ČKD
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| Industry | Machine industry machinery industry and plant construction  |
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| Founded | 1927 |
| Founder | Merging of two smaller companies |
| Defunct | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Czech Republic |
| Products | Trams, locomotives |
ČKD (Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk) (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛskomorafskaː ˈkolbɛn ˈdaɲɛk]) was one of the largest engineering companies in the former Czechoslovakia and today's Czech Republic. It is famous for the Tatra T3, a tramcar that sold 13,991 units worldwide.
History
ČKD was formed in 1927 from the merger of two smaller companies, Českomoravská-Kolben (founded 1896, produced machinery for hydro dams) and Breitfeld-Daněk (founded 1854, produced machinery for mines and food industry).
From 1927 until 1929 ČKD's products included a
Praga Hostivař
, which re-branded the motorcycles under the Praga marque. It was one of the main suppliers to the Czechoslovak state of military vehicles during the 1930s.
During the German
occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II, the company was renamed BMM (Böhmisch-Mährische Maschinenfabrik AG) and manufactured arms for the Wehrmacht. The company's most notable products in this era were a light tank of the company's own design – the Panzer 38(t) – and the Jagdpanzer 38(t)
tank destroyer, which was built on the Panzer 38(t)'s chassis.
After the war, ČKD was
) there. In the socialist era ČKD employed up to 50,000 people.After 1989 with worldwide economic and political changes the company lost many of its traditional trade outlets in
bankruptcy. Some companies went bankrupt, while others returned to state ownership through debts to state-owned bank IPB. The state sold some companies separately to new owners, most notably the 2001 sale of the transport company, ČKD Dopravní systémy (CKD Transportation Systems, known until 1997 as ČKD Tatra or simply Tatra), to Siemens Mobility's Czech subsidiary, Společnost kolejových vozidel (SKV),[3]
finalized in February 2002.
Products
light rail vehicle based on the KT8D5 tram. These were the last trains that ČKD produced before the company was sold to Siemens Mobility
.Trams
Standard trams (T)
Articulated trams (KT, RT)
Trailers (B)
Metrocars
- R1
Locomotives
- BS-80 narrow gauge steam locomotive
- ChME3 locomotive
- T 466.3 diesel locomotive
- T 434.0 locomotive
- T 478.3 locomotive
- T-669 locomotive
Tanks
- Tančík vz. 33 tankette
- AH-IV tankette
- St vz 39medium tank
- LT vz. 34 light tank
- LT vz. 38light tank
See also
References
- ISBN 0-7106-1921-9.
- ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
- ^ "Siemens invests in Czech Republic". Tramways & Urban Transit, December 2001 issue, p. 462. Ian Allan Publishing.
External links
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