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 and controls. The group was headquartered in
Chippenham
Chippenham is a market town in northwest Wiltshire, England. It lies northeast of Bath, west of London, and is near the Cotswolds Area of Natural Beauty. The town was established on a crossing of the River Avon and some form of settlement is ...
, 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
Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd (formerly ''Westinghouse Signals Ltd'') was a British supplier of railway signalling and control equipment to the rail industry worldwide. Its head office was in Chippenham, Wiltshire, where it manufactured a varie ...
(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 railroad signs. Founded by George Westinghouse, it was registered as "Westinghouse Brake Company" in 1881. The company reorganised in 1920, associating with Evans O'Donne ...
, named after inventor
George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer based in Pennsylvania who created the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry, receiving his first patent at the age o ...
.
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 in the field for over 110 years. Other products in Group's portfolio include intelligent door systems, control components, air ...
,
[ Invensys investor relations news release, 25 April 2000 ]
Invensys Sells Westinghouse Brakes to Knorr-Bremse
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