Kolzam is a Polish company, based in

Racibórz Racibórz (german: Ratibor, cz, Ratiboř, szl, Racibōrz) is a city in Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Racibórz County. With Opole, Racibórz is one of the historic capitals of Upper Silesia, being ...

, specialising in the production, maintenance, and modernisation of railway

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. The company's products include the Kolzam RegioVan, SPA-66, 208M, electric multiple units; and has been producing railway maintenance vehicles including the Kolzam MS-W-01. Currently, the company is part of Mavex Record, which is a Hungarian company specialising in railway vehicles and components.

History

Kolzam was part of the Zakłady Naprawcze Taboru Kolejowego, which was a network of railway factories in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

, which was based close by to the

railway station in 1858. From 1895 the factory was taken over by the Directory of Railway in Katowice. After the

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, the company introduced

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, forging,

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and machinery repair to their products. In 1973 the company introduced machinery for railways and

, and in 1984 the company had produced mini buses and

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s. The products have been exported across

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and

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Products

The most popular company products: * Diesel draisine WM-10 and the modified versions. * Micro

MS-W-01. *

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s: **SN81 **SA104 ** RegioVan ***SA107 ***SA109.

References

{{Reflist Companies established in 1858 Polish brands Rail vehicle manufacturers of Poland