Headquarters:
1001 AIR BRAKE AVE
Jacksonville, Florida United States 15148
Industries:
electronics/electrical engineering design
About:
Wabtec Corporation, named for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, manufactures transportation products. Formed by the merger of Westinghosue Air Brake Company and MotivePower Industries in 1999, the company is headquartered in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania. It produces parts for locomotives, freight cars, and passenger transit vehicles. With fifty plants worldwide, Wabtec also builds new locomotives. In 2011, the company acquired Brush Traction, an English business that builds and maintains locomotives.