NOHAB

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NOHAB, (Nydqvist & Holm AB), Swedish manufacturing company in the town of Trollhättan.

The company was founded by Antenor Nydqvist, Johan Magnus Lidström and Carl Olof Holm in 1847 as Trollhättans Mekaniska Verkstad as a manufacturer of turbines for hydraulic power plants. In 1865 the company made its first steam locomotive and in 1912 the 1,000th locomotive steamed out of the factory.

In 1916 the company went limited and became NOHAB. Between 1921 and 1924 NOHAB manufactured 500 locomotives for Russia. Also, 20 diesel engines were built for Hungarian State Railways later, but due to the Iron Curtain, the import was stopped. These wehicles has the M61 numbers. Today, M61s aren't in use, a foundation keeps this railroad-legend alive in Hungary.

In 1930 NOHAB started manufacturing the Bristol Jupiter aircraft engine, under licence from the Bristol Aeroplane Company. A couple of years later the aircraft engine division of NOHAB and AB Svenska järnvägsverkstäderna of Linköping formed the aircraft manufacturer SAAB.

NOHAB was still a major manufacturer of turbines for power plants and well known for medium size ship engines. NOHAB also manufactured the hulls for the S-tank. The company went bankrupt in 1979.