Ganz Works

Ganz Holdings Co. Ltd.
Formerly	Ganz–Danubius (1911–59?); Ganz-MÁVAG (1959–89);
Company type	Private (1845–1947); State-owned (1947–59);
Industry	Transport; Metallurgy
Founded	1844 in Buda, Kingdom of Hungary
Founders	Ábrahám Ganz
Defunct	1989
Fate	Sold in 1989 to diverse companies that used the name 'Ganz' for their own enterprises
Headquarters	Buda, Hungary
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	List Károly Zipernowsky; Ottó Bláthy; Miksa Déri; András Mechwart; Kálmán Kandó; Donát Bánki; János Csonka; Zoltán Fitos ; ;
Products	Trams ; Trains ; Ships; Electric generators
Owner	Ábrahám Ganz and his family (1845–1947) ; State of Hungary (1947–1949)
Subsidiaries	Ganz Danubius (ship yard); Ganz Acélszerkezet (bridge steel structures); Ganz Transelektro (power plant and power distribution equipment);
Website	ganz-holding.hu

The Ganz Machinery Works Holding is a Hungarian holding company. Its products are related to rail transport, power generation, and water supply, among other industries.

The original Ganz Works or Ganz (Hungarian: Ganz vállalatok or Ganz Művek, Ganz companies, formerly Ganz and Partner Iron Mill and Machine Factory) operated between 1845 and 1949 in Budapest, Hungary. It was named after Ábrahám Ganz, the founder and manager of the company. Ganz is probably best known for the manufacture of tramcars, but was also a pioneer in the application of three-phase alternating current to electric railways.

Ganz also made ships (through its Ganz Danubius division), bridge steel structures (Ganz Acélszerkezet) and high-voltage equipment (Ganz Transelektro). In the early 20th century the company experienced its heyday and became the third-largest industrial enterprise in the Kingdom of Hungary after the Manfréd Weiss Steel and Metal Works and the MÁVAG company.

Since 1989, various parts of Ganz have been taken over by other companies.

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