Company type | private |
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Industry | railroad car |
Predecessor | Before 1964: Karlovo-Krupp Karlovo-MAN Karlovo-Ansaldo |
Founded | 1923 |
Headquarters | Karlovo, Bulgaria |
Products | railway cars/wagons railway equipment rolling stock assemblies spare parts production railroad car - Sgnss'60, Zas/Zaes/Zacns, Eaos/Eanos |
Number of employees | 280 |
Website | www.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.