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Transportation Company - Nordwaggon - Railroad Equipment
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Company NameNordwaggon
CategoryRailroad Equipment
Year Founded1984
TerminationAcquired
CountrySweden (Details)
Transportation Company - Nordwaggon - Railroad Equipment



Company History: Nordwaggon was founded in 1984 by Electrolux and the SJ subsidiary forwarder ASG. The purpose was to procure freight wagons that better fit the needs of E-lux for white goods transports. Order 150 Laais wagons in two lots at the then VEB Waggonbau Niesky in the GDR. In 1990, ASG's stake in SJ was sold and the company's business facility changed. It also turned to the external customers, such as freight forwarders and industries, and at the same time the almost explosive new procurement of cars was initiated. North wagon called the modern railway, with new shiny freight cars with the big logo on the sides of the wagon. There was also an ambitious washing program where the cars were washed outside once a year. This has been abandoned in recent years, apparently to cut costs.Transwaggon also invested in many new cars, and also lets them wash. The irony of fate, possibly because the two owners of the North wagon, Electrolux and Swedcarrier , sold the company in the summer of 2006 to exactly Transwaggon. The sale has attracted much attention in the industry and not all customers have been satisfied. The competition authorities, however, did not object. It is also strange that Transwaggon got 300 million SEK in addition, as a thank you, so to speak. The whole NW staff in many countries have been terminated. Transwaggon now markets the former NW cars through its own organization. Successively the cars get new owner's inscription (74 p-TWA instead of 74 GC or even 74 SJ), as well as new contact information. However, it will certainly take a long time before the large NW log on the sides of the car is removed. An epoch is over, as well as an interesting part of Swedish railway history.
Brief History:
Sweden is a Scandinavian nation with thousands of coastal islands and inland lakes, along with vast boreal forests and glaciated mountains. Its principal cities, eastern capital Stockholm and southwestern Gothenburg and Malmö, are all coastal. Stockholm is built on 14 islands. It has more than 50 bridges, as well as the medieval old town, Gamla Stan, royal palaces and museums such as open-air Skansen.

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Item created by: gdm on 2019-10-13 16:41:06. Last edited by gdm on 2019-10-13 16:46:18

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