History

In 1869, the City Coun­cil of Nowy Sacz deci­des to send a dele­ga­tion to Vienna (with the par­ti­ci­pa­tion of repre­sen­ta­ti­ves of Tar­now) to recruit influ­en­tial poli­ti­cians – Fran­ci­szek Smolka and Julian Duna­jew­ski for the loca­tion of the rail­way thro­ugh Nowy Sacz.

In 1873 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary’s Par­lia­ment deci­ded to build a rail­way Tar­nów — Lviv, length 145.7 km of route run­ning thro­ugh Nowy Sacz.

1876 — for the newly-built railways,in Nowy Sacz a tech­ni­cal faci­lity is cre­ated cal­led Impe­rial — Royal Rail­way Work­shops — today NEWAG

Years 1880 — 1912 a gra­dual expan­sion of the Workshop.

During the First World War, work­shops have not been destroyed. They, rece­ived a new spe­cialty asso­cia­ted with the repair and manu­fac­ture of armo­red tra­ins for the Austro-Hungarian army.

1918 — The first refur­bi­shed loco­mo­tive in inde­pen­dent Poland was the 308 series steam engine.

1922 — the “Work­shop” is rena­medto the “First Class Nowy Sacz Main Work­shop”, which employed about 1,800 people. The com­pany was divi­ded into depart­ments: steam engine, wagon and mechanical.

1939 — anti­ci­pa­ting the events of Sep­tem­ber 1939, some per­son­nel were eva­cu­ated and work­shop equ­ip­ment to Stanislawow

1945 — cle­aring and resto­ra­tion of the work­shops and the launch of pro­duc­tion. 19 April 1945 was put into ope­ra­tion the first steam engine Ty2 series

1950 — Com­pany name chan­ged to the Polish State Rail­ways, Mecha­ni­cal Work­shop No. 3 in Nowy Sacz

1951 — Rena­med “Steam Engine — Wagon Repair Works No. 3 in Nowy Sącz”

1952 — The work­shop is trans­for­med into an inde­pen­dent enter­prise after sepa­ra­ting from the PKP struc­tu­res and obta­ins a new name “Zakłady Napraw­cze Taboru Kole­jo­wego w Nowym Sączu”  – ZNTK, (Rol­ling Stock Repair Work­shops in Nowy Sacz)

1963 — reso­lu­tion of the Coun­cil of Mini­sters’ name “Zakłady Napraw­cze Taboru Kole­jo­wego w Nowym Sączu” are selec­ted for repair of die­sel rol­ling stock

1967 — “ZNTK Nowy Sacz” began repa­iring SM30 series locomotives

1972 — in June, a fare­well to the last repa­ired steam engine TKt48-166. In the same year the first SM42 loco­mo­tive was repaired

1976 – The 100th anni­ver­sary of the company

1977 – pre­pa­ra­tions began for the repair of loco­mo­ti­ves SP42, SM48 and SM31

1982 — re-incorporation of the ZNTK to PKP structures

1991 — “Zakłady Napraw­cze Taboru Kole­jo­wego w Nowym Sączu” is beco­ming again an inde­pen­dent state enter­prise sub­or­di­nate to the Mini­stry of Transport

1994 — Nota­rial Deed dated 6 Sep­tem­ber 1994 Mini­ster of Pri­va­ti­za­tion trans­for­mes ZNTK in a joint stock company

1995 — Company’s sha­res are bro­ught to the Natio­nal Inve­st­ment Funds, the majo­rity to X NFI Foksal

Early 2001 is a tense situ­ation, resul­ting from finan­cial dif­fi­cul­ties and a limi­ted num­ber of contracts

2001 — In June by the deci­sion of the Super­vi­sory Board of the Com­pany the mana­ge­ment is  chan­ged and the pro­cess of restruc­tu­ring begins. The same year, the first repa­ired in “ZNTK Nowy Sacz” elec­tric loco­mo­tive No. 379 EU07 was put into operation

2003 — acqu­isi­tion of sha­res by the natio­nal inve­stor. Imple­men­ta­tion of quality sys­tem ISO 9001:2001

2004 — com­mis­sio­ning of the EN57 No. 1806 — the first repa­ired and moder­ni­zed elec­tric mul­ti­ple unit in ZNTK Nowy Sącz

In 2005, the Company’s name is chan­ged from the cur­rent “Zakłady Napraw­cze Taboru Kole­jo­wego w Nowym Sączu” to NEWAG S.A.

2005 — com­mis­sio­ning of the first repa­ired in Nowy Sacz elec­tric mul­ti­ple unit EN71 series

For­mal com­mis­sio­ning of the newly pro­du­ced in our com­pany, an elec­tric mul­ti­ple unit 14WE Series No. 01 for SKM w War­sza­wie Sp. z o.o.

2006 — in May during his first pil­gri­mage to Poland, Pope Bene­dict XVI bles­sed manu­fac­tu­red by us “The Popes Train” being the gra­ti­tude for the pon­ti­fi­cate of John Paul II

2006 — 130 years of  our activity

2007 – Deli­very of the first moder­ni­zed loco­mo­tive 311D based on GE tech­no­logy for use in the LHS Ltd.

Deli­very of the first moder­ni­zed 6Dg loco­mo­tive for ISD Huta Czestochowa

2009 — Rece­iving a cer­ti­fi­cate for a brand new vehicle 19WE pro­du­ced by NEWAG S.A.

2010 — Deli­very of the first moder­ni­zed loco­mo­tive 16D (SM48) to ope­rate in the LHS Ltd. In Poland
Deli­very of moder­ni­zed 6Dg loco­mo­tive to PKP Cargo.

Deli­very of four 19WE vehic­les to SKM War­szawa Sp z o.o.

Pro­duc­tion and deli­very of the first DMUs SA137, SA138 order by the Mar­shal Office of Pomor­skie Voievodeship.

The Polish Busi­ness Club titled us “Com­pany of the 2 decades”

2011 — Signing a con­tract between the con­sor­tium con­si­sting of Sie­mens Oester­re­ich and Newag S.A. and the War­saw Metro for sup­ply­ing 35 six-carriage INSPIRO metro trains.

Signing a con­tract between PKP Cargo S.A. and NEWAG S.A. for moder­ni­sing one hun­dred SM42 series locomotives.

Suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of the cer­ti­fy­ing audit as a result of which Newag S.A. joined the group of com­pa­nies mana­ged accor­ding to the IRIS rev. 2. standard.

Signing a con­tract between Koleje Dol­no­ślą­skie  and Newag S.A. for sup­ply­ing  five 31WE vehicles.

Signing a con­tract between PKP LHS sp. z o.o. and NEWAG S.A. for moder­ni­sing five SM48 die­sel loco­mo­ti­ves for  ope­ra­tion at Linia Hut­ni­cza Sze­ro­ko­to­ro­wa [Broad Gauge Metal­lurgy Line] with regi­ste­red office in Zamość.

2012 — NEWAG S.A. laun­ched the pro­duc­tion of a new NEVELO tram, desi­gna­ted num­ber 126N.

Deli­ve­ring the last of the five IMPULS (35WE) tra­ins for SKM [Fast Urban Rail] Warsaw.

NEWAG S.A. named “Wprost Inno­va­tor of 2012″.

Ope­ning the new pro­duc­tion hall desi­gna­ted to manu­fac­ture INSPIRO tra­ins for the War­saw metro.

Signing a con­tract between Koleje Mazo­wiec­kie and a con­sor­tium com­pri­sing NEWAG S.A. and Zakłady Napraw­cze Taboru Kole­jo­wego “Mińsk Mazo­wiecki” S.A for moder­ni­sing 34 tra­ins of the EN57 vehicles.

Perio­dic repair for 110 pas­sen­ger coaches for PKP Intercity.

Newag named  “The com­pany that trans­forms Polish indu­stry in2012″.

2013 — IMPULS Elec­tric Mul­ti­ple Unit, manu­fac­tu­red by Newag, was the first train in Poland to exceed the speed of 211 km/h.

In June, the first train pro­du­ced for the War­saw metro, left the pro­duc­tion facility.

Signing a con­tract between PKP Cargo S.A. and NEWAG S.A. for moder­ni­sing thirty SM48 (15D) series die­sel locomotives.

Manu­fac­tu­ring  a new 222M Die­sel Mul­ti­ple Unit for Koleje Mazowieckie.

Deli­ve­ring the ninth IMPULS’ (35WE) train for SKM Warsaw.

Signing a con­tract for deli­very of 19 modern, three-section Elec­tric Mul­ti­ple Units for the Pro­vin­ces: Mało­pol­skie, Świę­to­krzy­skie, Pod­kar­pac­kie and Śląskie.

Signing a con­tract with PKP Inter­city for moder­ni­sing twenty SM42 series die­sel locomotives.

INSPIRO manu­fac­tu­red at NEWAG star­ted car­ry­ing pas­sen­gers of the 1^st line of the War­saw metro.

5 grud­nia 2013 —

NEWAG S.A suc­cess­fully laun­ched its IPO at the War­saw Stock Exchange.

2014 — NEWAG S.A. was awarded ‘Forbes Diamond 2014’ granted by Forbes monthly. The company came second in the cate­gory of Mało­pol­ska com­pa­nies and it ran­ked eighth in Poland. According to the ranking by Forbes, NEWAG S.A. is the most dynamically developing company in rail industry.

War­szaw­ska Kolej Dojaz­do­wa ordered six new Electric Multiple Units to be manufactured by Newag S.A.

Four Provinces received modern IMPULS trains manufactured by NEWAG S.A. The con­tract for the deli­very of 19, three-unit Elec­tric Mul­ti­ple Units (EMUs) was signed on 28 August, 2013. The first 10 tra­ins have just been han­ded over to the orde­ring par­ties and the rema­ining nine  EMUs will have been deli­ve­red to Połu­dniowa Grupa Zaku­powa [Southern Pro­cu­re­ment Group] in 2015

Newag signed a contract with Koleje Mazowieckie, its biggest contract in 2014. The contract is for the deli­very of 12 five-unit elec­tric mul­ti­ple units by the end of November 2015. These will be the first five-section EMUs manufactured in Nowy Sącz.

NEWAG S.A. maintained its leading position in the segment of modernizing diesel locomotives. The Nowy Sącz company have modernized a total of 31 locomotives, which again ensured the Company a 100% market share.

2015 — FORBES monthly again awarded NEWAG S.A. with its Diamond. The com­pany came third in the ran­king of big com­pa­nies of Mało­pol­ska Pro­vince and twen­tieth in Poland.

Manu­fac­tu­red at NEWAG, the four-axle E4MSU Grif­fin elec­tric loco­mo­tive, is the first Polish loco­mo­tive to be gran­ted a cer­ti­fi­cate of com­pliance with TSI.

A new Elec­tric Mul­ti­ple Unit (EMU) is being built at NEWAG in Nowy Sącz. Com­mis­sio­ned by War­szaw­ska Kolej Dojaz­dowa  [WKD — War­saw Com­mu­ter Rail], the new six-car vehicle will be cha­rac­te­ri­sed by a uni­que design, func­tio­na­lity and cutting-edge design solutions.

NEWAG S.A., toge­ther with CCC and LPP are, accor­ding to the ran­king of Wprost weekly, the fastest gro­wing Polish com­pa­nies. On June 16, 2015, Zbi­gniew Konie­czek, the Pre­si­dent of the Mana­ge­ment Board, rece­ived the ‘Pol­ski Gepard’ [Polish Che­etah] Award during the gala cere­mony of the “200 Big­gest Polish Com­pa­nies” orga­ni­zed by the weekly.

NEWAG S.A. is increasing its collaboration with universities. The company signed a coope­ra­tion agre­ement with Poli­tech­nika Kra­kow­ska [Cracow Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­sity].

A new record set on Polish railway tracks. NEWAG-manufactured IMPULS 45WE EMU tra­vel­led with a speed of 226km/h along the CMK — Cen­tral Rail Line between Psary and Góra Wło­dow­ska. The IMPULS 45WE manu­fac­tu­red for Koleje Mazo­wiec­kie is the fastest rail vehicle desi­gned and manu­fac­tu­red in Poland.

The fra­me­work agre­ement and the first exe­cu­tive con­tract were signed between FERROVIE DEL SUD EST E SERVIZI AUTOMOBILISTICI s.r.l.- “FSE”,  with regi­ste­red office in Bari, Italy and NEWAG S.A. NEWAG Capi­tal Group will deli­ver to the Con­trac­ting Autho­rity five three-unit IMPULS II elec­tric mul­ti­ple units (EMUs).

Cata­nia in Sicily wit­nes­sed an offi­cial han­ding over cere­mony of Vul­cano tra­ins manu­fac­tu­red by Newag S.A. for Fer­ro­via Cir­cu­met­nea (FCE).

2016 — Mało­pol­skie Province signed a contract with Newag S.A. for a supply of 12 rail vehicles.

Grodzisk Mazowiecki hosted an official handing over ceremony of the first electric multiple unit 39WE manufactured by NEWAG S.A. for War­szaw­ska Kolej Dojazdowa.

NEWAG S.A. celebrated the 140^th anniversary of the company’s existence.

In Szcze­ci­n, Olgierd Geble­wicz, Mar­shal of Zachod­nio­po­mor­skie Pro­vince and Zbi­gniew Konie­czek, Pre­sident of the Board of NEWAG S.A, signed a con­tract for the deli­very of 17 IMPULS elec­tric mul­ti­ple units.

NEWAG-made GRIFFIN locomotive became a double winner of DOBRY WZÓR 2016 Contest. The E4MSU Grif­fin elec­tric loco­mo­tive, desi­gned and manu­fac­tu­red by NEWAG S.A. won the DESIGN OF THE YEAR 2016 Award gran­ted by the Polish Mini­ster of Deve­lop­ment and Finance, for the best Polish pro­duct, desi­gned by a Polish desi­gner and pro­du­ced by a Polish manufacturer.

NEWAG first in Poland to get full TSI approval (including TSI CCS). On 16 November this year, NEWAG S.A. rece­ived the first cer­ti­fi­cate of appro­val for ope­ra­tion of  its IMPULS rail vehicle type 31WE-029 and 45WE-014 com­pliant with the Tech­ni­cal Spe­ci­fi­ca­tions for Inte­ro­pe­ra­bi­lity – TSI.

NEWAG pierwszy w Polsce z pełnym dopuszczeniem TSI (w tym TSI CCS). W dniu 16 listo­pada br. NEWAG S.A. otrzy­mał pierw­sze zezwo­le­nie na dopusz­cze­nie do eks­plo­ata­cji dla typu pojazd
kole­jo­wego zgod­nego z Tech­nicz­nymi Spe­cy­fi­ka­cjami Inte­ro­pe­ra-­cyj­no­ści, zwa­nymi „TSI” dla pojaz­dów IMPULS typu 31WE-029 oraz 45WE-014.

2017 — NEWAG S.A. signed a con­tract with Łódzka Kolej Aglo­me­ra­cyjna for the deli­very of 14 tra­ins inc­lu­ding their main­te­nance. The train ope­ra­tor from Łódź is the first car­rier in Poland to rece­ive IMPULS 2 tra­ins — new gene­ra­tion EMUs.

Prodesse in posterum, or a future advantage. NEWAG grants scholarships to the best students of Politechnika Krakowska [Cracow Technical University].

Poli­tech­nika Kra­kow­ska– Cra­cow Uni­ver­sity of Tech­no­logy has a new spe­cia­li­sa­tion in Rail Vehicle Engi­ne­ering in the pro­gramme run by the Insti­tute of Rail Vehic­les at the Faculty of Mecha­ni­cal Engi­ne­ering which is offe­red in col­la­bo­ra­tion with NEWAG – a leading Polish manu­fac­tu­rer of cutting-edge rol­ling stock and with other top com­pa­nies in the rol­ling stock industry.

Urząd Marszałkowski [Marshal Office] of Zachodniopomorskie Province received a golden IMPULS with ECTS 2.

15 listo­pada – Repre­sen­ta­ti­ves of Metro­po­li­tan EAD visi­ted the headqu­ar­ters of NEWAG S.A. in Nowy Sącz to par­ti­ci­pate in the pre­sen­ta­tion of the train for the newly-built under­gro­und line in Sofia, Bul­ga­ria.