elektrik gmbh type gesellschaft mit beschr nkter haftung german private limited company industry electrical engineering predecessor kiepe elektrik gmbh & co. kg 1 founded 1906 2 founder theodor kiepe headquarters d sseldorf germany 1 products electrical traction equipment for passenger and freight rail vehicles 1 hvac equipment for light rail vehicles . 3 revenue approx . 140 million p.a. 4 number of employees 450 4 parent vossloh ag website www.vossloh kiepe.com vossloh kiepe formerly kiepe elektrik is a german manufacturer of electrical traction equipment for trams trolleybuses other road and rail transport vehicles as well as air conditioning and heating systems and conveyor device components . contents 1 history 2 company structure 3 products and services 4 references history edit in 1906 theodor kiepe created an electric arc lamp repair workshop in d sseldorf over the next 40 years the company s product range grew to include electrical switches then electrical drum controllers and resistors for electric vehicles . by 1951 the product range included electro pneumatic contactors and traction motors ; in 1952 the company supplied equipment for an order of 700 trolleybuses for argentina . 2 between the 1950s and 1970s kiepe elektrik expanded with formation of subsidiaries both in austria kiepe bahn und kran electric ges.m.b.h . 1959 . 5 and elsewhere . in 1973 the company was acquired by acec of belgium . in 1983 the company was acquired from acec by alsthom then by aeg in 1993 . during this time kiepe had become a provider of electrical traction equipment for light rail vehicles . 2 in 1995 aeg formed adtranz with abb by merging their transportation divisions . as this created a duopoly of electric traction equipment manufacturers in germany the european commission ruled that the kiepe subsidiary had to be sold ; 6 in 1996 schaltbau ag acquired the company . in the early 2000s the company expanded into the north american and italian markets . 2 on 14 september 2002 vossloh ag acquired kiepe elektrik 7 and in 2003 the company was renamed vossloh kiepe gmbh . . 2 in mid 2012 uk based engineering consultancy transys projects ltd. was acquired 8 the acquisition was renamed vossloh kiepe uk in late 2012 . 9 in late 2013 the company serbian company zelvoz and the city of novi sad reached an agreement for the establishment of a rail vehicle air conditioning unit factory . 10 in 2014 as part of a parent company restructuring vosshloh kiepe stopped its mainline traction equipment activities vossloh kiepe main line technology gmbh . 11 company structure edit since 2002 the company has been part of the vossloh group as of 2009 part of the transportation division motive power & components along with vossloh locomotives kiel formerly mak and vossloh espa a formerly meinfesa . 12 the company has five subsidiaries 4 vossloh kiepe main line technology gmbh germany vossloh kiepe ges.m.b.h . austria aps electronic ag switzerland vossloh kiepe s.r.l. italy vossloh kiepe corporation canada products and services edit the company s primary business is the supply and manufacture of electric equipment for rail vehicles typically trams or lrvs light rail vehicles ; the company provides electrical traction converters auxiliary power supplies air conditioning and heating equipment . entire trams and lrvs are typically supplied in association with other manufacturers . 13 also supplied are specialised electric rail vehicles 14 and equipment for the modernisation of older electrically powered mass transit vehicles . 15 and traction equipment for trolley buses and hybrid electric buses . 16 the company often acts as a component supplier to larger integrated rail vehicle manufactures including siemens alstom and bombardier . 3 17 components for conveyor belts are also made . 18 references edit wikimedia commons has media related to vossloh kiepe . a b c vossloh kiepe gmbh . investing.businessweek.com . bloomberg . retrieved 22 january 2011 . a b c d e history vossloh kiepe yesterday and today . www.vossloh kiepe.com . vossloh kiepe . a b perfect fit . www.railwaystrategies.co.uk . railway strategies . 1 september 2010 . a b c facts & figures vossloh kiepe.de . www.vossloh kiepe.com . peter brezansky ed . kiepe 50 jahre kiepe in wien pdf www.vossloh kiepe.com in german vossloh kiepe ges.m.b.h . commission decision of 18 october 1995 on the compatibility of a concentration with the common market and with the operation of the eea agreement in a proceeding pursuant to council regulation eec no 4064 89 case no iv m. 580 abb daimler benz pdf . ec.europa.eu . 18 october 1995 . pp. 34 5 section d 139 pp. 36 section 145 . vossloh group history . www.vossloh.com . vossloh . vossloh kiepe acquires transys projects to expand into the uk market www.railwaygazette.com 6 june 2012 johnson marc 2 october 2012 transys in vossloh name change www.rail.co vossloh kiepe austria will in serbien fertigen wirtschaftsblatt.at in german 3 oct 2013 briginshaw david 27 june 2014 restructuring to plunge vossloh into red this year vossloh annual report 2009 pdf . www.vossloh.com . vossloh . p. 156 . light rail vehicles and tramways references . www.vossloh kiepe.com . special vehicles references . vossloh kiepe.com . modernisation references . vossloh kiepe.com . electric buses . vossloh kiepe.com . romano subiotto ; robbert snelders 2002 . antitrust developments in europe 2001 . kluwer law international . pp. 38 9 . industry . vossloh kiepe.com . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vossloh kiepe & oldid 736219875 categories vosslohmanufacturing companies based in d sseldorfelectrical engineering companies of germanyhidden categories cs1 german language sources de commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 26 august 2016 at 00 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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