This Niesky site as been location for an engineering business for over 170 years ago.

1835:	On January, 5 Johann Ehregott Christoph founded as a small engineering company
1863 ff:	Manufacturing of steam engines, bridges and wooden houses
1898:	Foundation of the Christoph & Unmack AG
1917:	Start of rail vehicle production: freight- and mail vehicles passanger coaches and tramcars
1945-1948:	Removal of war demages and nationalization
ab 1950	Start of specialized production of freight wagons and freight bogies
1972:	First products manufactured for "West-Europaen" market
1978:	Part of East-German "Kombinat Schienenfahrzeuge"
1990:	Foundation of Waggonbau Niesky  GmbH as part of DWA - Deutsche Waggonbau AG
1996:	Acquisition of DWA - Holding by Advent Interantional (USA)
1998:	Acquisition of DWA - Holding by Bombardier Inc. (Canada)
2001:	European freight wagon production centre
2005:	April, 30 start as independent company - WBN Waggonbau -Niesky