SABB S.A.
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| Formerly | S.A. Bautista Buriasco e Hijos |
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| Company type | S.A. |
| Industry | Transport |
| Founded | January 1, 1951 |
| Founder | Bautista Buriasco[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Goods wagons |
Number of employees | 80 (2012) |
SABB S.A.(an acronym forS.A. Bautista Buriasco e Hijos Ltda.)[2]is anArgentinerolling stockmanufacturer andshipyard[3]based inMaría Juana,Santa Fe Province.The company was founded in 1951 and has supplied over 10,000 vehicles to theArgentine railwaysover the years.
The company was the first Argentine rolling stock company set up after thenationalisation of the railwaysin 1948 and was the first company to produce cargo cars in the country afterFerrocarriles Argentinosordered 2,000 cars in 1951. The company currently has a 32,000 square metres (7.9 acres) factory in María Juana where it is based.[4]
History
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In the 1930s, Bautista Buriasco bought shares inLa Margariteña,acombine harvestermanufacturer of Colonia Margarita,Santa Fe Province.In 1938 he moved the factory to the city of María Juana, where it continued producingagricultural machinery.After theWorld War IIthe company used military trucks to adapt them to transportcattleandgrains.
In 1944 Buriasco established a new company, "La Soberana", that started to producecannons,pontoonsfor theArgentine Army,fuel tanks forYPFand water tank for Obras Sanitarias, the main water supply company of Argentina by then. When the whole Argentine railway network wasnationalisedin 1948, the rolling stock was seriously damaged due to the lack of maintenance. In view of that situation, Buriasco secretly built agoods wagonto offer it to the National Government.
Once the wagon prototype received approval from the Ministry of Transport, the Buriasco Family signed a contract to build 2,000 units ofcovered,livestockandopenwagons.
On January 1, 1951, "Bautista Buriasco e Hijos" was established. Under that name the company started the construction of a new factory to build and distribute the wagons. A railway line to the factory entrance was built for that purpose.[5]
During the 1970s the company had around 1,000 employees, but this number declined afterthe privatisation of the railwaysand fell to just 80 by 2012.[6]However, following there-nationalisation of the railwaysin 2012–2015, business has picked up again with contracts coming from the state fright operatorBelgrano Cargas.[7]
SABB has exported vehicles to neighbouring countries such asBrazilandBolivia,as well as selling to domestic freight companies such asFerroexpreso Pampeano,Ferrosur RocaandNuevo Central Argentino.[8]
In 2014, the Government of Argentina commissioned SABB to repair and refurbish 59 freight wagons, that were added to theBelgrano Cargas y Logísticadivision.[5][9]
After the Buriasco family left the business, SABB S.A. continued operating.[2]
References
[edit]- ^"María Juana, un pueblo que renace de la mano del trabajo ferroviario",La Capital,27 Apr 2014
- ^abCalvo recorrió la fábrica de vagones SAAB de María Juana con el Presidente del Belgrano Cargason Radio Rafaela, 2 Jul 2021
- ^SABB INAUGURÓ SU ASTILLERO LOCAL DE BARCAZAS Y BUSCA CLIENTES31 May 2006 on Notife
- ^"En una empresa de María Juana se repararán 59 vagones de la empresa Belgrano Cargas",La Capital,15 Apr 2015
- ^abLa fábrica de vagones Sabb SA que supo resurgir con prepotencia de trabajoon La Capital, 9 Nov 2014
- ^"La empresa S.A.B.B. S.A. entrega a Ferrosur Roca 60 vagones reconstruídos- Cronica Ferroviaria, 19 April 2012.
- ^El Secretario de Transporte de la Nación visitó SABB.SA- María Juana accion, 9 April 2015.
- ^Visita a la fábrica de vagones S.A. Bautista Buriascoon Rieles, 10 Dec 2013
- ^Sabb S.A. de María Juana reparará 59 vagones de la empresa Belgrano Cargasby Luis O. Vietto, 17 Apr 2014 on Region Oeste
External links
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- Official website(archived, 3 July 2019)
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