Škoda Transportation
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Škoda Transportation a.s. is a Czech engineering company that continues the legacy of Škoda Works' rolling stock manufacturing that started at the end of 19th century in Plzeň. Following the first world war, the Works commenced locomotive production in a separate factory dedicated to that purpose. This factory became a separate company in the 1990s. Today, Škoda Transportation develops and manufactures electric rail vehicles for urban and railway transport.
Company type | Joint-stock company |
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Industry | Rail transport machinery |
Predecessor | Škoda Works (founded 1859) |
Founded | 1995 |
Founder | Emil Škoda (as Škoda Works) |
Headquarters | Plzeň, Czech Republic |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Petr Novotny (CEO) [1] Didier Pfleger Tomáš Ignačák Michal Korecký |
Products | electric locomotives multiple units low-floor trams underground trains trolleybuses battery electric buses hybrid electric buses |
Revenue | 15,7 billion CZK (entire group, 2016) |
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Number of employees | 5,600 (2015) |
Parent | PPF |
Subsidiaries | See list |
Website | www.skodagroup.com |
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Škoda Transportation fully or partially owns a number of other companies active in the field of development and manufacturing of rolling stock, electric motors and related products in several European countries. In April 2018, the European Commission cleared purchase of the group by PPF, a financial and investment group incorporated in the Netherlands.[4] Currently, Petr Novotny is the CEO of the Škoda Transportation, appointed in October 2023.
Škoda Transportation group of companies is among the world's largest manufacturers of trams and propulsion units for trolleybuses and a significant regional producer of railway vehicles.