Emprendimientos Ferroviarios S.A. (Emfer) was an
Argentine rail rolling stock manufacturer based in
San Martín, Buenos Aires. The company also remodelled and repaired rail vehicles and had previously manufactured rolling stock for the
Sarmiento and
Mitre
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commuter rail lines in Buenos Aires. The Emfer rail rolling stock ran on the two lines until 2014 when they were replaced with
CSR Corporation Limited
CSR Corporation Limited (CSR), formerly known as China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp was a Chinese manufacturer of locomotive and rolling stock.
In 2015, the company merged with China CNR to form CRRC.
History
In 2007 the China Sout ...
Electric Multiple Units.
The company's main factory in San Martín once belonged to the state-owned
Fabricaciones Militares
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(which manufactured military products in addition to rail rolling stock).
During its last years, the company was managed by brothers Mario and
Claudio Cirigliano, who had been prosecuted following the
Once tragedy in 2012. In January 2014 they decided to sell EMFER after the government of Argentina removed their concession to run the
Sarmiento Line.
Later in 2014 the company became a subsidiary of
CSR Corporation Limited
CSR Corporation Limited (CSR), formerly known as China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp was a Chinese manufacturer of locomotive and rolling stock.
In 2015, the company merged with China CNR to form CRRC.
History
In 2007 the China Sout ...
, with the takeover intended so that the Chinese firm could build rail rolling stock in Argentina. After the takeover, CSR fired 40 former EMFER workers.
See also
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Fiat-Materfer (Buenos Aires Underground) - underground trains in part assembled at EMFER
CSR adquiere EMFER y desembarca en la Argentina
- EnElSubte, 26 February 2014.
References
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Rolling stock manufacturers of Argentina
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Manufacturing companies established in 2005
Manufacturing companies disestablished in 2014
Railway companies established in 2005
Railway companies disestablished in 2014
2005 establishments in Argentina
2014 disestablishments in Argentina