Type Limited company Area served Worldwide Website www.transtech.fi Founded 7 July 1997 | Industry transport, engineering Key people Lasse Orre Headquarters Oulu, Finland Number of employees 530 (2015) | |
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Products low-floor trams
double-decker coaches CEO Matti Haapakangas (12 Nov 2015–) Parent organizations Škoda Transportation, Škoda Works | ||
Transtech Ltd (Finnish: Transtech Oy) is Finland's major domestic manufacturer of railway and trams rolling stock. It specialises in building railway vehicles and trams for extreme climatic conditions, such as those encountered in Finland.
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History
The company was established in 1985 when the Finnish engineering firm Rautaruukki started manufacturing freight wagons in Otanmäki and Taivalkoski. In 1991 the railway rolling stock works of Valmet (in Tampere), which specialised in the manufacture of carriages and locomotives, was merged with Transtech. In 1998 Rautaruukki sold the Taivalkoski factory to Telatek Oy, retaining the Otanmäki plant.
Ownership
In June 1999 Rautaruukki sold Transtech to Patentes Talgo SA of Spain, but was subsequently sold to the Finnish group Pritech Oy in March 2007. During the period of Spanish ownership the company was known as Talgo Oy, but has reverted to its previous name. In August 2015 Škoda Transportation bought a majority stake in the company.
Rolling stock
The company has manufactured double-deck carriages (sleeper cars, InterCity 2 passenger cars and vehicle transport carriages) which are used by VR (Finnish Railways). It will also provide the new Transtech Artic articulated trams for the Helsinki City Transport.
In October 2016 Transtech was selected to provide 26 trams for the Tampere light rail system.
Location
The company's office is located in Oulu and its main manufacturing base is in Otanmäki, Kajaani.