Invensys Rail Group was a division of
Invensys, a UK-based multinational engineering company. It was a designer, manufacturer and integrator of railway equipment, including automation,
signalling
A signal is both the process and the result of transmission of data over some media accomplished by embedding some variation. Signals are important in multiple subject fields including signal processing, information theory and biology.
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and controls. The group was headquartered in
Chippenham
Chippenham is a market town in north-west Wiltshire, England. It lies north-east of Bath, Somerset, Bath, west of London and is near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town was established on a crossing of the River Avon, ...
, Wiltshire, and , had over 2,750 employees in 14 locations internationally.
It operated through four companies:
* Invensys Rail Dimetronic (Spain, Portugal and Latin America);
*
Westinghouse Rail Systems (UK); and
* Invensys Rail Systems Australia incorporating Westinghouse Signals Australia and Foxboro Transportation, now known collectively as WRSA (Westinghouse Rail Systems Australia).
Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd (WRSL) (UK) was previously known as Westinghouse Signals Ltd and before that was part of
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company
The Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company Ltd was a British manufacturer of rail transport, railroad signs. Founded by George Westinghouse, it was registered as "Westinghouse Brake Company" in 1881. The company reorganised in 1920, associating with ...
, named after inventor
George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was a prolific American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneurial industrialist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his creation of the railway air brake and for bei ...
.
The other part of Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company, Westinghouse Brakes Ltd, was sold by Invensys to
Knorr-Bremse
Knorr-Bremse AG is a German manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles that has operated since 1905. Other products in the company's portfolio include intelligent door systems, control components, air conditioning system ...
,
[ Invensys investor relations news release, 25 April 2000 ]
Invensys Sells Westinghouse Brakes to Knorr-Bremse
'. Retrieved from the Internet Archive
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on 30 March 2008. and has since left the Chippenham site to set up in the nearby town of
Melksham
Melksham () is a town and civil parish on the Bristol Avon, River Avon in Wiltshire, England, about northeast of Trowbridge and south of Chippenham. The parish population was 18,113 at the 2021 census.
History
Early history
Excavations in ...
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On 28 November 2012, Invensys agreed to sell its rail arm to
Siemens
Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational technology conglomerate. It is focused on industrial automation, building automation, rail transport and health technology. Siemens is the largest engineering company in Europe, and holds the positi ...
AG for £1.7bn. The sale was completed on 2 May 2013, and the group was amalgamated with the Siemens’ Rail Automation Business Unit in the
Mobility and Logistics Division, which in turn a part of
Infrastructure & Cities sector of Siemens.
[Railwail gazette](_blank)
Sale of Invensys rail to Siemens AG.
References
External links
*
''Rail lines: Tracking developments in rail systems''– group blog
*http://www.railpage.com.au/news-11770.htm
*http://www.news.com.au/business/breaking-news/siemens-buys-invensys-rail-automation-arm/story-e6frfkur-1226526269654
Reuters*http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/siemens-agrees-to-buy-invensys-rail.html
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