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La Brugeoise et Nivelles SA, later BN Constructions Ferroviaires et Métalliques (abbrev. BN), was a Belgian manufacturer of railway locomotives and other rolling stock; it was formed by a merger of two companies: ''La Brugeoise et Nicaise et Delcuve'' and ''Les Ateliers Métallurgiques de Nivelles''. The company was acquired by Bombardier Inc. in 1988, plants in Nivelles and Manage closed in 1989 and 2000; as of 2011, the plant located in Bruges operated as ''Bombardier Transportation Belgium S.A.''. ==History== In 1851, Joseph De Jaegher founded a hardware store in the Burg in Bruges; in 1855, this expanded with a steel workshop on the ''Raamstraat'', named ''Ateliers J. Jaegher''; in 1891, this merged with another steel making company in the nearby ''Gieterijstraat'', the ''Usines Ferdinand Feldhaus'', to form the ''Ateliers de Construction Forges et Aceries de Bruges''. By 1900, the company was a major Belgian metal engineering company. In 1905, the company moved its plant and offices to a larger site with good railway connections close to the Ghent Ostend canal at Sint-Michiels in Bruges. Until 1913, the company operated as the ''Société Anonyme La Brugeoise'',〔Sources 〕 abbreviated as ''"La Brugeoise"''. In 1913, the company ''La Brugeoise et Nicaise et Delcuve'' was formed by the merger of the Bruges-based companies ''La Brugeoise'' and ''Nicaise et Delcuve'' during a re-organisation of the interests of the holding company '' Trust Métallurgique Belge-Français'', and capitalised at 10 million francs; the new company included a modern steel works, forge and mills at Sint-Michiels.〔 During World War I, the facilities were occupied by German forces, and at the end of the war had been substantially damaged,〔 however post war construction also required the organisation products. In 1919, control of the company was taken by the ''Société Générale de Belgique''.〔 In 1956, this merged with ''Les Ateliers Métallurgiques de Nivelles'' to form ''La Brugeoise et Nivelles''. In 1977, the company merged with ''Constructions Ferroviaries du Centre'' (CFC) (in Familleureux, Hainaut, Belgium) to form ''BN Constructions Ferroviaries et Métalliques'' (BN).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Bombardier: Bruges, Belgium )〕 In 1986, Bombardier took at 45% share in BN, which was increased to 90.6% in 1988. The plants at Bruges and Manage became the BN division of Bombardier Eurorail in 1991. The factory in Nivelles closed and was demolished in 1989/90. In 2000, Bombardier announced it was to close the subsidiary plant ''BN Manage'' based in Manage, Belgium; the action attracted criticism from both trade unions and the Belgian government; perception was that Bombardier had used the 'jobs card' to win a Belgian double deck train contract worth 8.5 billion Belgian francs. The closure announcement came as a complete ''volte-face'' from Bombardier's previous statements which included optimistic statements about the Manage plant's future. Train-making ended at the site which was re-purposed by Duferco for steel plate processing. As of 2011, the factory in Bruges was part of Bombardier Transportation as ''Bombardier Transportation Belgium S.A.''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「La Brugeoise et Nivelles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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