International Railway Systems

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International Railway Systems
Type	Private
Founded	2002
Headquarters	Luxembourg
Industry	Rail transport
Products	Railway freight cars
Revenue	US$750 million (2007)
Employees	13.000 (2006)
Website	http://www.irsgroup.eu/index.php

International Railway Systems is a Romanian rail company based in Luxembourg and it is the largest European freight railroad car producer with a production capacity exceeding 7.000 units per year.
In 2006 IRS bought the European assets of Trinity Industries Inc, the largest freight wagon manufacturer in the United States.
The assets acquired include Astra Vagoane (based in Arad, Romania) and TVS Metals (based in Studenka, Czech Republic) as well as operations in Switzerland, Slovakia and the UK for around US$30 million. The company also acquired 49 % of the Serbian rail holding MIN-Mašinska Industrija Niš (Mechanical Industry Niš), the largest manufacturer of wagons and locomotives in the country.

Contents 1 Companies in group 2 Locomotives 2.1 MIN Locomotiva 3 Railcars 3.1 MEVA Drobeta Turnu Severin 3.2 ROMVAG Caracal 3.3 Astra Vagoane Arad 3.4 MIN Vagonka 4 Transport services 4.1 Servtrans 5 Shipyard services 5.1 Severnav 6 Maintenance & Designing 6.1 TVS Metals 6.2 ICPV Arad 6.3 Rail Project 7 Financial institutions 7.1 IRS Leasing 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Companies in group

[edit] Locomotives

[edit] MIN Locomotiva

• established in 1884 in Niš, Serbia
• 2,000 employees

[edit] Railcars

[edit] MEVA Drobeta Turnu Severin

• established in 1882 in Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania
• production capacity of more than 2,000 freight railcars per year
• 1.200 employees

[edit] ROMVAG Caracal

• established in 1973 in Caracal, Romania
• 1.500 employees
• production capacity of more than 2.000 freight railcars per year

[edit] Astra Vagoane Arad

• established in 1891 in Arad, Romania
• 2.700 employees
• production capacity of more than 2.000 freight railcars per year

[edit] MIN Vagonka

• established in 1884 in Niš, Serbia
• 2,000 employees

[edit] Transport services

[edit] Servtrans

• established in 2002 in Arad
• 600 employees
• 60 locomotives
  • 5,100 kW and 3,400 kW electric locomotives
  • 2,100 HP, 1,300 HP and 1,250 HP capacity diesel electric locomotives
  • 1,250 HP hydraulic diesel locomotives
• 2,500 wagons

[edit] Shipyard services

[edit] Severnav

• established in 1852 in Drobeta Turnu Severin
• 2.000 employees
• building and repairing inland and sea-going ships up to 10.000 dwt

[edit] Maintenance & Designing

[edit] TVS Metals

[edit] ICPV Arad

[edit] Rail Project

[edit] Financial institutions

[edit] IRS Leasing

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Company profile (bizwords.ro)
• International Railway Systems Expects 400 Mln Eur Turnover (bursa.ro)
• IRS acquires 49 % of Serbian company Mašinska Industrija Niš from Friulexport