Wabtec Buys Metalocaucho

(RTTNews) - Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp., d.b.a. Wabtec Corp. (WAB), said Wednesday that it has acquired Metalocaucho, a European-based manufacturer of transit products, mainly rubber components for suspension and vibration control systems.

Based in northern Spain, Metalocaucho has annual sales of about $25 million. Metalocaucho provides a variety of rubber-to-metal components used mainly on high-speed, inter-city and metro passenger transit cars. Its customers include original equipment manufacturers and transit agencies throughout Europe, and in China and India.

Metalocaucho has about 100 employees, with facilities in Spain, China and India.