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Industry | Aviation Manufacturing |
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Founded | 2002 |
Founder | Jed Macartney Rob Powell |
Defunct | 2013 |
Headquarters | , Australia |
Products | Locomotives |
Avteq was founded in 2002 by Jed Macartney and Rob Powell as an aviation consulting business. [1] In 2005 it diversified into locomotive manufacturing, producing 12 VL class locomotives for Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia from a factory in Sunshine. [2] [3] [4]
Avteq designed a second locomotive class, but none were ever manufactured. [5] The company was deregistered in 2013. [6]
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