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Indian Standard Wagon Co Ltd
Indian Standard Wagon Co Ltd was founded in 1918, at Burnpur as a specialist company manufacturing railway wagons, carriages and railway equipment.
The company merged with the Burn & Co Ltd. Their Howrah works became a major railway contactor from the very beginning of railways in India in the 1850’s.With the rapid expansion of Railways, Burn & Company started manufacturing Railway rolling stock at Howrah to cater to the increasing demand [1] [2] [3] [4]
The merged company became Burn Standard Company Limited and developed excellence in manufacturing Railway wagons, forged components, springs etc.
References
- ↑ Wikipedia "Burn Standard Company"; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015
- ↑ "Burn Standard History"; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015
- ↑ Google Books "Business and Politics in India" by Stanley A. Kochanek; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015
- ↑ Google Books "Private Investment in India, 1900-1939" by Amiya Kumar Bagchi; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015