Mapna Locomotive Engineering and Manufacturing Company

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MLC (MAPNA Locomotive Engineering and Manufacturing Company)
Private
Industry Locomotive Production
Founded2006 in Tehran, Iran
Founder MAPNA Group
Headquarters Tehran and Karaj, Iran
Key people
Hossein Ghomashi (CEO)
Products Locomotives (Diesel and Electric), Rail Vehicle Braking Systems
ServicesMaintenance & refurbishing of different types of locomotives
Revenue Green Arrow Up.svg $ 30.2 million
Number of employees
400(2012)
Website http://www.mapnalocomotive.com

MAPNA Locomotive Engineering and Manufacturing Company (MLC) is an Iranian manufacturing company which was established in 2006. The company's manufacturing plant was officially inaugurated in 2012 [1] with the objective of manufacturing 150 passenger locomotives in cooperation with Siemens AG, to be delivered to Iran's Railways Company (RAI). A new contract for manufacture of 50 other passenger locomotives of the same type was signed between the two companies in 2016, upon full delivery of the first batch to RAI.

Contents

MLC is a subsidiary of MAPNA, a company engaged in power, oil and gas, railroad and other industrial projects.

Products

The company has produced single-ended EuroRunner type locomotives (IranRunner) under license from Siemens.

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References

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