VRZ Karlovo

VRZ Karlovo, PLC
Company typeprivate
Industryrailroad car
PredecessorBefore 1964:
Karlovo-Krupp
Karlovo-MAN
Karlovo-Ansaldo
Founded1923
HeadquartersKarlovo, Bulgaria
Productsrailway cars/wagons
railway equipment
rolling stock assemblies
spare parts production
railroad car - Sgnss'60, Zas/Zaes/Zacns, Eaos/Eanos
Number of employees
280
Websitewww.vrz-karlovo.com

VRZ Karlovo or Vagono-remonten zavod Karlovo (Bulgarian: Вагоно-ремонтен завод Карлово - 'Wagon Repair Plant Karlovo'), mostly known as (Bulgarian: ВРЗ Карлово АД), was established in 1923 in Karlovo with principal business activities in repairs of railway cars and production of spare parts.

Since 2007 the focus of the company was shifted on design, development and manufacturing of a railway car for the Bulgarian and European markets – cars type Sgnss (container wagon), Zas/Zaes/Zacns (tank wagons for light and heavy petroleum products, acids), Eaos/Eanos (open wagons for bulk goods), etc. In present days, the company's activity includes railway cars repairing and manufacturing services, railway equipment, spare parts production, assemblies and units for the rolling stock.