Maintenance, repair, conversion and painting of rail vehicles at the traditional Ammendorf site
Maschinenbau und Service GmbH Ammendorf
Halle (Halle-Ammendorf), DENew on Amplifa
About MSG Ammendorf
Maschinenbau und Service GmbH Ammendorf (MSG) is a mid-sized rail vehicle company in Halle-Ammendorf and the successor to the traditional Ammendorf wagon manufacturing business. Its core business covers maintenance, repair, conversion and modernisation of electric and diesel multiple units as well as bogie overhauls (A70), long bolster refurbishment, accident repairs and component replacement. The service profile also includes digitalisation retrofitting such as ETCS, upgrades (including BR412, Twindex) and the painting of rail vehicles. Customers include Siemens, Deutsche Bahn and DB Regio, whose Talent-2 vehicles are serviced under a framework contract for operational maintenance. The company is also an ECM4 workshop and home station of the DB Systemtechnik advanced TrainLab. Around 225–239 employees work at the site; revenue has doubled to around €30 million since 2019.
- Site
- Halle (Saale)
- Processes
- Maintenance/overhaul of electric multiple units, Maintenance/overhaul of diesel multiple units, Bogie overhauls (A70), Component replacement, Accident repair of electric and diesel multiple units, Bogie repair, Long bolster refurbishment, Modernisation of multiple units (ICE-T BR411/415, BR481)
- Materials
- Blasting, Painting
- Certificates
- EcoVadis
- Founded
- 2006
- Employees
- approx. 225–239
- Industries
- Rail transport/rail vehicle manufacturing, Railway operators and vehicle manufacturers, Railway operators and manufacturers (Siemens, Deutsche Bahn), Vehicle repair and maintenance
- 01
Maintenance,
- 02
Repair
- 03
Conversion/Modernisation
- 04
Blasting
- 05
Painting
- 06
Operational maintenance (ECM)
Processes and Services
Blasting
Robotic blasting system for surface preparation of rail vehicles prior to painting.
Painting
Painting of multiple units and locomotive bodies in a large rail vehicle paint shop
Locations
Halle-Ammendorf
DEHeadquarters and workshop (maintenance, repair, painting)
- Materials
- Steel (rail vehicle construction)
- Transverse traverser for cross-track shunting of rail vehicles
- Robotic blasting system
- Rail vehicle paint hall
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maintenance/overhaul of electric multiple unitsAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Maintenance/overhaul of diesel multiple unitsAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bogie overhauls (A70)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Component replacementAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Accident repair of electric and diesel multiple unitsAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bogie repairAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Long bolster refurbishmentAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Modernisation of multiple units (ICE-T BR411/415, BR481)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Digitalisation / ETCS retrofittingAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Upgrades (BR412, Twindex)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Painting of rail vehicles (largest rail vehicle paint shop in Germany)Surface | – | – | – | – | – |
| Blasting (robotic blasting system)Surface | – | – | – | – | – |
| Conversion of multiple unitsAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
3 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transverse traverser (cross-track shunting of rail vehicles) | – | 1 | – | – | Halle-Ammendorf |
| Robotic blasting system | – | 1 | – | – | Halle-Ammendorf |
| Paint shop (rail vehicle paint hall) | – | – | – | – | Halle-Ammendorf |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
Quality assurance is carried out within the framework of operational maintenance (ECM) for multiple units; no documented list of certifications is available. An EcoVadis rating for 2026 is linked on the company website.
| Evidence | Halle-Ammendorf |
|---|---|
| EcoVadis |
History
- 2006
Foundation of Maschinenbau und Service GmbH Ammendorf as successor to the traditional Ammendorf wagon manufacturing business.
- 2026
Framework contract for operational maintenance of Talent-2 vehicles for DB Regio Nord signed at InnoTrans.
- 2026
Investments of around €3.5 million, including a robotic blasting system, transverse traverser (approx. €800,000) and hall conversion (approx. €500,000); visit by Federal Minister of Economic Affairs Reiche.