ANF Industrie

Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France
ANF Industrie
Industry Rail vehicles
Founded 1882
Headquarters Crespin, France

Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France was a French locomotive manufacturer, based at Crespin in northern France. Later known as ANF Industrie or ANF the company was acquired by Bombardier Transportation in 1989 and is now part of Bombardier Transport France S.A.S.

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History

Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France was founded in 1882 as a subsidiary of Franco-Belgian company La Métallurgique.[1][2][n 2]

In 1908 the company merged with and absorbed Société Nicaise et Delcuve (based in La Louvière, Belgium), and was renamed Ateliers du Nord de la France et Nicaise et Delcuve by 1910.[3]

In 1913 the Trust Métallurgique Belge-Français reorganised; the factories in La Louvière, Belgium (the former Nicaise et Delcuve) were combined with other of the Trust Métallurgique Belge-Français interests in Belgian industry (including La Société la Brugeoise) to form La Société La Brugeoise et Nicaise et Delcuve,[4] and the Ateliers du Nord de la France became an entirely french concern.[3] In 1989 ANF Industrie was acquired by Bombardier Transportation,[5]

Products

The company has constructed Rubber Tyred EMU trains for the Mexico City Metro and Metro de Santiago.

See also

References

  1. ^ Piers Connor. "DISTRICT ELECTRIC TRAINS 3 – FROM A TO B". lurs.org.uk. London Underground Railway Society (LURS). p. 11. http://lurs.org.uk/documents/pdf09/may/district_electric_trains2.pdf. 
  2. ^ Paloma Fernández Pérez (2007) (in spanish). Del metal al motor: innovación y atraso en la historia de la industria metal-mecánica española. Fundacion BBVA. p. 292. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3P2oLdS-MBsC. 
  3. ^ a b c Marie-Thérèse Bitsch (1994) (in french). La Belgique entre la France et l'Allemagne, 1905-1914. Publications de la Sorbonne. pp. 232–3. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=T5QLcaWYYN8C. 
  4. ^ A forerunner of the Belgian rail vehicle manufacturing company La Brugeoise et Nivelles
  5. ^ "Bombardier Transportation - A Global Transportation Leader". Japan Railway & Transport Review (42). December 2005. http://www.jrtr.net/jrtr42/pdf/f17_bom.pdf. 

Notes

  1. ^ Odette Hardy-Hémery (1985) (in french). Industries, patronat et ouvriers du Valenciennois pendant le premier XXème siècle: développements et restructurations capitalistes a l'âge du charbon et de l'acier. 1. Atelier National Reproduction des Theses, Université Lille III. p. 226. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hoktAAAAMAAJ. 
  2. ^ La Métallurgique was founded in 1880, it was succeeded by Trust Métallurgique Belge-Français in 1899/1900.[n 1][3]