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History

 

1972North American Car Corporation, third  railcar lessor in America with 60,000 cars, sets up NACCO S.A. in France, at the time Europe's largest private railcar market.
1973Delivery of NACCO's first wagon.

1983NACCO S.A. and its fleet of 1500 railcars are sold to Norwegian shipowner Wilhelm Wilhelmsen. Former parent company subsequently purchased by General Electric USA.
1990Founding of :
  •  NACCO (U.K.) Limited
  •  NACCO GmbH
1991NACCO purchases 10 % of former East Germany's private wagon fleet from the Deutsche Reichsbahn.
1992Fleet size reaches 3800 railcars.
1994Representative offices established in Prague and Budapest. Technical office opened in Trnava (Slovakia).
1998David MacNaughton, founder and CEO of NACCO S.A., becomes principal shareholder.
2003ISO 9001 : 2000 certification by BVQI.
A leading European chemical company entrusts its 600 car fleet to NACCO management.
2005NACCO chosen as railcar supplier for the first privately operated international rail transport in France.
2006Founding of NACCO Rail Ireland Limited.
2007Representative offices are opened in Austria (Linz) and Poland (Warsaw).
2008Fleet size reaches 9000 railcars.
Representative office opened in Sweden.