Knorr-Bremse AG engages in the manufacture and sale of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles. The company is headquartered in Muenchen, Bayern and currently employs 32,549 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2018-10-12. The firm manufactures braking systems and other subsystems for rail and commercial vehicles. The company operates through two segments: Rail Vehicle Systems and Commercial Vehicle Systems. The Rail Vehicle Systems segment equips safety-critical products and systems for equipping mass transit vehicles such as commuter trains, metro cars and light rail vehicles as well as freight cars, locomotives and high-speed trains. The Commercial Vehicle Systems segment offers products for trucks, buses, trailers and agricultural machinery. The product portfolio includes brake systems and vehicle dynamics solutions, such as driver assistance, energy supply and distribution systems, such as air compressors, and fuel efficiency products and transmission subsystems, such as vibration dampers, among others. The firm also offers aftermarket services.
