Founded in 1985, vapor Europe S. r. L. (ex HP) has soon specialized in the design and manufacturing of complete door systems for collective transportation vehicles. Vapor europe's product range includes all kinds of manual and automatic doors currently on the market for any type of public transport vehicle (train, metro, bus, tram) . In 1997 the company was acquired by the westinghouse air brake group (wabtec, ex wabco) becoming part of a worldwide organization with more than 5000 employees.