Electroputere VFU
Romanian company
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Electroputere VFU (former Remar S.A.) is an industrial engineering and manufacturing company based in Pașcani, Iași County, Romania. The company is a leader in the Romanian spare parts segment.
Company type | Public: (BVB: RMAR) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Rail |
| Founded | 1869 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Rolling stock repair and construction |
Number of employees | 980[1] |
| Parent | Grup Feroviar Român |
| Website | www.electroputerevfu.ro |
History
Founded in 1869, as Atelierele C.F.R. (C.F.R. Works) Pașcani, and later renamed Remar - „REparatii MAterial Rulant” (Rolling Stock Repairing), the company specialized in new construction, reconstruction, modernization and repairing of railway vehicles and spare parts manufacturing for rolling stock and related industries.[2]
In 2004, after the privatization process, Remar Pașcani became part of Grup Feroviar Român.[2] In 2013, the name was changed to Electroputere VFU.
Products
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Electroputere VFU's concept of R&R („Redesign and Reconstruct”) was applied on more than 10 different projects for Diesel Multiple Units, passenger coaches (single or double deck, single unit or multiple units), trams and freight wagons.[1] Recent contracts include:
- R&R on 30 GT4 trams (as GT4MT Armonia) for STP Timișoara (together with Astra Vagoane Arad)[3]
- R8 type repairing on 57 Desiro DMUs for CFR Călători[4]
- Ganz-MÁVAG D1M DMUs modernization and reconstruction program for Moldovan Railways
- Special platform wagon for a road crane transport (Gabon)[5]
- Modernization and reconstruction of 20 passenger coaches for Setrag (Trans-Gabon Railway)[3]
- Modernization of 115 passenger coaches for CFR Călători[6]
