From a small foundry to an international acting Company
The Commence of the Factory
- 1846 - 'Eisengießerei- und Maschinenwerkstatt Petzold & Center'
- 1872 - 'Maschinenfabrik Melzer & Co KG' (in short: „Lausitzer“)
The factory becomes an important rail-vehicle manufacturer
- 1896/97 - 'Wagenbauanstalt und Waggonfabrik für elektrische Bahnen vormals W.C.F. Busch' a branch of the center at Hamburg
- 1900 - Holding at the street-car factory „George F. Milnes u. Cie Birkenhead /Great Britain (until 1910)
- 1903 - 'Waggon- und Maschinenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft vorm. Busch' (from 1912 - center now in Bautzen)
- 1917 - Purchase of „Zwickauer Fahrzeugbetrieb vorm. Schumann AG“
- 1921 - Unification with „Waggonfabrik AG Weimar“ ( until 1939)
- 1922 - Majority of „Rigaer Vereinigten Metallurgischen Lokomotiv-Waggon- und Maschinenfabrik AG Ghönix“ Riga/Latvia(until 1937)
- 1922 - Participation at the foundation „Scharfenbergkupplung Aktiengesellschaft“ with center at Berlin
- After 1922 - The Estonian factory „Dwigital“/Rewal was incorporated
- 1928 Unification of „Waggon- und Maschinenfabrik AG vorm. Busch Bautzen“, „Linke-Hoffmann AG Breslau“, and „Sächsische Waggonfabrik AG Werdau“ to 'Linke-Hoffmann-Busch AG'
- 1934 'Waggon- und Maschinenfabrik vorm. Busch' leave the corporation with 'LHB' and factories at Werdau, Weimar, Riga, and Reval
- 1941 Incorporation of the factory to the 'Flick-Corporation'
Dismantling of machines and equipment and the difficult recommencement after World War II
From the total of 1.350 machines more than 1.000 have been dismantled and moved to the Soviet Union.
From May 22 in 1945 - two weeks after end of World War II responsible employees watched the factory and tidy up began. The worker organised modest food supply from old backlogs. At May 24 Paul Symmank was introduced by the Soviet City commandant as the first manager. The manufacture started in the wood shop. During the first weeks the main production were coffins for fallen soldiers. During the first weeks the employees received no money. The bookkeeper carried the first salaries by backpack to the company.
On June the factory employed already 139 employees.
After 6 month manufacture the factory repaired: 25 goods wagons, 4 city-rail cars, and 2 passenger coaches.
- 1945 'Waggonfabrik vorm. Busch Bautzen' under Saxony governmental administration
- 08/1946 The factory came under Soviet administration
- 1.3.1947 'Waggonfabrik Bautzen vorm. Busch' came under German administration
- 1949 'VEB LOWA Bautzen' became national owned
- 12.6.1951 The new name 'LOWA Waggonbau Bautzen VEB'
- 06/1953 The new name until 1990 'VEB Waggonbau Bautzen'
The company returned in privat property
- 14.06.1990 New name 'Waggonbau Bautzen GmbH'
- 10/1990 The GDR-Corporation of railcar-manufacturer becomes the Shearholder Corporation 'DWA'(=Deutsche Waggonbau Aktiengesellschaft)
- 14.03.1996 'Advent International Cooperation' purchased the DWA from the 'Treuhand'.
- 02.02.1998 The Canadian Corporation Bombardier purchased the DWA
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