Electroputere VFU (former Remar S.A.) is an industrial engineering and manufacturing company based in

Pașcani Pașcani () is a city in Iași County in the Western Moldavia region of Romania, on the Siret river. , it has a population of 30,766. Five villages are administered by the city: Blăgești, Boșteni, Gâstești, Lunca, and Sodomeni. The city der ...

Iași County Iași County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with the administrative seat at Iași. It is the most populous county in Romania, after the Municipality of Bucharest (which has the same administrative level as that of a cou ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. The company is a leader in the Romanian spare parts segment.

History

Founded in 1869, as Atelierele C.F.R. (C.F.R. Works) Pașcani, and later renamed Remar - „REparatii MAterial Rulant” (Rolling Stock Repairing), the company specialized in new construction, reconstruction, modernization and repairing of

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

vehicles and spare parts manufacturing for rolling stock and related industries.The history of Electroputere VFU
/ref> In 2004, after the privatization process, Remar Pașcani became part of

Grup Feroviar Român Grup Feroviar Român, or simply GFR, is the largest private railway company in Romania and one of the largest in South Eastern Europe. Founded in 2001, the company owns freight operations in Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Ukraine, Mold ...

. In 2013, the name was changed to ''Electroputere VFU''.

Products

Electroputere VFU's concept of R&R („Redesign and Reconstruct”) was applied on more than 10 different projects for

Diesel Multiple Unit A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also ...

s, passenger coaches (single or double deck, single unit or multiple units),

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

s and freight wagons. Recent contracts include: * R&R on 30 GT4 trams (as GT4MT Armonia) for STP Timișoara (together with

Astra Vagoane Arad ASTRA Arad, also known as Întreprinderea de Vagoane Arad (IVA), is the name of a group of industrial engineering and rolling stock companies originated in Arad, Romania, Arad, Romania. Operating as a single entity until 1996, the company then sp ...

) * R8 type repairing on 57 Desiro DMUs for CFR Călători * Ganz-MÁVAG D1M DMUs modernization and reconstruction program for Moldovan Railways * Special platform wagon for a road crane transport (Gabon) * Modernization and reconstruction of 20 passenger coaches for Setrag (

Trans-Gabon Railway The Trans-Gabon Railway () is the only railway in Gabon. It runs east from Owendo port station in Libreville to Franceville via numerous stations, the main ones being Ndjolé, Lopé, Booué, Lastoursville and Moanda. History A railw ...

) * Modernization of 115 passenger coaches for CFR Călători

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Electroputere VFU Pascani Economy of Iași Rolling stock manufacturers of Romania Tram manufacturers Companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange Privatized companies in Romania 1869 establishments in Romania Companies established in 1869 Companies of Iași County