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Avteq was founded in 2002 by Jed Macartney and Rob Powell as an aviation consulting business.[1] In 2005 it diversified into locomotive manufacturing, producing 12 VL class locomotives for Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia from a factory in Sunshine.[2][3][4]
 Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia VL class locomotive in June 2008 | |
| Industry | Aviation Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Jed Macartney Rob Powell |
| Defunct | 2013 |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
| Products | Locomotives |
Avteq designed a second locomotive class, but none were ever manufactured.[5] The company was deregistered in 2013.[6]
References edit
- ^ Avteq: Who in the world are they? Motive Power issue 49 December 2006 pages 56/57
- ^ The Allco / CFCLA Joint Venture VL Class Railway Digest April 2007 page 7
- ^ New Locomotive Newsrail May 2007 page 156
- ^ Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s - 2010. Rosenberg Publishing. p. 438. ISBN 9781921719011.
- ^ Avteq Products Avteq
- ^ Avteq Pty Ltd Australian Securities & Investments Commission