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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. Also supplied are specialised electric rail vehicles, and equipment for the
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reached an agreement for the establishment of a rail vehicle air conditioning unit factory. In 2014, as part of a restructuring by its parent company, Vossloh Kiepe discontinued its mainline traction equipment activities
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other road and rail transport vehicles, as well as air-conditioning and heating systems, and conveyor device components. Founded in 1906, it was known as
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by merging their transportation divisions. As this created a duopoly of electric traction equipment manufacturers in
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acquired the company. In the early 2000s the company expanded into the North
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modernisation of older electrically powered mass transit vehicles. and traction equipment for
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of Belgium. In 1983, the company was acquired from ACEC by
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384:Vossloh Kiepe Main Line Technology GmbH (Germany)
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827:"Light Rail Vehicles and Tramways - References"
787:(Press release). Knorr-Bremse Group. 9 May 2017
380:As of 2009, the company had five subsidiaries:
322:In mid-2012, UK-based engineering consultancy
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1005:Electrical engineering companies of Germany
1000:Manufacturing companies based in Düsseldorf
926:. Kluwer Law International. pp. 38–9.
243:In 1906, Theodor Kiepe created an electric
920:Romano Subiotto; Robbert Snelders (2002).
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785:"Vossloh Kiepe to become Kiepe Electric"
552:"Facts & Figures - Vossloh-Kiepe.de"
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318:Vossloh Kiepe GmbH.
303:European Commission
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225:Kiepe Elektrik GmbH
209:Kiepe Electric GmbH
177:Number of employees
128:Europe, USA, Canada
114:Number of locations
102:Düsseldorf, Germany
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290:vehicles.
288:light rail
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332:Novi Sad
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239:History
198:Website
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