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Windhoff company was first listed on the stock exchange in 1993. On 19 December 2001, the main company was declared bankrupt and the industrial plant and railway engineering divisions being taken over on 1 March 2002, to become part of Georgsmarienhütte Holdings GmbH. The Windhoff division, as
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Windhoff AG in Rheine, known for its special purpose vehicles for railway maintenance including Cargo-Sprinter MPVs, has been taken over by
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The company also manufactures equipment for heavy industrial plants, including steel-works equipment such as ladle transporters and tippers,
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is a German manufacturer of specialised railways rolling stock, and heavy industrial plant. The company was founded in 1889.
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In 1889, the engineer Rudolf WINDHOFF founded the company as
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Windhoff manufactures specialised rail vehicles including the diesel
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This article is about a company, for the German trade unionist, see
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near Münster, Germany in 1889 manufacturing machines for the
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