Škoda Transportation
| Company type | Joint-stock company |
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| Industry | Rail transport machinery |
| Predecessor | Škoda Works (founded 1859) |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Emil Škoda (as Škoda Works) |
| Headquarters | Plzeň, Czech Republic |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Petr Novotný (CEO and chairman of the board)) Tomáš Ignačák (deputy chairman of the board) Zdeněk Sváta (member of the board) Jaromír Urbánek (Site Director Škoda Transportation) Jaroslav Zoch (member of the supervisory board) Michal Korecký (member of the supervisory board) |
| Products | electric locomotives multiple units low-floor trams underground trains trolleybuses battery electric buses hybrid electric buses |
| Revenue | 34,4 billion CZK (entire group, 2023) |
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Number of employees | 5 887 (2023) |
| Parent | PPF |
| Subsidiaries | See list |
| Website | skodagroup |
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Škoda Transportation a.s. is a Czech manufacturer of vehicles for public transport, including trams, electric multiple units, and buses. The company was formerly a division of Czech industrial conglomerate Škoda Works, and shares the Škoda name with Škoda Works' other former divisions, such as Škoda Auto and Doosan Škoda Power. The company is headquartered in Plzeň and markets its products worldwide, with an emphasis on the European market.
Škoda Works was founded in 1859 by Emil Škoda, and began manufacturing locomotives in Plzeň in 1920. Škoda Works was privatized and split up after the Velvet Revolution in the late 20th century, and Škoda Transportation was organized in 1995. The company has been owned by investment firm PPF Group since 2017.
Škoda Transportation fully or partially owns a number of other companies active in the rolling stock and bus manufacturing markets, including TEMSA and Škoda Transtech. Currently, Petr Novotny is the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Škoda Transportation, appointed in October 2023.