of orders causing loss of production and lower employment.
In 1997 ABB DaimlerBenz Transportation (ADtranz) acquired a majority share in the company.* The Adtranz group (DaimlerChrysler Rail Systems after 1999) was bought by Bombardier Transportation in 2001; the Wroclaw plant was merged with another Bombardier owned plant based in Łódź to form Bombardier Transportation Polska Sp. z o.o. The plant manufactures the bodyshells of Bombardier locomotives as well as other sub-components for the Bombardier Transportation group.
In 2015 Bombardier contracted Panattoni Europe to construct an additional manufacturing hall, initially to be used for the construction of Deutsche Bahn's ICx trains.
Products
The main products: locomotives bodies frames running gear for locomotives
Pafawag was the producer of first Polish modern "fast locomotive" EP09.
Pafawag types
TypePKP typeYearsProduced1EEP021953–195682E–1954–195691B/2BEW531954–1956203EET211957–19716583AwBxhpi1958-19606003B/4BEW551958–1962725B/6BEN571962–19941429EU07EU071965–1977240101NEN941969–197240201EET221969–19891184102EEP081972–197615201EaEP23197313WEEW581974–1980285Bg/6BgEN71197620104EEP091986–1997476WEEW60199025Bs/6BsED721993–199621112EEU431996–199828
Adtranz-Pafawag types PKP typeYearsProducedED7319971EU111998-200242
See also Linke-Hofmann
References
External links
History of Linke-Hofmann-Werke (in German)