Transmashholding

CJSC Transmashholding is the largest manufacturer of locomotives and rail equipment in Russia, and after merging with LocoTech service, the fourth largest engineering company in the field of transport technology globally.[3]

The company includes 14 engineering and production sites in Russia and one production and engineering site in Germany as well as investments in Argentina.[4]

History

CJSC Transmashholding was established in 2002. In 2012, Transmashholding took in 130 billion rubles in revenue. This revenue represents a 22 percent increase over 2011 revenues.[5]

In December 2015, RZD approved the sale of its 25%+1 share in the company (The Breakers Investments BV).[6] Alstom's stake in the company was increased to 33% by the end of 2015.

Structure

Russia-based companies

The company structure includes several major industrial plants in Russia:[24]

Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant (NEVZ) / Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant / Новочеркасский электровозостроительный завод; is the largest electric locomotive producer in Russia.
Bryanskiy Machine-building Plant / Bryansk Engineering Plant / Брянский машиностроительный завод; is Russia's largest manufacturer of diesel shunters, also produces freight wagons and marine diesel engines.
Kolomensky Zavod / Kolomensky Plant / Коломенский завод; produces diesel locomotives and diesel engines and generators.
Demikhovsky Machine-building Plant / Демиховский машиностроительный завод; major producer of electric multiple units.
Metrovagonmach / Метровагонмаш; produces urban (metro) electrical multiple units and railcars, also trucks.
Penzadieselmash / Пензадизельмаш; produces diesel and gas generator sets, located in Penza.
Bezhitskiy Staleliteiniy Plant / Bezhitsa Steel Foundry / Бежицкий сталелитейный завод; produces steel castings including coupling parts.
Oktyabrskiy Electrovagonoremontniy Plant / Oktyabrsky Electric Railway Car Repair Plant / Октябрьский электровагоноремонтный завод; performs modernisation, repair and overhaul of passenger rolling stock.
81-722.723.724 interior 2.jpgrosvarmash / Центросвармаш; Russia's largest producer of welded products including bogies, railway vehicle superstructure, bridges and mining equipment.
Transconverter / Трансконвертер; Joint venture with Siemens AG producing electric supplies for railway vehicles.

KMT Industrial group / Производственная фирма «КМТ»; designs and manufacturers passenger vehicle equipment.[25][26]
Tverskoy Vagonostroitelniy Zavod (TVZ) / Tver Carriage Works / Тверской вагоностроительный завод (25%); develops and produces locomotive hauled passenger vehicles.
VELNII / Всероссийский научно-исследовательский и проектно-конструкторский институт электровозостроения (ВЭлНИИ);[27] Electric locomotive design company, acquired in 2009.[28]

Joint ventures

Bombardier

On 25 May 2007, in Sochi, Russia, Bombardier and Transmasholding signed an agreement to jointly establish an engineering center.[29]

In May 2008, Bombardier and TMH signed an agreement to form a joint company for the production of locomotives. The equal share companies were organised under the previously formed Bombardier Transportation Transmashholding AG, one as an engineering design centre: Transmashholding Bombardier Transportation (Engineering) Rus and another for the manufacturing of inverter drives (based on Bombardier's MITRAC technology) used in electric locomotives: Transmashholding Bombardier Transportation (Industrial) Rus.[30][31]

Knorr-Bremse

In April 2007, Transmashholding and Knorr-Bremse

Bombardier

On 25 May 2007, in Sochi, Russia, Bombardier and Transmasholding signed an agreement to jointly establish an engineering center.[29]

Knorr-Bremse

In April 2007, Transmashholding and Knorr-Bremse agreed to create a Russian joint venture to manufacture, sell and service rail vehicle braking systems in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.[32]

Alstom

In December 2007, Alstom and Transmasholding signed a cooperation agreement that would lead to the formation of joint ventures for the production of railway components in Russia.[33] In October 2008 the partnership was further extended by the formation of a 51:49 joint venture for the production of double decker coaches TMH-Alstom DV.[34] This intent was ratified on 31 March 2009, with Alstom providing ongoing technical expertise for the modernisation of TMH's production sites, and the development of new locomotive platforms; with TMH undertaking more than 75% of the manufacturing. At the same time Alstom took a 25% stake in TMH's capital holding company.[35][36]

In April 2013, Alstom and Transmashholding inaugurated a joint production site intended to asynchronous traction motors for electric locomotives in Novocherkassk, that would later be used to equip the locomotives jointly developed and manufactured by Alstom and TMH for Russia and Kazakhstan. The inauguration ceremony was held in the presence of Russian Railways Senior Vice-president

Siemens

Transconverter was formed as a joint venture with Siemens in April 2005 for the production of electrical equipment (high voltage static converters).

RVNL

In 2022, Transmashholding and Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL) formed a consortium named Kinet Railway Systems, to participate in a tender by the Government of India to produce Vande Bharat sleeper cars for the Vande Bharat Express service. The consortium emerged the lowest bidder and was awarded the contract to supply 200 sleeper trainsets to the Indian Railways.[40]

Hungary-DJJ

TRANSMASHHOLDING acquired the Dunakeszi Jármű Javító ( Dunakeszi Vehicle Repair Plant) in 2020 June, from the Hungarian State with joint venture partner Magyar Vagon Zrt. Its first major contract after the change of ownership is the manufacturing of 680 passenger coaches for the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) in cooperation with TMH's Tver Carriage Works.[41][42] The plant also won a four-year contract in 2020 with the Hungarian State Railways to maintain and modernise 403 coaches.[43]

TMH-Argentina

The company's subsidiary in Argentina is based in Vicente López, Buenos Aires and serves Argentina as well as other countries in South America. Its activities include the manufacture of several components, including diesel engines, as well as the repair and modernisation of railway infrastructure and rolling stock.[44]

TMH-Argentina

In May 2018, the company took hold of the Mechita workshops in Bragado following a US$3 million investment for the refurbishment of the site. The company was also awarded a contract to refurbish the San Martin Line's carriages and CSR SDD7 locomotives at Mechita and announced plans to invest $70 million over the next 5 years and potentially $170 million over the next 10 in order to produce and repair rolling stock at the plant in exchange for a 30-year concession.[46]

Former subsidiaries

Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau (de) was part of Transmashholding from 2006 to 2008 and was taken over by the Romanian CTF at the end of 2008.

type	Closed Joint Stock Company
foundation	Russia, 2002
location city	Moscow
location country	Russia
locations	14 in Russia, 1 in Germany, 1 in Argentina
area served	Worldwide
industry	Railway Transportation
products	locomotives, railway vehicles
services	repair operations and service maintenance
net income	₽28,1 billion‡R1R‡
net income year	2024
num employees	more than 100,000
homepage	www.tmholding.ru

History

Ownership

Activities

Products

Structure

Russia-based companies

Joint ventures

Bombardier

Knorr-Bremse

Bombardier

Knorr-Bremse

Alstom

Siemens

RVNL

Hungary-DJJ

TMH-Argentina

TMH-Argentina

Former subsidiaries

External links

References

Alstom

Siemens

RVNL