Q336811
Sign in to saveAlso known as Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk, CKD, CKD Transportation Systems, ČKD Tatra, CKD Holding
thumb|Share of the Českomoravská-Kolben-Daněk, issued 1. November 1927 thumb|right|ČKD Tatra-T3 tram car in Prague. T3 was the most successful ČKD tram manufactured from 1960 to 1989; 13991 units were sold worldwide, as of 2015 they are still the most common trams in the world ČKD (; ) was one of the largest engineering companies in the former Czechoslovakia and today's Czech Republic. It is famous for the Tatra T3, a tramcar that sold 13,991 units worldwide.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk
- Company.logo
- CKD Logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 200px
- Company.foundation
- 1927
- Company.founder
- Merging of two smaller companies
- Company.defunct
- 2000
- Company.successor
- Siemens Mobility
- Company.location
- Czech Republic
- Company.products
- Trams, locomotives
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1927
- Location
- Prague, Czechia
- Also known as
- ČKD GROUP
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.447817.9 · ISNI 0000 0001 1482 2425
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Products
- Trams
- Standard trams (T)
- Articulated trams (KT, RT)
- Trailers (B)
- Metrocars
- Locomotives
- Tanks
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Share of the Českomoravská-Kolben-Daněk, issued 1. November 1927 thumb|right|ČKD Tatra-T3 tram car in Prague. T3 was the most successful ČKD tram manufactured from 1960 to 1989; 13991 units were sold worldwide, as of 2015 they are still the most common trams in the world ČKD (; ) was one of the largest engineering companies in the former Czechoslovakia and today's Czech Republic. It is famous for the Tatra T3, a tramcar that sold 13,991 units worldwide.
==History== ČKD was formed in 1927 from the merger of two smaller companies, Českomoravská-Kolben (founded 1896, produced machinery for hydro dams) and Breitfeld-Daněk (founded 1854, produced machinery for mines and food industry).
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