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Facts and Figures

Founded in 1869 as Westinghouse Air Brake Company by George Westinghouse, who invented the air brake later used by both trains and commercial vehicles

In 1968, WABCO was acquired by American Standard, creating its vehicle control systems business. More>>

Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium

WABCO President
Jacques Esculier

Employees
6700 people in 30 office and production facilities worldwide, with more than 25 nationalities.

Engineers
850 product development engineers in France, Germany, India, Poland and the UK.

Sales volume
WABCO: US$1.724 billion in 2004: (2003: US$1.358 billion)
American Standard: more than US$9.5 million in 2004 (2003: US$8.6 billion)

Technological & historical milestones

Global Manufacturing Network select country and link to production facility
WABCO's 11 production facilities, including joint ventures, are located in 9 countries: Brazil, China (2), France, Germany (3), India, Korea, The Netherlands, the UK, USA

Joint ventures worldwide
WABCO partners with leading national companies in 4 countries to serve local market requirements: China, Inda, South Africa, USA

Test tracks
Jeversen (Germany), Rovaniemi (Finland) – wholly owned
Chennai, India – SCL joint venture

Did you know?
Learn about the vital roles WABCO plays in daily life.