Remarul 16 Februarie

Coordinates: 46°47′05″N 23°34′47″E / 46.78474°N 23.57976°E / 46.78474; 23.57976
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46°47′05″N 23°34′47″E / 46.78474°N 23.57976°E / 46.78474; 23.57976

Remarul 16 Februarie SA
Company typePublic: (BVB: REFE)
IndustryRail
Founded1870
1990 as an independent company
Headquarters
Cluj-Napoca
,
Romania
ProductsRolling stock repair and construction
Revenue€43 million (2008)[1]
Number of employees
560 (2009)[1]
Websitewww.remarul.eu
One of the buildings of the company

Remarul 16 Februarie SA based in Cluj-Napoca is a railway rolling stock engineering company with services including repair, maintenance and modernisation.

History

The company's history dates back to the Austro-Hungarian period - 1870, with the creation of a railway workshop to serve the

Cluj–Oradea line (Grosswardein-Klausenburg railway.[n 1]); the works repaired wagons and locomotives.[2]

The initial wooden works building was constructed in 1870, this was replaced by substantial rolling stock works on the current site in 1874 - a locomotive repair shed of 1653m2, a wagon repair shed of 3200m2 and a mechanical workshop of 2190m2. With additional offices, warehouses the site had an area of nearly 36,000m2.[3]

In 1882 the works employed 200, by the 1890 the number had risen to nearly 500. In 1918 (as a result of the Union of Transylvania with Romania) the works became the Atelierele CFR Cluj, and from 1929 to 1940 was named Inspecţia Atelierelor Principale CFR Cluj.[4] The works was expanded and rebuilt during the 1920s and 30s with older buildings demolished - by 1938 the expanded works employed 1675.[5]

In 1971 the works began to repair diesel-hydraulic locomotives whilst still maintaining steam locomotives. In 1990 the works was named Remarul 16 Februarie S.A.,[2] and was privatised in 2000.[5] Much of the bankrupt metalworking company Metalurgica SA of Aiud, Transylvania, Romania (casting including centrifugal casting, hot forging, mechanical engineering) was acquired in 2006.[6][7]

In 2009 the company entered into partnership with Caterpillar Inc., acting as a centre for rail vehicle re-motorisation in the region.[8] In 2009 the Company's major shareholders were Transferoviar Group SA (32.96%) and Monica Băiculescu (32%) and Nova Cominvest (6.54%).[1]

In November 2010 the company acquired a license for the production of AGC trainsets from Bombardier Transportation - the license is exclusive for the trains produced for Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia.[9][10] The company is expected to invest €20 million and increase the workforce to 1000 for the production of the AGC.[11]

Products and services

The company specialises in construction and repair of railway

Knorr Bremse.[1]

As of 2012 in addition to multiple unit and locomotive repair and modernisations the plant still repairs steam locomotives.[12]

Notes

  1. Kolozsvár (Cluj) to Brassó
    (Brașov)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Remarul 16 Februarie Cluj: Statul nu mai are fonduri pentru reparatiile de material rulant feroviar", www.zf.ro (in Romanian), 18 August 2009
  2. ^ a b "Remarul 16 Februarie S.A. - Cluj Napoca" (PDF), Club Feroviar, republished via www.remarul.eu, August 2007
  3. ^ "Remarul "16 Februarie"", industrial-heritage.ro (in Romanian), Parteneriat pentru valorificarea patrimoniului arhitectural industrial în România
  4. ^ "Intrepinderea Remarul "16 Februarie" Cluj Napoca" (PDF), industrial-heritage.ro (in Romanian), Parteneriat pentru valorificarea patrimoniului arhitectural industrial din România, pp. 6–7
  5. ^ a b "Intrepinderea Remarul "16 Februarie" Cluj Napoca" (PDF), industrial-heritage.ro (in Romanian), Parteneriat pentru valorificarea patrimoniului arhitectural industrial din România, pp. 8–13
  6. ^ "Dupa preluarea de catre Remarul, Metalurgica Aiud a reluat cresterea vanzarilor in T1", www.zf.ro (in Romanian), 1 June 2007
  7. ^ "Metalurgica SA sau falimentul administrarii de stat a afacerilor", www.fin.ro (in Romanian), S.C. Media Casa Press S.R.L, 9 September 2008
  8. ^ "Caterpillar a pus ochii pe Remarul", ziuadecj.realitatea.net (in Romanian), Ziua de Cluj, 2 April 2009
  9. ^ "Remarul 16 Februarie signed a contract with Bombardier for manufacturing AGC trains in Romania", www.railwayinsider.eu, Railway Insider, 11 November 2010, archived from the original on 20 July 2011
  10. ^ Bogdan Vasilescu (10 November 2010), "După Nokia şi Emerson, Bombardier vine la Cluj", ziuadecj.realitatea.net (in Romanian)
  11. ^ Mihai Prodan (18 February 2011), "Remarul investeşte 20 de milioane de euro în contractul cu Bombardier şi angajează 1.000 de oameni", ziuadecj.realitatea.net (in Romanian)
  12. ^ "Services", www.remarul.eu, Remarul 16 Februarie, archived from the original on November 15, 2011, retrieved 14 January 2012

External links

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