LEW Hennigsdorf
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Company type | subsidiary |
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Industry | Rail transport, locomotive manufacturing |
Predecessor | acquired: August Borsig Lokomotiv-Werke, Berlin (-1931) Borsig Lokomotiv Werke GmbH (1931-1944) VEM Vereinigung Volkseigener Betriebe des Elektro-Maschinenbaus-Lokomotivbau Elektrotechnische Werke Hennigsdorf (Osthavelland) (1947-1951) |
Founded | 1910 |
Founder | AEG |
Successor | AEG Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH |
Headquarters | Hennigsdorf, Berlin , Germany |
Number of employees | 2200 (2010)[1] |
Parent | AEG (1985–1996) Adtranz (1996–2001) Bombardier Transportation (2001–2021) Alstom (2021–present) |
The rail vehicle factory in Hennigsdorf, Germany, was founded in 1910 by AEG. Locomotive production began in 1913, and in the 1930s absorbed the work of the August Borsig locomotive factory, being renamed the Borsig Lokomotiv Werke GmbH until 1944. After the Second World War the factory was nationalised in the German Democratic Republic and produced electric locomotives for home use and for export, mainly to Communist Bloc countries under the name Lokomotivbau-Elektrotechnische Werke (LEW).
After German reunification in 1990, the plant returned to AEG ownership, becoming AEG Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH, and then passed through mergers of its parent companies to Adtranz (1996), Bombardier Transportation (2001) and then Alstom (2021). Under Adtranz's ownership production of locomotives ended, and the site now manufactures diesel and electric multiple units.