Linke-Hofmann was a German manufacturing company established in Breslau to produce locomotives and rolling stock. Its origins lay in the wheelwright business of Gottfried Linke begun in 1834. It is now part of Alstom the name Linke-Hofmann-Busch became defunct in 2009 when it became ALSTOM Transport Germany GmbH. During World War I it became one of many companies in Germany drawn into the aircraft industry even though they had no prior experience in aircraft design.
