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 Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia VL class locomotive in June 2008 | |
| Industry | Aviation Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Jed Macartney Rob Powell |
| Defunct | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Sunshine, Victoria, Australia |
| Products | Locomotives |
Avteq was founded in 2002 by Jed Macartney and Rob Powell as an aviation consulting business. In 2005 it diversified into locomotive manufacturing, producing 12 VL class locomotives for Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia from a factory in Sunshine.
Avteq designed a second locomotive class, but none were ever manufactured. The company was deregistered in 2013.
References
- 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