title: Wagon Automotive
text: # Wagon Automotive
  
  Wagon Automotive is an automotive parts company based in Birmingham, England.
  
  The company is controlled by the American businessman Wilbur Ross and employs over 4,000 workers across Europe.
  
  ## Background
  
  Wagon has its roots in Wagon Repairs, a business set up at the end of the First World War to maintain railway rolling stock.
  
  The company was chosen by Ross as the foundation for a European car parts empire.
  
  