Products
In 1875, the Manage plant produced its first rail vehicles; in 1885, the Bruges plant produced its first tram. Much of the early output prior to that was freight wagons.
In addition to railway rolling stock, the company also manufactured bridges, locks and sluice gates, cranes, and vessels for the chemical and sugar industries.
In 1961, the company acquired a license (from Anglo-Franco-Belge) to manufacture GM-EMD locomotives, In 1973, factories in Bruges and Familleureux produced the company's first underground trains, for the STIB.
In 1989, the consortium of BN, ANF Industrie and Bombardier won the order for the construction of the passenger shuttle wagons, valued at 36 billion francs, of which BN's contribution was valued at 8 billion.
In 1994, the company in association with Holec built commuter trains for the KRL Jabotabek system.
In 1998, after takeover by Bombardier, the company obtained an order with a total value of 22.2 billion Belgian francs to produce 78 Bombardier Voyager class trains for the railways in the United Kingdom at the Bruges and Manage plants; BN's value share of the contract was estimated at 8 to 10 billion Belgian francs. Deliveries took place in the early 2000s.
As part of Bombardier, the company also produced Flexity Outlook and Flexity Swift trams for Brussels and Rotterdam respectively, the bodyshells of the Autorail à grande capacité for the SNCF, and Metro vehicles for the Docklands Light Railway.
Additionally, the company continued to supply the Belgian Railways (SNCB) with passenger rail vehicles.
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