BRAKE SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS

FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES

BRAKE SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS

FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES

We produce brake systems and components

for these rail vehicles

Who are we?

Company
DAKO-CZ, a.s.

The company DAKO-CZ is a leading manufacturer of pneumatic, electromechanical and hydraulic brake systems and components for rail vehicles with more than a 208-year tradition. With a planned annual turnover of around EUR 92 million, 74% of which is based on foreign orders, the company is based in Třemošnice in East Bohemia. The company DAKO-CZ is a member of the industrial-technological group CSG and its division CSG Mobility.  

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The unique know-how of the company DAKO-CZ, a.s. is based on a strong tradition of the past. Company roots date back to 1816, when the foundry and later the engineering plant was founded by Josef Jan Zvěřina in Třemošnice. After 1920, the company business expanded to include supplies for rail transport. The company experienced the greatest boom in the 1950s with the arrival of Mr. Josef Daněk.

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* 8 April 1920 – † 21 May 2001

Josef Daněk was born on 8 April 1920 in Kotvrdovice in the Moravský kras. He was trained as a turner and graduated from the College of Mechanical Engineering in Brno. In 1949 Hedvikov he started to work at Kovolis Hedvikov. At the end of 1952 he became head of the brake development department and in 1956 he significantly contributed to the approval of the DAKO braking system by the UIC braking committee, and this was the start of the series production of the CV1D switchboard. More than forty of his patents contributed to the development and future of the company. He is considered the father of the DAKO brake.

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What can we offer?

Own development and modern testing laboratory

News DAKO-CZ, a.s.

Many thanks to all our customers and guests who visited the DAKO-CZ stand during exhibition INNOTRANS 2024. It was a pleasure meeting you all and we are looking forward to meeting you again.

The InnoTrans trade fair will take place in Berlin, Germany, from 24 to 27 September. This year the company will present more than twenty exhibits, eleven of them in a world premiere.

INNOTRANS 2024

Dear business partners, we would like to invite you to visit exhibition of the company DAKO-CZ at the International Trade Fair for Transport Technology – INNOTRANS 2024. The trade fair takes place in Berlin, September 24 – 27. You will find us at stand 420, hall 1.2. We look forward to meet you!

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