{ "schemaVersion": 1, "organisationId": "O-233049e397494ab886419fc66eeb855e", "slug": "knorr-bremse-ag", "name": "Knorr-Bremse AG", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T14:27:48.266878Z", "sections": [ { "type": "OVERVIEW", "text": "Knorr-Bremse AG is a Munich-based supplier of braking systems and other technologies for rail and commercial vehicles. Its two core businesses are Rail Vehicle Systems, which serves the rail industry, and Commercial Vehicle Systems, which serves truck and other commercial-vehicle markets. The company’s products include braking, vehicle dynamics, driver-assistance and related onboard systems; its stated purpose is to help make mobility safer, more efficient and reliable. [https://www.knorr-bremse.com/en/][https://www.knorr-bremse.com/en/company/business-divisions/]\n\nFor the 2025 financial year, Knorr-Bremse reported revenue of approximately €7.8 billion. It had around 30,500 employees and more than 100 locations, with operations spanning roughly 30 countries. 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Its digital and service offerings include condition monitoring and condition-based maintenance through Data2Action, alongside RailServices maintenance, repair, spare parts, training and lifecycle support. [P144469589][P108556349][https://rail.knorr-bremse.com/en/de/railservices/]\n\nCommercial Vehicle Systems products include pneumatic brake controls, disc and drum brakes, cylinders, valves and pedal units; steering systems; ABS and electronic stability programs; driver-assistance and emergency-braking systems; electronic leveling control; compressors and air treatment; and transmission, engine-air-management and fuel-efficiency systems. Named products include the SYNACTÆ heavy-vehicle and bus disc-brake family, the weight-reduced NexTT trailer disc brake, and the modular GSBC brake-control system for driver assistance and automated driving. Air-supply offerings include a rotary-vane compressor and the Global Scalable Air Treatment (GSAT) platform; steering products include fully electric EPS and advanced hybrid AHPS. [P144469590][P108556349]\n\nOther named offerings include the iTEBS X trailer system, Online Configuration Tool, Software Update Management System and TruckServices PleaseFix repair and maintenance booking tool. For the first half of 2026, external revenue was €2,245 million in Rail Vehicle Systems and €1,837 million in Commercial Vehicle Systems, approximately 55% and 45% respectively of group external revenue of €4,080 million. Aftermarket revenue represented 52.7% of Rail Vehicle Systems revenue and 33.4% of Commercial Vehicle Systems revenue in that period. 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Its FY2025 consolidated-affiliate listings show a footprint spanning Europe—including Germany, the Czech Republic, the UK, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland—as well as China, India, Japan, Thailand and Kazakhstan in Asia; the United States, Mexico, Brazil and Canada in the Americas; and South Africa.[https://newsroom.knorr-bremse.com/en/knorr-bremse-opens-the-2025-fiscal-year-with-robust-results/][T4928846][T2270614]\n\nAt year-end 2025, the company reported 27,448 employees: 15,605 in Europe/Africa, 6,420 in Asia/Australia, 4,696 in North America and 727 in South America.[T3862767] The FY2025 annual report does not provide a country- or region-level revenue breakdown.[https://ir.knorr-bremse.com/media/document/d9b16043-b9a6-4689-9e2a-89c9ce957f3b/assets/Knorr_Bremse_AnnualReport_2025.pdf?disposition=inline]\n[T4928846][T2270614][T3862767][T3862767][T3862767][T3862767][T3862767][https://newsroom.knorr-bremse.com/en/knorr-bremse-opens-the-2025-fiscal-year-with-robust-results/][https://ir.knorr-bremse.com/media/document/d9b16043-b9a6-4689-9e2a-89c9ce957f3b/assets/Knorr_Bremse_AnnualReport_2025.pdf?disposition=inline]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T14:27:48.266878Z" }, { "type": "SEGMENTS", "text": "For 2025, Knorr-Bremse reported two business segments. Rail Vehicle Systems (RVS) focuses on rail-vehicle braking and other subsystems, including entrance and HVAC systems, digital solutions and services, signaling, and aftermarket services. It generated €4,314 million in external revenue, approximately 55.2% of the group’s €7,817 million total. [P53538448][T12024100] Commercial Vehicle Systems (CVS) focuses on products and systems for trucks and buses, including brake controls, compressors and driver-assistance systems, as well as related spare parts and services. It generated €3,502 million in external revenue, approximately 44.8% of the group total. [T6849269][T12024100]\n[P53538448][T6849269][T12024100][T12024100][T12024100][T12024100]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T14:27:48.266878Z" }, { "type": "HISTORY", "text": "Knorr-Bremse was founded in Berlin on January 19, 1905, by Georg Knorr, with Loewe & Co. involved in its establishment. Its early K1 rapid-release brake was designed to stop passenger trains more quickly and smoothly. The company later developed the Kunze-Knorr freight-train brake in 1918, filed its first truck-brake patent in 1922, and introduced the Hildebrand-Knorr brake in 1931. [https://www.knorr-bremse.com/en/company/history/milestones-in-the-companys-history/]\n\nAfter the main Berlin-Lichtenberg plant was dismantled and expropriated in 1945, a major turning point came in 1985, when executive Heinz Hermann Thiele acquired a majority stake. Knorr-Bremse expanded its rail business through the acquisition of shares in Austrian door-system supplier IFE from 1997, fully integrating it in 2002, and the 2000 acquisition of Invensys’s brakes division, formerly Westinghouse Brakes. 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The company continued reshaping and expanding its portfolio, including the announced acquisition of Alstom’s North American rail-signaling technology business in 2024 and the announced acquisition of rail electronics and software group duagon in 2025. 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