Maffei (company)

Maffei was a manufacturer of railway locomotives based in Munich, Germany.

Established in 1836, it prospered for nearly a century before going bankrupt in 1930 and becoming amalgamated with the firm of Krauss to form Krauss-Maffei.

Following another seventy years of prosperity Krauss-Maffei merged with Demag and Mannesmann in 1999, the resulting conglomerate in turn being sold to Siemens AG.

Maffei, as a Munich town councillor, was praised for the building of the Hotel Bayerischer Hof.

The Maffei mansion in Feldafing, by Lake Starnberg, today houses a museum and exhibitions.

Works plate of J. A. Maffei 4536 of 1918 on Bavarian S 3/6 No. 3673 (later 18 478)
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S 3/6 No. 3634 (later 18 451) in the Deutsches Museum
S 3/6 No. 3634 in the Deutsches Museum . Note the worksplate (3315 of 1912) attached to the cylinder cover
Maffei workers celebrate their 500th locomotive in 1864