Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

Exporter
1001 Air Brake Ave., Wilmerding, PA 15148-1036, United States
(412)825-1000, (412)825-1091 fax, http://www.wabtec.com

Primary SIC: Railroad Equipment, Primary NAICS: Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing
Description: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, doing business as Wabtec Corporation, is a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania. Westinghouse Air Brake Company was formed in 1990 when it acquired certain assets and operations from American Standard, Inc., now known as Trane. In 1999, Westinghouse Air Brake Company merged with MotivePower Industries, Inc. and adopted the name Wabtec. Wabtec is a provider of value-added, technology-based equipment and services for the global rail industry. The company's highly-engineered products, which are intended to enhance safety, improve productivity and reduce maintenance costs for customers, can be found on virtually all U.S. locomotives, freight cars, subway cars and buses. Wabtec has two principal business segments: the freight group and the transit group. The freight group primarily manufactures and services components for new and existing freight cars and locomotives, builds new switcher locomotives and rebuilds freight locomotives. Customers include large, publicly-traded railroads, leasing companies and manufacturers of locomotives and freight cars. The transit group primarily manufactures and services components for new and existing subway cars and buses, builds new commuter locomotives and refurbishes subway cars. Customers include public transit authorities and municipalities, leasing companies and manufacturers of subway cars and buses. Customers outside of the U.S. accounted for approximately 41% of Wabtec's sales in 2008. More

Manufacturing: Railroad braking equipment.