Vabis

Vagnfabriks Aktiebolaget i Södertelge
Industry
FoundedDecember 1891
Defunct1911
FateMerged with Maskinfabriks-aktiebolaget Scania to create Scania-Vabis
Headquarters,
Sweden
BrandsVabis

Vagnfabriks Aktiebolaget i Södertelge (Vabis; lit.'Wagon Factory Limited Company of Södertälje') was Swedish railway car manufacturer, established in 1891 in Södertälje. Vabis also manufactured petrol engines, automobiles, trucks, motor-powered draisines, motorboats and marine engines. The company was in 1911 merged with Maskinfabriks-aktiebolaget Scania, to form Scania-Vabis, later Scania AB.