Industry | |
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Founded | December 1891 |
Defunct | 1911 |
Fate | Merged with Maskinfabriks-aktiebolaget Scania, to create Scania-Vabis |
Headquarters | , |
Brands | Vabis |
Vabis was the abbreviation and later also trademark of Swedish railway car manufacturer Vagnfabriks Aktiebolaget i Södertälje, which translates Wagon Factory Limited Company of Södertälje, established in 1891 in Södertälje. Vabis also manufactured petrol engines, automobiles, trucks, motor-powered draisines, motorboats and marine engines.[1] The company was in 1911 merged with Maskinfabriks-aktiebolaget Scania, to form Scania-Vabis.