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Bombardier
Bombardier is a Canadian company, founded in Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec by Joseph-Armand Bombardier[?]. The company is a
world leading manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, trains,
snowmobiles, and small watercraft. It has 80,000 employees, and 16 billion
dollars (Canadian) in gross revenues (2001). The aerospace arm (Bombardier Aerospace) accounts for over half of the company's revenue.
The rail portion of the company (Bombardier Transportation) built parts of the
Eurostar trains and the Croydon Tramlink trams. They also built the
Turbostar class 170 units which are widely used throughout
Britain. They are one of the companies which took over
British Rail's R&D facilities after privatization (the remainder
largely being absorbed into Alstom).
Bombardier Transportion also developed and produces the Acela Express train
which runs between Boston, New York City and Washington DC. This
is the first high-speed rail line in North America, running at a top speed of
150 mph.
They also make Ski-doo brand snowmobiles, Sea-doo personal watercraft and boats, and Bombardier all-terrain vehicles. They are a major Canadian defense contractor.
In 2001 Bombardier Transportation acquired Adtranz.
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