Wirthwein - High Quality Plastic Track Components for the Railway Industry

The Wirthwein portfolio includes plastic parts, tool engineering, mould-making, series production and the assembly of ready-for-sale products.

In the mid-1960s, the key to the future was plastics. This opened the door to the production of plastic parts and Wirthwein joined in with plastic injection moulding. Today Wirthwein has 40 years of experience in plastic injection moulding and an annual production volume of hundreds of millions of parts. It has become a regular supplier to nearly all of the railway companies in Europe.

High-quality plastic components for railway tracks

One of Wirthwein's major product segments is high-quality plastic track components. The components are typically made into one unit by system providers and Wirthwein products are used in the first instalment for railway tracks, track reconstruction and maintenance.

Rail plates, pads, sleeper dowels and insulating components

The varied demands in railway superstructures are covered by Wirthwein's extensive rail product range, including:

• Angled guide plates
• Sleeper dowels
• Rail pads
• Intermediate plates
• Insulating components
• Cable ducts
• Rail web damping system
• Components for rail fastening systems

Rail fastening systems and plastic components for railway superstructures

The requirements of the different fastening systems are determined by the speeds they have to endure. To date, Wirthwein has supplied products for a total of 10,000km high-speed railway lines within Europe for train speeds up to 350km/h. Wirthwein also supplies plastic components for railway superstructures on wooden, concrete and steel sleepers.

Expertise in plastic component manufacturing technology

Wirthwein's customers benefit from its ability to exchange expertise, manufacturing technologies and experience from different business areas, a decisive advantage which guarantees all-time state-of-the-art and innovative processes.

For Wirthwein, specialisation and diversification are not contradictory but one of its very successful strategies.

Customers in the railway business

Wirthwein's customers in the railway business include an international market-leader for fastening systems, Deutsche Bahn, state railroads within and across European borders, industrial and private railways, suburban commuter railway companies, industrial companies, track construction companies, concrete producers, and mining companies.

About Wirthwein

In 1990, Wirthwein's medium-sized family enterprise started to develop into a successful international group of companies. The first subsidiary was founded immediately after the reunion of the two Germanies in Kirchmoeser and Brandenburg, an important railway site in Germany.

Today, the Wirthwein Group includes 15 companies in Germany, Poland, Spain, China and the US. More than 1,700 employees produce plastic components for the railway, automotive, electric, home-appliance and medical industry.