Compagnie Électro-Mécanique Explained

Compagnie Electro-Mecanique
Type:Subsidiary
Industry:Rail transport
Successor:Alstom
Defunct:1983
Location:Lyon, France
Area Served:Worldwide
Products:Locomotives
High-speed trains
Intercity and commuter trains
Trams
People movers
Signalling systems

Compagnie Électro-Mécanique (CEM) was a French electrical engineering manufacturer based in Paris, Le Havre, Lyon, Le Bourget, Nancy, Dijon. It was a subsidiary company of Brown, Boveri & Cie.

Production

The company produced DC motors, AC motors, generators, turbines, transformers and railway locomotives. Examples of railway locomotives included SNCF Class C 61000 and SNCF Class CC 65500.

Acquisition by Alsthom

It was acquired by Alsthom in 1983.