Sulzer Winpro sells Steam Business to Hug Engineering
Sulzer Winpro (former SLM) in Winterthur has sold its steam business for an
undisclosed sum to Hug Engineering, a company making ceramic catalysers for
diesel engines. Hug also owns a machine building company which works partly
for its catalyser business, but also as a supplier for the rolling stock
industry.
The steam business will form a new company called Dampflokomotiv- und
Maschinenfabrik AG DLM (Steam Locomotive and Machine Works Ltd..) DLM will
be headed by Roger Waller and its aim is to develop and to market modern
steam locomotives and steam engines for naval purposes. Sulzer Winpro will
act as a supplier to DLM and DLM will support Winpro in the finalizing of
the modernized steam locomotive 52 NG 8055 as well as with possible future
orders from the Lake Geneva shipping company for additional steam engines
for its steam boats, which are covered by an existing contract.
DLM already has secured its first order, the modernization of the rack
steam locomotive "Breithorn", owned by Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ), which
operates a highly profitable line to the mountain resort Zermatt with its
famous mountain "Matterhorn", of which a little copy can be found in
Disneyland in California. DLM also further wants to market its rack steam
technology and will develop a new narrow gauge adhesion steam locomotive suitable for European meter gauge lines but also for American 3foot railroads. It
also intends to take part in tenders for other new steam locomotives,
especially for Nilgiri Mountain Railways in India.
DLMs engineering department will be for the time being located at Hug
Engineering in Weisslingen near Winterthur and the overhaul of the
"Breithorn" engines will be performed at Hugs H&S company in Elgg.
Nevertheless CEO Hans Thomas Hug looks forward to relocate all his
businesses into a new location in Winterthur.
