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| Formerly | Waggonfabrik Uerdingen |
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| Industry | manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock (NACE 30.2) vehicle construction  |
| Predecessor | Düsseldorfer Waggonfabrik |
| Founded | March 1898 |
| Fate | Merged intoSiemens Mobility |
| Successor | Siemens & Halske |
| Headquarters | Krefeld, Germany |
| Products | Rolling stock |
| Parent | Siemens |
| Website | www.duewag.de |
Düwag orDuewag (stylised inall caps), formerlyWaggonfabrik Uerdingen, was a German manufacturer ofrail vehicles. It was sold in 1999 toSiemens with the brand later retired.
Duewag was founded in March 1898 asWaggonfabrik Uerdingen inUerdingen and produced rail vehicles under the Düwag brand. After merging withDüsseldorfer Waggonfabrik in 1935,railway vehicles were built in Uerdingen, while theDüsseldorf plant produced mainly local traffic vehicles, namelytramway andlight rail vehicles. In 1981, the company changed its name from Waggonfabrik Uerdingen to Duewag.[1]
Siemens acquired a 60% shareholding in 1989 before taking full ownership in April 1999.[2][3] In 2001, the Düsseldorf plant was closed with production transferred to Uerdingen.[4]
Duewag vehicles were close to amonopoly market inWest Germany, as nearly every tram and light rail vehicle purchased from the 1960s onward was built by Duewag.[citation needed]
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