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Also known as Knorr-Bremse (Germany)

thumb|Knorr-Bremse AG headquarters today, Munich Knorr-Bremse AG is a German manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles that has operated since 1905. Other products in the company's portfolio include intelligent door systems, control components, air conditioning systems for rail vehicles, torsional vibration dampers, and transmission control systems for commercial vehicles.

Key facts

Company.name
Knorr-Bremse AG
Company.logo
Knorr-Bremse_logo.svg
Company.logo_size
250px
Company.type
Public
Company.industry
Manufacturing
Company.products
braking systems (rail and road)
Company.foundation
, in Berlin, Germany
Company.location
Munich, Germany

via Wikipedia infobox

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Type
Company
Founded
1905
Location
Munich, Germany
Also known as
Knorr-Bremse AG
Status
Active

GRID grid.435796.a · ISNI 0000 0001 2201 9835

Official website

Home | Knorr-Bremse Group

Knorr-Bremse is the global leader for braking systems and a top supplier of other innovative solutions for rail and commercial vehicles.

knorr-bremse.com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
business
Named after
brake
Country
Germany
Founded by
Georg Knorr
Headquarters
Munich
Employees
24879
Revenue
5823510000
Official website
www.knorr-bremse.com
Image
KB Hauptverwaltung.jpg
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Commons category
Knorr-Bremse AG
inception
1905-00-00
IPv4 routing prefix
149.244.0.0/16
product or material produced
brake
operating income
1098560000
total equity
1683990000
total assets
2876640000
net profit
652770000
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Foundation and early years
  • Interwar period
  • Cold War era
  • Recent history
  • Products
  • Rail vehicles
  • Commercial vehicles
  • Control systems
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|Knorr-Bremse AG headquarters today, Munich Knorr-Bremse AG is a German manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles that has operated since 1905. Other products in the company's portfolio include intelligent door systems, control components, air conditioning systems for rail vehicles, torsional vibration dampers, and transmission control systems for commercial vehicles.

The Group has a presence in over 30 countries, at 100 locations. In 2022, the Group's workforce of over 31,000 achieved worldwide sales of EUR 7.15 billion.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Knorr-Bremse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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