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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Rail transport |
Founded | 1902 |
Defunct | 1990 |
Fate | Sold to ABB |
Headquarters | Kalmar, Sweden |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Locomotives High-speed trains Intercity and commuter trains Trams People movers Signalling systems |
Kalmar Verkstad AB (KVAB) was a Swedish train and automobile manufacturer in Kalmar, Sweden that made the Tjorven and Terminal. KVAB was founded in 1902 and acquired by ABB in 1990, with the train manufacturing eventually becoming owned by Bombardier, which closed the factory in Kalmar in 2005.[1][2]