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History
Faiveley at the heart of the world speed record
World speed record at 574.8 km/h with the latest version of the Faiveley CX pantograph, controlled by electronics.
Faiveley also supplied the pantograph, brakes, air conditioning, electronics, doors and services.
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Acquisition of ESPAS in February 2007
In February 2007, Faiveley Transport acquired ESPAS.
Faiveley Transport reinforces its position in electronic doors and railway systems.
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Sale of the plastics activity in March 2006
The Supervisory Board of Faiveley SA approved the disposal of its Plastics
business to Financière Faiveley SA and to François Faiveley Participations SAS, the Group's holding companies where the Faiveley family is the majority shareholder.
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Acquisition of Neu Systèmes Ferroviaires in March 2006
In March 2006, Faiveley Transport acquired Neu Systèmes Ferroviaires (NSF), a French company that designs and manufactures air conditioning, heating and ventilation and technical ventilation equipment for the railway industry.
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Sale of GHH in September 2005
On September 30, 2005, the company GHH, Sab Wabco's wheel activity, was sold at a €44 million corporate value.
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FAIVELEY TRANSPORT acquires SABWABCO, creating a truly global supplier for the railway industry
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Plastics - Creation of VRV Plast, a joint venture based in Nitra, Slovakia, 60% owned by the Faiveley Group.
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Plastics - Take over of the former Moulinex site in Falaise (Normandy) by VPI-Verchère.
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Worldwide filing of the KATIUM patent, for a new power topology enabling considerable weight and volume savings in converters.
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Faiveley takes a major shareholding in Lekov a.s. (Czech Republic).
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Introduction of the Faiveley Customer Services product line.
Market launch of STAR, the new digital onboard video surveillance recorder.
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Market launch of the Lx lightweight pantograph.
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The Faiveley Group Board of Directors appoints François Faiveley as chairman of Faiveley S.A.
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FAIVELEY adapts the resonant power conversion principle to railways and delivers several hundred battery chargers to ALSTOM for the Caracas metro.
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Establishment of the subsidiary Faiveley Rail Inc. in Pennsylvania (USA).
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Acquisition of the plastics companies SEPAL and Rhône Moulage Industrie.
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Acquisition of the company VPI - Verchère Plastiques Industriels.
Acquisition of the German company Hagenuk Fahrzeugklima GmbH (HFG) and its Chinese Joint-Venture Shanghai Hagenuk Refrigerating Machine Co. Ltd.
Establishment of the subsidiary Faiveley Hong Kong.
Design of SIRENE, the first railway onboard video recorder.
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Listing of Faiveley SA on the Paris stock exchange Second Marché (medium-sized companies).
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Establishment of the Japanese subsidiary Nabco-Faiveley Ltd (closed in 2000).
Establishment of the United kingdom subsidiary Faiveley UK Limited.
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Diversification into plastics with the acquisition of Grand-Perret in Saint-Claude.
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Inauguration of the new electronics centre in La Ville-Aux-Dames.
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World speed record at 515.3 km/h with a GPU pantograph (TGV Atlantique).
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Establishment of Faiveley Transport.
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Acquisition of the Transport division of Air-Industrie in Saint-Gobain.
Acquisition of the Tachometry division from Interelec (Matra group).
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Establishment of the Faiveley Inc. (Canada) subsidiary, closed in 1991.
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Establishment of the Faiveley Corp. (USA) subsidiary, closed in 1991.
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Establishment of the subsidiary Faiveley Italia.
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Establishment of the subsidiary Equipfer (Brazil).
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AMDE very-high-speed pantograph.
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Introduction of the Electronic Products Line.
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Establishment of the subsidiary Faiveley Española in Madrid.
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Introduction of the Building automatic doors product line
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Establishment of the electronics department for railway diversification products.
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World speed record at 331 km/h.
Introduction of the single-arm pantograph.
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Faiveley becomes a corporation.
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Introduction of door mechanisms.
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Introduction of the pantograph.
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Establishment of Établissements Louis Faiveley in Saint-Ouen.
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