Compagnie Électro-Mécanique

Compagnie Électro-Mécanique (CEM) was a French electrical engineering manufacturer based in Paris, Le Havre, Lyon, Le Bourget, Nancy, Dijon. It was a subsidiary company of Brown, Boveri & Cie.

Compagnie Electro-Mecanique
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRail transport
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Defunct1983
SuccessorAlstom
HeadquartersLyon, France
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsLocomotives
High-speed trains
Intercity and commuter trains
Trams
People movers
Signalling systems

Production edit

The company produced DC motors, AC motors, generators, turbines, transformers and railway locomotives. Examples of railway locomotives included SNCF Class C 61000 and SNCF Class CC 65500.

Acquisition by Alsthom edit

It was acquired by Alsthom in 1983.

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