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Freightliner Group is a rail freight and logistics company headquartered in the United Kingdom. It is owned by Brookfield, a Canadian investment management company and GIC, a Singaporean sovereign wealth fund. It was originally created after the Transport Act 1968 as Freightliner Limited, a British government-owned company. From its onset ...
Arcapita acquires interest in midsized companies with an emphasis on the United States, and the Middle East. Arcapita's private equity portfolio contains 6 active and 41 exited investments. Some past investments include: [28] Freightliner Group Limited – a UK rail logistics company – Acquired in 2008, exited in 2015. [29]
Companies House was a member of the Public Data Group, an advisory board which between 2011 and 2015 sought to improve public access to government data. [25] Companies House is also responsible for dissolving companies. [26] In 2020, there were approximately 4.3 million businesses on the Companies House register. [27]
1992- Production starts at Freightliner's new truck plant in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada; 1995- Freightliner launches Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation and acquires American LaFrance. 1997- Freightliner acquires Ford Motor Company's heavy-truck business and names it "Sterling." Freightliner launches SelecTrucks.
GB Railfreight (GBRf) is a rail freight company in the United Kingdom. As of 2022, it is owned by the global investment company Infracapital, itself a subsidiary of M&G plc, a UK investment group. GB Railfreight was established in April 1999 as the rail freight operating subsidiary of the train operating company GB Railways.
In November 2007, the company was bought by German train operator Deutsche Bahn for £309 million. In January 2009, EWS was rebranded as DB Schenker. In November 2011, a weekly service using European sized swap bodies commenced between Barking, London and Wrocław, Poland using High Speed 1. In March 2016, the company was rebranded as DB Cargo UK.
The first company to produce a fully tilting cab, Freightliner was the final truck manufacturer in North America to offer a Class 8 cabover. The Argosy remains in production in North America, sold exclusively for export. In the summer of 2007, DaimlerChrysler was split, with the Freightliner parent company reorganizing itself as Daimler AG.
It was initially and briefly named "Trainload Freight South East Limited" before being re-branded in September 1994. [ 2 ] All three former Trainload Freight companies including Mainline Freight were acquired in February 1996 by 'North-South Railways': a company formed by a consortium led by US railroad company Wisconsin Central , for a ...