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BUSINESS	12 Months Ended
BUSINESS	Dec. 31, 2022
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
BUSINESS	BUSINESS Wabtec is one of the world’s largest providers of value-added, technology-based locomotives, equipment, systems, and services for the global freight rail and passenger transit industries as well as the mining, marine and industrial markets. Our highly engineered products, which are intended to enhance safety, improve productivity and reduce maintenance costs for customers, can be found on most locomotives, freight cars, passenger transit cars and buses around the world. Our core products and services are essential in the safe and efficient operation of freight rail and passenger transit vehicles. Wabtec is a global company with operations in over 50 countries and our products can be found in more than 100 countries throughout the world. In 2022, approximately 55% of the Company’s net sales came from customers outside the United States. The unfavorable global economic conditions driven by the impacts of the pandemic, supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine continue to have an adverse impact on our operations and business results. During 2020, the pandemic caused temporary plant closures in China, India, Italy, and other countries where outbreaks and stay-at-home orders were most prevalent, which had an adverse impact on our operations and business results. Supply chain disruptions and labor availability have caused component, raw material and chip shortages resulting in an adverse effect on the timing of the Company’s revenue generation. Additionally, broad-based inflation, escalation of diesel, utilities, energy, metals and other commodity costs, transportation and logistics costs, labor costs, and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations all continue to impact our results. The Company has implemented various mitigating actions to lessen the impact of these unfavorable economic conditions including price escalations in long-term contracts, price surcharges, operational efficiencies, cost mitigation efforts and discretionary spend management, strategic sourcing alignments, and accelerating integration synergies where possible, including Integration 2.0 discussed in Note 21. Additionally, the Company has proactively built-up inventory ahead of expected growth, including from new orders signed in 2022, and in response to supply chain challenges to minimize further interruption on customer orders. For the year ended December 31, 2021, prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting imposition of various sanctions against Russia and Belarus, Wabtec had earnings of approximately $40 million attributable to customers in Russia, while earnings from customers in Ukraine and Belarus were not significant. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, Wabtec had approximately $14 million and $20 million of assets, respectively, related to Russian operations, which were primarily cash and inventory that are expected to be recoverable. Assets related to Ukraine and Belarus operations are not significant.