AnsaldoBreda was an Italian rolling stock manufacturer, created in 2001 when the Italian state merged all the rolling stock activities of the loss-making Ansaldo and Breda into one new company, which then became part of the state-owned Finmeccanica group. Ansaldo traced its origins to Gio. Ansaldo and C., registered in Genoa in 1853 as a maker of steam locomotives and rolling stock, and Breda to the Società Italiana Ernesto Breda founded in Milan in 1886. The merged company won a string of contracts across Europe and the United States, but Wikipedia records that, lacking adequate funding and capacity, it became known for unreliable products and long delays. Finmeccanica sold it in 2015 to Hitachi Rail of Japan, and the new owner renamed it Hitachi Rail Italy in November 2015. On 1 April 2021 the company was merged into Hitachi Rail STS.
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Founded Year Chronology
Dissolved Year Company Type
Company Type (category)Società per azioni (S.p.A.) 1 Connections
Operates In
Source Hitachi Rail Italy (Wikipedia)
Subsidiary Of
Source Hitachi Rail Italy (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Hitachi Rail Italy (Wikipedia)
History, merger and crisis
in 2001 the Italian state merged all the rolling stock activities of the then loss-making Ansaldo and Breda in a new company, AnsaldoBreda
Lead, 2015 sale
the company was sold in 2015 to Hitachi Rail of Japan
Lead, 2021 merger
As of April 1, 2021, the company was merged into Hitachi Rail STS.
Lead, legal form
Hitachi Rail Italy S.p.A. was a multinational rolling stock manufacturer
Operates In: Railroad Industry, Lead, trade
was a multinational rolling stock manufacturer
In Group: Machinery, Lead, group placement
was a multinational rolling stock manufacturer
Subsidiary Of: Leonardo S.p.A., Lead, ownership
a subsidiary of state-owned Finmeccanica
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