Adtranz

DaimlerChrysler Rail Systems

Formerly	ABB Daimler Benz Transportation
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Rail transportation
Founded	1 January 1996; 28 years ago (1996-01-01) (through merger)
Defunct	1 May 2001 (2001-05-01)
Fate	Acquired by Bombardier
Successor	Bombardier Transportation
Headquarters	Berlin , Germany[1]
Key people	Rolf Eckrodt (President, Chairman)[2]
Products	Rail vehicles, railway electrification and signalling
Revenue	DM5.7 billion (1996)[3] DM6.4 billion (1997)[4] €3.3 billion (DM6.5 billion) (1998)[5] €3.6 billion (1999)[6] €3.9 billion (2000)[7]
Owner	ABB and Daimler-Benz (1996–1999) Daimler Chrysler (1999–2001)
Number of employees	22,715 (1997)[4]

Adtranz was a multi-national rail transportation equipment manufacturer with facilities concentrated in Europe and the US. The company, legally known as ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation, was created in 1996 as a joint venture between ABB and Daimler-Benz to combine their rail equipment manufacturing operations. In 1999, DaimlerChrysler (successor to Daimler-Benz) bought ABB's shares and changed the company's official name to DaimlerChrysler Rail Systems. The company was acquired by Bombardier in 2001, which merged it into its Bombardier Transportation division, which became the largest rail equipment manufacturer in the world at the time, and was ultimately acquired by Alstom in 2021.

Adtranz manufactured locomotives, high-speed, regional, metro and underground passenger trains, trams and people movers as well as freight wagons. Non rolling stock businesses included railway electrification and signalling infrastructure.