Wagon Pars

Wagon Pars is an Iranian train and locomotive manufacturer established in 1974,[1] in Arak.[2] Products include locomotives, trains, metros, freight and fuel railroad cars, and equipment for passenger boarding of aircraft.[1] It is the largest rolling stock manufacturer in the Middle East.

Iranian Railways AD43C locomotive production at Wagon Pars

Wagon Pars
IndustryRail Transport
Founded1974 (1974)
FounderIDRO Group
Headquarters
Arak
,
Iran
Area served
Worldwide
Products
Websitewagonpars.com

History
Pars-33 locomotive series, designed and manufactured by Wagon Pars

Wagon Pars began rolling stock manufacturing in 1984.[3] In 1999, the factory reached an agreement with GEC-Alstom to produce under license the Iranian Railways AD43C mainline locomotives.[4][5][6]

In 2007 the company manufactured Iran's first express train: a four coach, 252 passenger, 160 km/hr train.[7] In 2009 the company had a production capacity of 1,800 vehicles per annum, and was operating at 20% of that figure.[3]

In the first decade of the 21st century the company received export orders for Cuba, including a 60 billion rial order for 550 freight wagons,[8] (completed Sept. 2009[9]) and 200 passenger vehicles[10] Also in 2009 the company obtained a €80 million contract with Vietnam Railways for the supply of 200 passenger vehicles - 40 of which would be produced by Wagon Pars, the remainder assembled in Vietnam as part of a technology transfer agreement.[11]

In 2009 and 2010, workers at the Wagon Pars factory staged protests due to lack of payment of wages; the company is thought to be in financial difficulties due to mismanagement. The acquisition by Iran Khodro during the 2005-2010 privatization of Iranian industries is claimed to have contributed to the company's poor financial state.[12]

In May 2010 the company announced it was going to help set up a rolling stock factory in Syria. The plant is to have a production capacity of 300 wagons, and also be able to repair passenger coaches.[13][14]

References
  1. "Wagon Pars Company". investing.businessweek.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  2. "Wagonpars Company - About Us". wagonpars.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011.
  3. "Iran: 17 Billion Euro Foreign Investment in Rail Industry". payvand.com. Payvand. 19 August 2009.
  4. "Iranians to build AC diesels". railwaygazette.com. Railway Gazette International. 1 February 1998.
  5. "Main line Locomotive AD43C (Under License of Alstom)" (PDF). wagonpars.com. Wagon Pars Co. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011.
  6. "ALSTOM to supply 100 diesel-electric locomotives in Iran". alstom.com (Press release). Alstom. 27 October 1999. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
  7. "Iran Manufactures 1st Express Train". iran-daily.com. Iran Daily. 3 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009.
  8. "Wagon Pars sells 550 wagons to Cuba". Tehran Times. 10 August 2009.
  9. "World rolling stock market September 2009". railwaygazette.com. Railway Gazette International. 17 September 2009. Iranian firm Wagon Pars has supplied 100 covered vans to Cuba under a 60bn rial contract, completing an order for 550 wagons
  10. "Wagon Pars selling 200 passenger rail cars". cubastandard.com. 28 May 2010.
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  12. Sources:
    "Crisis at Wagon Pars". iranlaborreport.com. Iran Labor Report. 3 February 2010.
    "Workers of the Wagon Pars Factory on Strike". hopoi.org. Hands Off the People of Iran. 31 August 2009.
    "Iran: Wagon Pars workers stage sit-in over unpaid wages". marxistcom. 3 September 2009.
    "1700 Iranian workers on hunger strike". hopoi.org. 13 October 2009.
  13. "Iran's Wagon Pars to open factory in Syria". menafn.com. 16 May 2010.
  14. "Iran to Establish Wagon Production Plant in Syria" (PDF), IDRO English Bulletin, Industrial development and renovation organisation of Iran (IDRO) (11): 4, September 2011
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