Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd
- Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd
The Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company Ltd was created in 1935 when the "Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Company" Ltd, dropped the 'Saxby' from their title. For most of the twentieth century, it manufactured railway air braking and signalling equipment in the engineering works in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. The company's factory was located immediately north of Chippenham railway station.[ [http://www.chippenham.gov.uk/herttimeline Timeline] from Chippenham Town Council website. Retrieved on March 30, 2008.] ]Predecessors and background
Predecessors included Evans O'Donnell Limited and Saxby and Farmer.
History
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd formed part of BTR plc who acquired it from the Hawker Siddeley group in 1992. In 1999, BTR merged with Siebe to form Invensys.
uccessors
Invensys split the company into Westinghouse Signals Ltd and Westinghouse Brakes Ltd, selling Westinghouse Brakes to Munich-based competitor Knorr-Bremse. [Invensys investor relations news release, April 25, 2000 " [http://web.archive.org/web/20060314205854/http://www.invensys-investor.com/isys/news/2000/2000-04-25/ Invensys Sells Westinghouse Brakes to Knorr-Bremse] ". Retrieved from the Internet Archive on March 30, 2008.]
Also formerly a part of The Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company is Westcode, a high-power semiconductor manufacturer, now part of IXYS group.
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