Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau

Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau (FTD) was a manufacturer of rolling stock, based in the German city of Dessau.[1] The activities have been continued by Molinari Rail Systems since November 2016 until 2023.

Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau
Founded1995
Defunct2023
FateBankruptcy
HeadquartersAm Waggonbau 11
D-06844 Dessau, Germany
Websitehttp://www.fahrzeugtechnik-dessau.de/

In the Netherlands, Connexxion operates Protos trains built by this company on the Valleilijn.

Since May 2006, Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau had been part of the Russian conglomerate ZAO Transmashholding. After going bankrupt[2] in March 2008, the company was able to restructure. Since December 2008, Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau had been owned by the Romanian Compania de Transport Feroviar Bucuresti S.A. (CTF). The production of Protos trains was not included in this takeover, which meant that Connexxion in the Netherlands would remain the only customer of these trains.

In March 2016, bankruptcy was filed again. No new investor was found initially and the company was closed down in summer 2016. However, Molinari Rail Systems, a subsidiary of Swiss Molinari Rail, acquired the assets later in the same year and reopened the factory in November 2016. By early 2019, the company employed a staff of 75 in Dessau, with a sales revenue of about five million Euros in 2018.[3]

In November 2022, Molinari Rail Systems had to file for insolvency. A handover to interested successors failed, forcing Molinari Rail to announce the closure of the company. Most of the staff was dismissed in March 2023, with a skeleton crew remaining for a few months for clean-up tasks.[4][5]

PROTOS on the Dutch Valleilijn

References
  1. Voß, Eckhard; Wilke, Peter; Maack, Klaus (2013-07-02). Mitarbeiter am Unternehmen beteiligen: Modelle, Wirkungen, Praxisbeispiele. Mit Musterformularen (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-663-10814-6.
  2. Brennan, Louis (2010-12-21). The Emergence of Southern Multinationals: Their Impact on Europe. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-30616-5.
  3. Brachert, Steffen (2018-03-08). "Weiß verhüllter Meilenstein: Molinari Rail Systems in Dessau hat Nische gesucht und gefunden". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  4. Müller-Lorey, Oliver (2023-02-08). "Investoren interessieren sich für Molinari aus Dessau - Was wird aus den 100 Jobs?". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  5. "Keine Investoren: Insolvente Molinari-Fahrzeugtechnik in Dessau wird geschlossen". Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
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