Press Release Archive
Archive of corporate news from the global railway industryPress Releases By Date
February 2012
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Rhomberg Rail Reports Progress of Largest Project in Austria
The works carried out by Rhomberg Rail's joint venture partner, Arge Alptransit Brenner are still going according to plan and are entering the final...
Kontron's New 4U Industrial Rackmount Server Features 2nd Generation Intel Core i3/i5/i7 Processors and a New System Design
Kontron has announced the availability of the KISS 4U Short Q67Flex, the latest addition to the Kontron industrial silent server (KISS) family in the 4U short 19in rack...
KEYMILE Presents Flexible FTTx Broadband Expansion Solutions
In a live showcase at this year's CeBIT from 6 to 10 March, KEYMILE will present its MileGate multi-service access platform for flexible FTTx broadband...
OEM Technology Solutions Partners with DEUTA Werke
OEM Technology Solutions and DEUTA-Werke have signed a distribution agreement that licenses OEM to market, promote, sell, service and support DEUTA's range of...
OEM Technology Solutions Wins NSW Technology Export Award
Sydney company OEM Technology Solutions has won the major technology export prize at the 2011 NSW ATS Patrons Awards held recently in Sydney,...
HBL Wins Prestigious Order from Alstom Transport to Supply Onboard Battery Systems for Citadis Trams
One of the world's leading rolling stock manufacturers, Alstom Transport has awarded HBL Power Systems a contract for the design and manufacture of onboard sintered plate nickel cadmium...
IRIS and Welding and Adhesive Bonding Certifications Lift Joptek Composites to a New Level
Joptek Composites has been awarded the railway industry's IRIS certification, the international railway vehicles adhesive bonding certificate DIN 6701-2 Class A2 and international railway...
Firstco Awarded Tyne and Wear Metro Framework Agreement
Firstco has been awarded preferred supplier status, becoming one of three contractors to undergo further competitive competition to design and build a 10G IP network linking the sixty stations...
Austrak’s Dubai Factory Open for Business
Austrak's newest factory, their twelfth worldwide and the first in Dubai, produced its first pre-stressed concrete railway sleepers last...
Time Over Ethernet: State-of-the-Art for IP-Based Time Distribution
Technology of time distribution systems has evolved over time. In the last century synchronisation of slave clocks was based on minute or second impulses in a two-wire cabling installation....
January 2012
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Argentina Opens Doors to WEGH Group Technology
A contract with Solana for the supply of a long line plant has recently been signed and Argentina has opened its doors to WEGH Group...
Intelligent Power-On Built-In Test Solution for Kontron VPX/OpenVPX and VME Processor Boards
Kontron has announced the availability of the intelligent power-on built-in test solution Kontron PBIT on its VPX / OpenVPX and VME processor boards which serves to improve the reliability,...
Belden Introduces New Modular Industrial Patch Panel
MIPP™ is the first modular industrial patch panel in the market able to combine copper and fibre management in one solution offering significant space and cost...
Next Generation Westermo Ethernet Switches Improve Onboard Railway Communication Network Reliability
To meet the growing demand for reliable onboard railway communications networks, Westermo has introduced a new generation of industrial Ethernet switches that provide highly robust networks...
Schaefer Introduce Low Cost and Compact 5kW Pure Sine Wave Inverter
Schaefer introduces the AEP-5000 series of 5,000W, rugged, high-efficiency, pure sine wave inverters. The 'clean' pure sine wave output of the AEP-5000 series with less than 3% total...
SCHAEFER Release Power Conversion Systems White Paper
SCHAEFER has released a white paper to showcase its power conversion...
Railroad Friction Products Release New Brochure
Railroad Friction Products has released a new white paper brochure which showcases the new and improved COBRA® LF Low Friction Composition Brake...
MFL Goes to China
Following MFL's successful introduction to the large Russian rail milling market, it has decided to enter the Chinese rail milling market as well. The tender of the Chinese Ministry of...
IDAC Holds Free ANSYS Open Day
IDAC is offering a free ANSYS open day for those interested in learning about simulation techniques and software. IDAC's open day gives you the opportunity to visit IDAC and meet its...
OTN Systems Installs New Metro Project in Lima, Peru
OTN Systems, the global market leader in fibre-optic-based telecommunications backbone networks in metros will install a fibre-optic backbone for the Tren Urbano metro line in Lima, thereby...
Kontron 6U CompactPCI boards with 2nd Generation Intel Core i7 Processors for Harsh Environments
Kontron has introduced two rugged 6U CompactPCI PICMG 2.16 compliant processor boards with 2nd generation Intel Core i7 processor...
Kelvatek Receives First Order for REFLEKT
Kelvatek is pleased to announce the receipt of the first Network Rail order for REFLEKT, a fault location device specifically for the rail signalling...
Siqura Joins TKH Security Solutions
Siqura is now part of TKH Security Solutions, a close-knit collection of five companies working together to provide integrated and complete security management systems for critical...
December 2011
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Three New Kontron Embedded Motherboards With 2nd Generation Intel Core i3/i5/i7 Processors
Kontron has announced the launch of three additional embedded motherboards in the ATX and Flex-ATX form factors with the 2nd generation Intel Core i3/i5/i7 desktop and mobile...
Kontron COM Express Reference Carrier-i Type 10 for COM Express Mini Computer-on-Modules
First reference and evaluation board for the extended temperature range enables simple upgrades and development of scalable applications in extreme...
Dual-Output and 100W Power Supply with Universal AC-Input Suits
Absopulse Electronics' MIW 152R series dual-output, railway quality AC/DC power supplies utilise high-efficiency power conversion topology to deliver 100W output...
European Railway Depots Have Increased Interest in Nencki Wheel Weighing (NWW) Machine
Manufacturers of rail track machinery and passenger trains in Europe are becoming more sensible regarding the registration of rolling stock vehicles according to DIN EN14363 standards....
IDAC Simulation Open Day
IDAC is opening its doors to the engineering community free of charge on 26 January 2012. This is an opportunity for you to meet IDAC's computer aided engineering (CAE) simulation experts and...
Consortium Led by Rhomberg Wins Major Swiss Federal Railway (SBB) Contract
A major contract for the construction of the new rail link from Zurich's main station (Zürich Hauptbahnhof) to the city's Oerlikon station was awarded to the ARGE Bahntechnik DML...
Flexible FPGA and I/O Designs with Kontron's Extended VITA 57 Offering
Kontron has announced the introduction of two new products, the Kontron FPGA mezzanine card FMC-SER0 and the Kontron VITA 57 development kit KIT-FMC-DEV, rounding off a robust portfolio of VITA...
Zetica Rail Wins Contract to Scan Trackbed for Transnet Freight Rail in South Africa
Zetica Rail has won a contract to scan approximately 6,000km of trackbed for Transnet Freight Rail in South...
Zetica Rail Awarded Contract by Network Rail to Upgrade Zetica’s Advanced Rail Radar (ZARR) Installation
Zetica Rail has been awarded a contract by Network Rail to upgrade Zetica's advanced rail radar (ZARR) installation on three inspection trains to include high frequency horn antenna for...
November 2011
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Fibre-Reinforced Concrete: A Magical Mixture
What is fibre-reinforced concrete and how can rail engineers benefit from its unique properties? Bernard Berge, product specialist engineer, fibre division for Maccaferri,...
Technical Study on Planned Slab Track for Thessaloniki Metro
Rhomberg Rail Consult was appointed by the consortium constructing the first underground metro railway in Thessaloniki, Greece to perform a study on the construction of slab...
Joptek Composites in Cooperation with Transtech Delivers Large Proportion of Composite Structures for Helsinki City Transport New Low-Floor Trams
Joptek Composites will deliver composite-based floor structures and part of the interior structures for the new low-floor trams of Helsinki City Transport (HKL), in cooperation with Finnish...
New Kontron COM Express Compact Module Offers a Simplified Upgrade Path with the Dual-Core Intel Atom Processor
Kontron has announced the expansion of its COM express compact form factor portfolio, which will now include the high-performance dual-core Intel Atom processor D525 @1.80GHz on the...
Alcatel-Lucent and France’s RATP Group Improve Services and Enhance Passenger Safety on the Paris Métro Rail Network
Alcatel-Lucent has collaborated with the RATP Group, the French public transport operator and the world's fifth largest urban transport operator, to provide a range of broadband...
Maccaferri Rockfall Catch Fences Protect Vulnerable Northern Ireland Infrastructure
Rockfall protection barriers from specialist manufacturer Maccaferri have been installed along a section of the main Londonderry to Coleraine coastal road in Northern Ireland. The...
IDAC performs an FE Analysis of a Temporary Access Platform
ERIKS were required to design and build a safe temporary access platform, for their client. Periodically engineers needed to gain access for inspection and / or maintenance works and as such a...
Kontron PC/104-Plus Single Board Computer with AMD Embedded G-Series for Deeply Embedded Headless Systems
Kontron has announced the availability of a headless version of the Kontron PC/104-plus single board computer (SBC) MICROSPACE MSM-eO based on the AMD embedded G-Series...
TagMaster Selected by Bombardier to Supply RFID System for São Paulo Monorail Project
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced RFID solutions for rail applications has been selected by Bombardier Transportation to provide TagMaster's advanced onboard RFID solution for a...
Dynex Semiconductor, CSR Times Electric Commence Construction of New IGBT R&D Centre in Lincoln
Dynex Semiconductor has started to lay the foundations in more ways than one for the research and development of new IGBT products aimed at the traction and power grid...
Rock-Fall Catch Fence Protects Pennine Rail Line
A network of high strength rock-fall catch fences from Maccaferri has been installed along the main Huddersfield to Sheffield rail line in Yorkshire. Maccaferri takes a look at the project...
Kontron Chassis Monitoring Board Selected for Editor's Choice Award by Military Embedded Systems Magazine
Kontron has announced that its chassis monitoring board (CMB) has been selected as an editor's choice product by Military Embedded Systems magazine. The Kontron CMB was chosen by the editors...
Gabion Walls Line the New Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link
Engineers constructing the longest domestic passenger railway to be built in the UK for a century, have made extensive use of retaining wall technology from...
Husqvarna Construction Products Launches New Website
Husqvarna Construction Products is pleased to announce the launch of its new...
Swedish Robotic Technology Used to Clean Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Husqvarna Construction's remote-controlled demolition robots DXR 310 and DXR 140 are put into use in the rescue work at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. "In this environment, there are very...
IDAC's Free Simulation Open Day
IDAC is opening its doors to the engineering community free of charge on 26 January 2012. This is an opportunity for you to meet IDAC's computer aided engineering (CAE) simulation experts and...
Amplicon Hosts Free WLAN Technology Seminar at the New Amex Stadium
Amplicon is inviting all engineers, system integrators and OEMs to its latest Wireless LAN Technology Seminar 2011. The seminar aims to offer a real insight into wireless communications applied...
October 2011
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Nencki Receives Largest Contract of all Time for Rail Welding Plant Machines
In 2008 an international tender was floated for the enlargement and extension of the rail welding plant Universal Rail Mill of Bhilai Steel Plant, belonging to the Steel Authority of India. After...
MFL Maschinenfabrik Liezen to Exhibit at AusRAIL 2011
Visit MFL Maschinenfabrik Liezen's booth (hall 1, booth number 424) at AusRAIL from 22 to 24 November 2011 in Brisbane and get more information about its stationary and mobile rail...
MFL Maschinenfabrik Liezen to Exhibit at METRO China
METRO China is one of the largest exhibitions for metro technology in China. Visit MFL Maschinenfabrik Liezen's booth (B405) at METRO China from 1 to 4 November 2011 in Beijing to find out...
TagMaster Receives Order for Advanced Asset Management Indicator Tags
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced RFID technologies for access control, asset management and rail applications, has announced that it has received an initial order for a significant...
TagMaster Announces Order from Partner 7iD Technologies
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced RFID solutions for long range identification in access control, asset management and rail applications, has announced that 7iD Technologies GmbH,...
Austrak Cementing its Reputation Globally
Austrak continues to grow in global reach and reputation, with work commencing on its first factory outside of Australia. Based in Dubai, this latest factory will be the twelfth built by...
Nencki at Metro China Exhibition
METRO CHINA is China's most professional trade show for the urban rail transit industry, with the biggest exhibition space and the largest numbers of both exhibitors and...
New Fast Fit Accurate Train Weighing Solution From Railweight
Railweight claims to have developed an in-line train weighing system that is the fastest to fit in the market with an OIML International Certificate of Conformity and accuracy up to Class...
Melvelle Equipment to Exhibit their Products and Enerpac Rail Products at Rail Industry RTAA Field Days
Melvelle Equipment, a second-generation Australian-owned family has partnered with Enerpac, a global leader in specialist high-force tools and equipment to distribute their range of rail...
ContiTech Showcases Suspension Systems at Business on Rails 2011
Suspension solutions for primary and secondary suspension: systems manufacturer for rail vehicles to present high-tech...
Metro China: ContiTech Ensures Maximum Ride Comfort in Rail Transport
From November 1 to 4, ContiTech Railway Engineering will be showcasing its products at Metro China in Beijing, China. The manufacturer of suspension systems for rail vehicles will be exhibiting...
Manual Automated Diagnostic Complex (Manual Track Measuring Device- RPI)
Nowadays the basic source of diagnostic information about a geometrical parameters condition of a rail track are mobile diagnostic aids (diagnostic complexes and track measuring cars). These are...
Cross-Section Profile and Switches Profilograph (PRS-02)
There are big requirements for creating ways of measuring the current maintenance of the railroad track top structure, which would help to localise defects on rails and switches during one cycle...
Automated Diagnostic Complex Monitoring: The Technical Objects Condition of a Railway Infrastructure (ADK-I ERA)
The main elaboration of recent years is the diagnostic complex ADK-I...
New Features for Dedicated Networks Added to KEYMILE’s MileGate
In addition to tried-and-tested Ethernet functions, KEYMILE's access and transmission platform, MileGate, continues to incorporate new cards to be able to offer comprehensive TDM data and...
ContiTech Shows Air Spring Systems and Rubber-to-Metal Bonded Parts at the Trako
ContiTech Railway Engineering supports the Polish rail vehicle industry with ultra-modern suspension systems for the primary and secondary suspension as well as with rubber-to-metal bonded...
How to Attract Ridership
Countries around the world are investing in modernisation and development of transit infrastructure. In this regard funds are tight and gaining the attention of additional ridership is a...
Alcatel-Lucent and Transtelecom Modernise Communications on Kazakhstan’s Railways
Alcatel-Lucent and Transtelecom, one of Kazakhstan's leading communications service providers, have completed the modernisation of the communications network supporting Kazakhstan's railways....
ContiTech Exhibits Air Spring Systems and Megi® Components at APTA EXPO 2011
ContiTech Railway Engineering is showcasing its products at the APTA EXPO 2011 in New Orleans, US. The manufacturer of suspension systems for rail vehicles is displaying its products at booth...
September 2011
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Raileasy and Thales Introduce First Live-Ticketing App for Android Phones
Raileasy and Thales UK have unveiled a new version of Thales's popular Rail Planner Live system, a personalised real-time planning tool for rail...
ContiTech Plans New Rubber Manufacturing Facility in Nyíregyháza
ContiTech is investigating the construction of a rubber compounding facility in Nyíregyháza,...
TagMaster Invitation to Nordic Rail 2011
TagMaster invites you to visit its exhibition stand at Nordic Rail 2011, the railway transportation exhibition for the Nordic Region. Nordic Rail will be held in Jönköping in Sweden...
TDI Asia Pacific Team Shortlisted for Auckland Metro’s EMU
Building on their rolling stock design experience in Australia, Asia and Europe, TDI Asia Pacific have completed a comprehensive industrial design submission for the Hyundai Rotem tender...
IFPL’s Passenger Payment Solution
IFPL unveils its new solution for train operators to increase their revenue streams through on board sales. IFPL's first work on Near Field Communication (NFC) was five years ago. Today, we...
The MNR Interference Field Meter Impresses the ÖBB During Field Tests
Over the past few months, the Frauscher magnetic noise receiver (MNR) has been undergoing field tests under practice conditions, in collaboration with the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)....
Frauscher Wins Major Contract in India
Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC), a state-run project company controlled by Indian Railways, awards the largest contract for axle counting systems in recent years to a consortium under...
TagMaster Introduces Enhancements to the TagMaster Security Concept
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced long-range, high-performance identification systems based on radio frequency identification (RFID) for automatic vehicle identification and...
Flexibility in Automated Portable RFD Testing
CATER has expanded its flexible range of purpose-built rail testers to offer another alternative to larger RFD vehicles. It now includes a small hirail diesel 4WD unit based on arguably the...
Lat-Lon Launches Automatic Engine Start / Stop for Locomotives
Lat-Lon, a leading provider of industrial tracking and monitoring solutions, has announced that it is now in full production of the Automatic Engine Start / Stop (AESS) System. The AESS is...
Rugged Transit Power Converter from Schaefer Converts 600/750VDC to 24VDC
Schaefer, a manufacturer of robust and reliable power supplies, is pleased to announce the MHVC250 high voltage dc/dc converter. The MHVC250 design features a wide input range of 420VDC...
Pure Sine Wave Inverter: 3kVA in 1U Rack with Optional SNMP Interface
Schaefer's AEP-A3000R Series of highly efficient, pure sign wave inverters provide 3kVA of power in a compact 1U rack design and are available in standard input configurations of 24VDC and...
The London Underground Prepares for the 2012 Olympics with New Power Supplies
The London Underground Central Line is ensuring its reliability for the 2012 London Olympics by upgrading electronic component systems together with two Finnish companies. The power...
Enjoy Railroad Switches Without Snow or Ice Problems
Winter is approaching but before that Nordic Rail at Elmia in Jönköping is due to take place, and visitors from the whole of Europe are expected to attend. This time OSBORN International...
Nencki to Exhibit at IREE 2011 in New Delhi
Nencki gives a warm welcome to its exhibition stand at IREE - booth 11.75. Visit our stand to be convinced of the benefits of the Nencki bogie test stand, NBT, where you can learn...
Compact, Rugged DC / AC Inverter for Rail and Industrial Applications
Schaefer announces the PRP-1500 Series of highly efficient, pure sine wave inverters that provide up to 1500VA of power in a chassis mount package. The PRP-1500 Series has versions that...
Explore Mobatime World - New Optics, New Content and New Functions
The redesign of the Mobatime homepage has kept Mobatime very busy for the last few months adding lots of new content and...
ContiTech Railway Engineering to Showcase Air Suspension Systems at IREE 2011
ContiTech Railway Engineering will be showcasing its products at the International Railway Equipment Exhibition 2011 (IREE) in New Delhi, India, 28-30 September. The systems manufacturer...
IDAC Holds Free Simulation Open Day
IDAC's simulation open day is taking place on Thursday 6 October 2011 at Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 0XZ. IDAC is opening its doors to the engineering community free...
Zonegreen Launches New Generation Points Converter for Greater Efficiency and Safety
A state-of-the-art Points Converter, designed to improve safety, efficiency and traceability, has been launched by Zonegreen in response to demand for a cost-effective automated solution. ...
August 2011
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Cut Production Time with CAN-Enabled Interfaces from EAO
EAO, the expert partner for Human Machine Interfaces, supplies control panels with embedded serial bus interfaces for plugging-in to a range of industrial equipment. Each panel is...
Nencki to Exhibit at Suissetraffic 2011
From Tuesday 6 to Friday 9 September 2011 the international trade fair for public transport will be held at the Exhibition Centre in Bern BEAexpo, Switzerland. Nencki is represented as...
Gotcha Contactless Uplift Monitoring System
Gotcha Monitoring Systems have extended their product line with a fully integrated uplift monitoring system. With the uplift monitoring system, the Gotcha platform offers new possibilities...
duagon Introduces Range of Intelligent Remote I/O Controllers
duagon is introducing a range of intelligent remote I/O controllers dedicated for rolling stock applications. These controllers are a standalone and smart solution for various applications...
First Half Year: HUBER+SUHNER Records Double-Digit Organic Growth in Net Sales
After the economic growth spurt of the previous year, HUBER+SUHNER's net sales in the first half year rose again significantly in organic terms (adjusted for currency, portfolio and raw...
New Orders for DC Airco's Energy Efficient Air Conditioners
DC Airco the Netherlands has received more offers for their energy efficient 24V DC split and rooftop driver cab air conditioners for DMU's and trams. The AC features a very low consumption...
Banlaw’s International Success in Fuel Management Rewarded
Australian refuelling specialist, Banlaw, has been named 2011 Hunter and Central Coast Exporter of the Year. Banlaw took out the award as well as the Large Exporter of the Year at the 2011...
EXPO 1520 - Presentation of RFP 1
The III International Railway Salon 'Expo 1520' is going to take place from 7 - 10 September 2011 in Russia, Moscow. MFL will be present in hall 2, booth number A08/2. During this...
Specialised Driver's Desk Controls Compliant to UIC 612
A comprehensive range of specialised controls for rail cockpits and driver desks are available from EAO, the expert partner for Human Machine Interfaces. Supplying the world's most...
Nencki's First Steps to Portugal and Norway
Through the consistent efforts in the Portugese market, Nencki can now record their first success. EMEF Portugal is a maintenance operator of railway equipment and has ordered a bogie test...
July 2011
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EAO Helps Disabled Passengers with New Stop Request
A new, 'stop Request' button for public transport vehicles has been developed by EAO, the expert for human machine interfaces. The new stop request features a high-reliability series...
IDAC Performs Structural Analysis on Shaft Lift Structure
Stannah Lifts required a lift shaft structure originally designed for hydraulic lifts to be reused in a traction lift. As such a new set of forces and boundary conditions needed to be...
Extended Firmware Package for Rugged Ethernet Switches
As stand-alone units or in CompactPCI® format, MEN's industrial ethernet switches are easily customisable low-power platforms for harsh environments. They come with an extended firmware...
Dynex Semiconductor Completes New IGBT Production Facility and Initiates the Construction of a New R&D Centre
Dynex Semiconductor hosted a high-profile Chinese delegation at its Lincoln site– marking an exciting move to create more high-tech jobs and the successful completion of its new...
Invensys Rail Named Supplier of the Year by Network Rail
Invensys Rail collected three major industry awards at Network Rail's annual Partnership Awards ceremony which were held at London's Natural History Museum on 13 July 2011, winning the 'best...
Case Study: Save Five Days a Week on Reporting with Qmatic's CFM Statistical Reporting System
In order to increase their operational efficiency and improve customer service, Commercialbank in Qatar have invested in CFM from Qmatic. So far ten Retail and three Islamic Banking branches...
Case Study: Improve Customer Service with Qmatic's Matchmaker® Solution
In the highly competitive world of retail banking, customer retention is one cornerstone of profitability. Customer retention strategies can take many forms from improving the overall...
Case Study: New Layout Results in Increased Sales
In order to take advantage of more cross sell opportunities and to meet modern demands on retail banking, the bank branch format is changing. These days, the boundaries between tellers and...
Queuing Technology Improves Sales and Morale and Helps to Target Staffing Needs
Cox Communications is a multi-service broadband communications company with approximately 6.7 million total customers: 6.4 million of which are basic cable subscribers. As one of the ...
Qmatic Helps Create 'Best Consulate Ever Visited'
As a foreign country's diplomatic office in the US, embassies and consulates represent the home country and preserve the rights of its citizens while they are in the host nation. On a weekly...
Invensys Rail Awarded Resignalling Framework Contract for Thameslink Programme
Invensys Rail announced today that it has been selected by Network Rail to deliver one of Britain's largest ever resignalling schemes at London Bridge station and the approaching railway. ...
Alstom Invite UK Rail Safety Experts to Upgrade Depot Protection
A decade after first working together, rail transport giant Alstom has invited UK rail safety company Zonegreen to provide the latest in depot protection systems at a number of...
Interpipe Presents Wheel Brand KLW in Canada
One of the largest global manufacturers of railway wheels, Interpipe, has presented its wheel brand KLW to the 10th International Conference of the Association of Heavy-Load Transport, which...
DB German Railways Rates Voith as Outstanding
DB German Railways has rewarded Voith Turbo Lokomotivtechnik (VTLT) for its product quality and commercial performance. The rail operator has assessed VTLT's services from the quotation for...
June 2011
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RICHOR Orders Heavy-Duty ID-Tags from TagMaster for Mainline Rail Project in China
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced RFID solutions for railway applications has received an important order from RICHOR, TagMaster's premium Chinese distributor, to supply 10,000...
Fibre Optic Cable from HUBER+SUHNER Gains Approval for Use Throughout London Underground
HUBER+SUHNER, recognised by many as the leader in fibre optic connectivity, announces that its latest fibre optic cable has been authorised for use throughout the London Underground (LUL)...
AECOM’s Davis Langdon Commissioned to Produce the Cost and Risk Model for High Speed Two Rail Project
Global construction consultancy Davis Langdon, an AECOM company, has been appointed by High Speed Two (HS2) to produce the cost and risk model to support the economic case for the proposed...
IDAC Carry Out Rotary Railcar Dumper Analysis
IDAC was approached by Metso Minerals to carry out the finite element analysis work using ANSYS for three separate design projects of rotary railcar dumpers to evaluate the stress and...
Melvelle Equipment Designs Track Pack System for Rail Industry
Melvelle Equipment is an Australian manufacturer of rail track maintenance equipment, geotechnical drilling rigs, portable hydraulic equipment and hand tools. It is a second...
Absopulse 280W Encapsulated DC / DC Converter for Railway Environments
Absopulse Electronics RWY 280H Series is a rugged, railway quality DC / DC converter that utilises high-efficiency push-pull power conversion topology. This 280W converter has significantly...
Absopulse 150W Dual-Output DC / DC Converter Suits Railway and Other Mobile Environments
Absopulse Electronics DCW 202R is a dual-output, railway quality DC / DC converter that utilises high-efficiency power conversion technology to deliver 150W output power, depending on the...
Universal CompactPCI® Serial FPGA I / O Interface Card
Get the highest adaptability via SA-Adapter™ PHYs and FPGA. While COM ports are still included in the relevant CPU chipsets at the moment, they are only partly led to the front panels...
Absopulse 100W Triple-Output DC / DC Converter Suits Railway, Mobile and Other Severe Environments
Absopulse Electronics DCW 153R series, a triple-output railway quality DC / DC converter, utilises high-efficiency power conversion topology to deliver 100W output power. It provides 24Vdc /...
Westermo Viper Switches Installed on New Subway Trains in Rio De Janeiro
Westermo Singapore has won a contract with ST Electronics worth about €80,000. Westermo will supply Viper Ethernet switches that will manage the data communications on-board the new...
Invensys Rail Commissions Moorthorpe Resignalling Project
Invensys Rail has successfully commissioned the resignalled areas of Hickleton, Moorthorpe Station and South Kirby, effectively completing the Moorthorpe resignalling programme. This type...
Zonegreen Presents New Product - Closing Force Monitor
Zonegreen is delighted to present its brand new product, closing force monitor (CFM). The zonegreen CFM is a unique device in the railway industry designed to precisely measure and assess...
Thales Appoints New Head of UK's Transport Business
Alistair McPhee has been appointed VP of Thales UK's transportation systems business. In August 2010 Alistair joined Thales to lead the rail signalling part of the business, with a...
Zonegreen is Maintenance-Ready as Always
Zonegreen is now able to undertake additional servicing maintenance and installation at Rail and Tram maintenance facilities. Zonegreen is now able to undertake addtitional...
Kontron Reports Two Design Wins Totalling $41m
Kontron, a global leading provider of embedded computer systems, has announced two design wins totaling $41m. One of the world's largest measurement technology company's will deploy...
IFPL Reveals its Solution For Audio and Power in One Module
IFPL has revealed the latest addition to its connector family, The audio power jack (AP jack). The module has an audio jack and a USB port. The AP jack is aimed at train and aircraft...
System Examples for CompactPCI Serial
CompactPCI® Serial is not only robust but also extremely versatile. Requiring no switches or bridges, the architecture is simple, the configuration of hardware and software...
Powernet Accelerates Growth in Scandinavia
Following a strong start, new appointments are made in support of Powernet Oy’s expansion in the Scandinavian market. Finnish power electronics supplier, Powernet Oy, has opened a new office...
Quad-Core CPU for CompactPCI PlusIO: Intel Core i7
Equipped for applications with high data rates and high bandwidth, MEN's new CompactPCI® PlusIO SBC also offers many new Intel® features. Based on the Intel i7-2715QE quad-core...
Design Improvements for Rittal’s RiLine60 Busbar Technology
Easier assembly of busbar systems will save time and money using Rittal's RiLine60 busbar technology for the construction of low-voltage switchgear. Design improvements to the busbar supports...
High-Speed Over Long Distances - Fiber Optics Interface for 3HE CompactPCI Serial
The constant extension of MEN's CompactPCI® Serial product range is now continued with the launch of another peripheral board. Equipped with four optical fiber channels which are connected...
Sway Carriage Analysis
The Cussons Marine Hydrodynamic Division were required to supply their client, National Research Council Canada, Institute for Ocean Technology (NRC IOT) with a Planar Motion Mechanism (PMM)...
Knorr-Bremse Wins Workplace Health and Wellbeing Award
Melksham based Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (UK) is celebrating after being announced as the winners of the Workplace Health and Wellbeing Award at the 2011 Wiltshire Health and Wellbeing...
Invensys Rail Commissions Thameslink Stage 1A
Invensys Rail has successfully commissioned stage 1A of the Thameslink project at Kentish Town, the last of the signalling enablement stages to have been completed in preparation for phase 1 of...
Interpipe Presents Forthcoming International Wheelset Congress in France
Interpipe has started to promote the 17th International Wheelset Congress in the international railway industry sector. One of the first events, where Interpipe presented the Wheelset Congress,...
Mardones Supplies Sleepers to Rehabilitate Old Arica to Visviri Railway on Chile-Bolivia Border
Chile is rehabilitating the old Arica to Visviri Railway, in the Chile-Bolivia border. The construction and maintenance of this railway infrastructure is part of the Peace and...
MFL Rail Milling process is Most Environmentally Friendly Way to Repair or Re-Profile Rails
Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Gießerei (MFL), Austria is a world-leading supplier of stationary and mobile rail milling and rail processing machines. In an interview Wolfgang...
May 2011
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KEYMILE Defines Core Issues of Safety-Critical Communications Networks
Not all communications networks are the same. For telecommunications network operators in railways, public authorities, transport and utility companies, maximum availability of...
Series for Medical Applications with Certification: PMmed / PCMmed
MTM Power, the specialist for individual power supplies, has been approved the AC / DC power modules series PMmed / PCMmed acc. to CB-Scheme, EN 60 950, EN 60 601, UL 60 950 and UL 60 601. ...
Nencki Goes Down Under
With the company SAM Technology Engineers, Nencki of Langenthal, Switzerland was able to find a strong and well-established partner for the Australian market. SAM Technology will represent...
Voith Delivers Complete Driveline for Helsinki Tram
Helsinki City Transport (HKL) has placed an order with the Finnish vehicle manufacturer Transtech for the delivery of 40 new trams. As a partner of Transtech, Voith will supply the entire...
Portable Ultrasonic Testing Gets Clever
Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research(CATER) challenges the current industry standard of short length rail inspection with a creative concept and very effective portable...
Additional Functionality for Effective Surveys
The advanced ULTRAWave MkIII system from Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) boasts the capability to effectively process five ultrasonic channels for each...
Airex Composite Structures Successfully Wins Order Stadler Rail
Airex Composite Structures (ACS) receives the acceptance of Stadler Rail for the production of FLIRT front ends for 38 train units. All trains for Tallin, Estonia will be supplied with the...
TagMaster Announces the Acquisition of Free2move’s RFID Operation
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced long-range and high-performance identification systems based on radio frequency identification (RFID) has announced the acquisition of the...
TagMaster Presents the New UHF EPC Gen 2 Reader XT-3
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced RFID solutions for long range identification in access control, rail applications and asset tracking presents the new UHF EPC Gen 2 reader model...
MTM Power Offers 30W in a 2in x 1in Case
MTM Power , the specialist for individual power supplies, offers in its extensive programme of standard industrial converters a type in a 2in x 1in case with an output power of 30W. ...
Tensar International Announces Acquisition of Mulch and Seed Innovations
Tensar International has announced the completion of its acquisition of Mulch and Seed Innovations. The combination of Tensar International and MSI supplements an industry-leading portfolio...
Trelleborg IAVS Half-Hourglass Bearer Springs Chosen for Hong Kong Airport Express
Metalastik® bearer springs from Trelleborg Industrial AVS have been chosen to replace the original units within air springs that the company supplied for the Hong Kong Airport Express...
Reliability and Performance Secure Repeat Order for Trelleborg Industrial AVS Chevrons for SMRT Trains
Trelleborg Industrial AVS, the international specialist in anti-vibration and suspension technology, has won a repeat contract to supply chevron springs for bogies in use on the Singapore...
EAO Sets New Worldwide Standard with Shortest Stop Switch
The world's first stop switch with a mounting depth of less than 19mm has been developed by EAO, the expert partner for Human Machine Interfaces. The new series 51 stop switch utilises...
Bombardier Transportation visited Interpipe NTRP
The representatives of Bombardier Transportation, the global leader in rail technology visited Interpipe NTRP, producer of the railway wheels under KLW brand. The delegation of...
Airquick Attending Railtex 2011
Airquick will be attending Railtex 2011 at Earls Court, 14-16 June. You will find them at stand...
Kontron MICROSPACE MSM-LP: Dual-Core PCI/104-Express Single Board Computer for Demanding Environmental Conditions
With the new Kontron PCI/104-Express single board computer (SBC) MICROSPACE MSM-LP, Kontron expands its PC/104 portfolio with an energy-efficient platform for demanding environmental...
Fidax Foundry Announces Production of Five Million Rail Plates
Fidax general manger Alistair Gilbert said that capital expenditure programs in the plant had improved efficiency to enable production of more castings, while technical advances gave...
Fidax Foundry Gains ISO9001:2002 Certification
Technical and quality manager at Fidax Foundry, Gerry Murphy, commented that Fidax had never had such a successful audit. "We have focused very directly on finding potential for errors...
HEINE Resistors Announce More Exhibits and Fairs for 2011
HEINE Resistors plan to be present at quite a number of fairs this year. In order to keep its business partners and potential new customers up-to-date and be able to present its innovative...
Microelettrica Scientifica Completes 51% Acquisition of HEINE Resistors
HEINE Resistors is one of the worldwide leading companies in the design and production of power and control resistors for railway and industrial application. The company provides a complete...
How to Improve Ultrasonic Testing Performance
Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research(CATER) has released its latest powerful new rail flaw detection (RFD) module that is the base of its range of rail inspection vehicles...
Ferrabyrne to Exhibit at Inter Rail 2011 in Changchun, China
Ferrabyrne will be showcasing 40 years of experience in the design and manufacture of rail suspension components at the Inter Rail 2011 Exhibition in Changhchun, China from 24-26 May. This is...
Passenger Information Displays for Dundee Station
A renewal project for the replacement of 18 life-expired CRT displays on the concourse, platforms and waiting areas of Dundee Station has been completed with the help of Ashby-based...
Railway Escalator Step Analysis for NEXUS
Nexus is the Tyne and Wear passenger transport executive and provides plans and promotes public transport to improve the economic prosperity of Tyne and Wear, and the daily lives of its...
Simulation Open Day Announced for 9 June 2011
IDAC's simulation open day is taking place on 9 June 2011. IDAC is opening its doors to the engineering community free of charge. This is an opportunity for you meet computer aided...
Sperry Completes Production of 50th 950 Series Hi-Rail Detector Car
Sperry Rail is excited to announce the commissioning of the 50th 950 series hi-rail detector car in Danbury, Connecticut, US. This marks a major milestone for Sperry and this incredibly...
Mobile, Wireless and Battery Powered Passenger Information Displays
The success and popularity of a wireless enabled mobile passenger information unit created for Paddington Station by display specialist Infotec has resulted in orders for a further 12 being...
Current Product Developments at HEINE
The clocks never stand still at HEINE. All the time its dedicated employees from the development department work meticulously on new products, concepts, improvements and enhancements. And thanks...
Liljedahl Bare Wire Exhibits at Railtech Europe 2011
Liljedahl Bare Wire is a leading supplier of copper wire rod, wires, stranded conductors, profiles and overhead catenary systems in aluminum, copper and copper alloys. Its products can be...
April 2011
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Mont-Ele - DC Traction Substation
The transportable prefabricated DC traction substations for railway supply are designed and built to satisfy any temporary feeding due to revamping or extension works in other substations or...
Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (Burton) Opens for Business
In September 2010 Knorr-Bremse Asia Pacific, a member of the Knorr-Bremse Group acquired the Australian HVAC systems specialists Sigma Coachair Group. The move forms part of the long term...
Tensar International to Assume CONTECH Construction Products’ Distribution Business for Tensar® Biaxial and TriAx® Geogrid Products
After 25 years of successful collaboration, Tensar International and CONTECH Construction Products have mutually agreed that Tensar will take on distribution responsibility for geogrid products...
Nord-Lock Thanks Everyone who Visited Them at SIFER
Nord-Lock would like to thank everyone who visited their stand at France's leading exhibition of rail technology, SIFER from 5-8 April...
ISIS XL Embedded Board to be Deployed in US Positive Train Control Programme
Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, announced today its ISIS XL embedded computer has been chosen as one of two hardware reference designs for...
Invensys Rail Leads ERTMS Debate
As one of the sponsors of this year's Signalling and Train Control Conference, Invensys Rail will be running a workshop during the event, specifically looking at signalling issues at...
Absolutely Cool: Modules for Use up to -55°C
Due to growing demand for power supplies suitable for extreme temperatures MTM Power has developed the modules of the new CoolLine. The 24 Vout power supplies of the series PCMAS100,...
Martek Power will Showcase Latest Railway Power Supply Products at Railtex 2011
Martek Power, recognised as an industry leader in the design and manufacture of power supplies and power converters, will exhibit several new railway qualified products at Railtex 2011, the...
London Midland Upgrade Passenger Information Displays
Dozens of stations including Bletchley, Leighton Buzzard, Northampton, Tamworth and Wolverton have been supplied with new customer information display equipment by Ashby-based display...
Sqills Signs Contract with Hamburg-Köln-Express for Booking and Revenue Management Software
Sqills, a leading systems provider of website, booking and revenue management solutions for worldwide travel, transport and accomodation industries, has signed a contract...
Leading-Edge Safety Technology for New Zealand Rail Network Development
UK-based rail safety experts Zonegreen have completed the commissioning process for advanced safety equipment at major traincare depots in Wellington, New Zealand. With the co-operation...
Theft Deterrent Cable
As the supplier of several kinds of rail bonding systems to the railways worldwide, SAFETRACK understands client frustration over copper cable thefts, which are constantly increasing. These...
Thales Presents 'the President and the First Lady'
Head of strategy Claire Porter from Thales UK's transportation systems business is about to be made president of the institution of railway signal engineers (IRSE), one of the highest honours...
AEG Belgium Thanks Everyone who Visited them at SIFER
AEG Belgium would like to thank everyone who visited their stand at France's leading exhibition of rail technology, SIFER from 5-8 April...
Glenair Thanks Everyone who Visited them at SIFER
Glenair would like to thank everyone who visited their stand at France's leading exhibition of rail technology, SIFER from 5-8 April...
AEG Belgium Thanks Everyone who Visited them at SIFER
AEG Belgium would like to thank everyone who visited their stand at France's leading exhibition of rail technology, SIFER from 5-8 April...
Handheld Group Wins Large Public Transportation Tender for Rugged PDAs
Handheld will supply Netherlands Railways (NS) with more than 10,000 rugged handhelds for ticket control, travel information and support of workflow processes. Lidköping, Sweden, 12 April 2011...
LCD Passenger Information Displays for London
As part of the redevelopment of City Thameslink, display specialist Infotec has upgraded customer information displays on the London station's platforms and concourses. This was the first...
INGETEAM Present at UITP Exhibition in Dubai
INGETEAM is presenting at the UITP Exhibition in Dubai, from 10 to 13 April, 2011 on Hall 7, stand B250. Everyday, INGETEAM experts will be presenting latest advances on energy recovery...
Atkins Wins Major Bridge Assignment in Denmark
Atkins has been appointed to provide the preliminary studies and design work for several new and existing bridge structures, as part of a widening programme on the Køge Bay motorway...
Absolutely Economic: Series PMAS/PCMAS with 15W
The primary switched AC/DC power modules of the new series PMAS/PCMAS15 have been designed as universal compact power supplies with AC/DC wide input ranges (90-264 VAC, 100-353 VDC) for...
Connecting Trains and Networks: High-Tech Antennas for the Railway Industry
Train-to-shore communication is a big issue in the railway market. HUBER+SUHNER supplies this market with a huge portfolio of...
Rittal The System Provides Integrated Concept for Modern Data Centres
An integrated overall concept for modern data centres, 'Rittal The System' offers support for the active and passive side of a data centre with five perfectly matched modules: rack, power,...
Eurotech ISIS XL Embedded Board to be Deployed in US Positive Train Control Programme
Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products and systems, announced today its ISIS XL embedded computer has been chosen as one of two hardware reference designs for...
March 2011
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Pack of Cards for CompactPCI® Serial
The PICMG specification CPCI-S.0 CompactPCI serial as a successor of the parallel CompactPCI paves the way to serial point-to-point connections at the backplane. As a manufacturer of...
Ulm's Public Transport Operator Switches its Sales and Billing System to SAP AddOn PTnova
SWU Verkehr (public transport operator), part of the Stadtwerke Ulm group (Ulm Municipal Utilities, Ulm, Germany), will in future be relying on a central standard solution for its sales and...
Large Format LCD Clocks for Railways
The development of large format clocks for London Waterloo by Ashby-based display technology and communication company Infotec is helping to make work easy for dispatch staff on the London...
Leading Products and Recognised Federal-Mogul Brands Provide Enhanced Power and Safety to Rail Transport
Federal-Mogul, known first and foremost as a leading global automotive supplier, is also a specialist in the rail vehicle sector. Under Federal-Mogul’s brands, FERODO and Bentley Harris,...
TagMaster's Premium Partner to US Market Announces Monterrey Airport Installation
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced long-range and high-performance identification systems based on radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for automatic vehicle identification...
Leading Products and Recognised Federal-Mogul Brands Provide Enhanced Power and Safety to Rail Transport
Federal-Mogul, known first and foremost as a leading global automotive supplier, is also a specialist in the rail vehicle sector. Under Federal-Mogul’s brands, FERODO and Bentley Harris,...
CATER Launches New Refurbished Website
CATER announces the release of a refurbished website to reflect the enhanced capabilities of this forward thinking and experienced rail inspection company. It has built a reputation...
MEN Presents the 3U CompactPCI® Serial Ethernet Switch
On the occasion of the embedded world, MEN Mikro Elektronik presents an Ethernet switch to extend its CompactPCI Serial portfolio. The G301 completes the offer of CompactPCI Serial boards...
Master Bond's Two-Component Epoxy Offers Excellent Resistance to Cryogenic Conditions
For demanding applications where highly flexible, impact-resistant bonds are required, Master Bond has developed Polymer System EP37-3FLF. This optically clear, two-component epoxy has...
MEN Releases CompactPCI® Serial SBC G20 with Intel® AMT and Flexible Mezzanine I/O
The G20 single-board computer which is based on the new PICMG CompactPCI serial standard has got reinforcements. MEN has constantly extended its product range of CompactPCI Serial...
Trelleborg at SIFER 2011
Trelleborg Industrial AVS will be joining Trelleborg Sealing Solutions and Trelleborg Sealing Profiles in exhibiting at the SIFER International Exhibition of Rail Technology. The show will...
A to Z Passenger Information Displays
A to Z customer information displays created and supplied by technology and communication company Infotec are making train journeys easier for infrequent users of three South West Trains stations....
Series PCMDS80 for Railway Applications
The primary switched DC/DC converters PCMDS80 from MTM Power are specially designed for applications in vehicle and rail technology but also for use in industrial and...
High Performance Rail Approved Computing
Amplicon’s industrial computer division has announced the release of two rail certified rackmount computers. Both fully certified to EN50121-4:2006 and based on Amplicon’s latest generation...
Airex Composite Structures Attends International Trade Fair UITP in Dubai
Airex Composite Structures (ACS) will be attending the international trade fair (UITP). Under the umbrella theme 'boosting public transport,' the 59th world congress will take place in Dubai...
DSTA Supplies Real Time Passenger Information Systems for the Bus Network in Rybnik, Poland
DSTA, in collaboration with its Polish partner, Sprint, has recently won one of the most important projects regarding real time information for buses in Poland: "Network of electronic...
Airex Composite Structures Successfully Wins Orders of GANGLOFF Cabins
Airex Composite Structures (ACS) receives the acceptance of GANGLOFF Cabins for the production of doors, floors and roofs of the new cable cars for Como-Brunate. GANGLOFF Cabins is a world...
Nencki Expands Market Leadership in China
After working with bogie test stands from several well known suppliers, Changchun Railway Vehicle decided to buy two more machines from Nencki. The NBT Coach bogie test stands will be mainly...
Balfour Beatty Rail Takes on Echo Barrier as Best Practice on London Underground
A new and highly effective solution to the problems of excessive noise pollution generated during rail works has now been included as best practice by Balfour Beatty Rail (BBR) on their...
CATER Releases White Paper on Rail UT Method
The Centre for Advanced Transport Engineering and Research (CATER) has released a free white paper on the Railway-Technology website. The white paper looks at a set of circumstances that...
Sunday Times Names Eland Cables Best Cable Distributor to Work For in the UK
Eland Cables, a leading international cable supplier, is celebrating the success of being crowned the 13th best company to work for in the Sunday Times Top 100 List 2011. The Best Company...
System Examples for CompactPCI® Serial
CompactPCI® Serial, PICMG CPCI-S.0, is a new standard for modular 19in systems based on fast serial connections, which excels through a multitude of application possibilities, while...
SpinetiX HMP Hyper Media Players Power Digital Signage System at European Figure Skating Championships
The event solutions team from Swisscom supplied venue-wide digital signage located throughout public areas of the Postfinance Arena at the recently held European Figure Skating Championships...
EADS Defence & Security Changes its Name to CASSIDIAN
EADS Defence & Security, a world leader in global security solutions and systems for civil and military markets has announced its official name change to CASSIDIAN. CASSIDIAN remains a...
Banlaw and Identic Broaden Global Product Range with New Reciprocal Distribution Agreement
Two leading fuel management companies, Australian based Banlaw and Swedish based Identic, have signed an agreement to distribute each other's products in their respective markets. ...
Master Bond's New Epoxy Proves Resistant to Sulphuric and Hydrochloric Acid for Over a Year
For applications demanding exceptional chemical resistance, especially to acids, fuels, and oils, Master Bond has developed EP21AR. Whether coating, lining, bonding or sealing, this...
MTM Designs Dustproof 24W DIN Rail Module
Individual power supplies specialist MTM Power has designed a dustproof standardised metal DIN rail modules series HSA24 with AC- (90…264 VAC) and DC (100…353 VDC) wide input range as...
Absolutely Dustproof DIN Rail Module with 24W for Sophisticated Requirements
MTM Power, the specialist for individual power supplies, has designed the DIN rail modules series HSA24 with AC (90-264VAC) and DC (100-353VDC) wide input range as universal compact power...
KEYMILE Boosts Functionality of its XMP1-LCC and XMP1-SL Multiplexers
At this year's CeBIT in Hanover, KEYMILE will showcase a range of innovations for the next-generation XMP1-LCC multiplexer and the compact XMP1-SL multiplexer which expand both...
February 2011
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Alcatel-Lucent and PowerTrunk Complete TETRA LMR Trial in United States with NJ TRANSIT
Alcatel-Lucent and PowerTrunk have successfully completed a trial of a terrestrial trunked radio/land mobile radio (TETRA/LMR) network with NJ TRANSIT in Newark, New Jersey. This is the first...
Swiss Federal Railways Creates a Smarter Railroad with IBM and Alcatel-Lucent
IBM and Alcatel-Lucent have announced that they are helping Switzerland's leading transportation company, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB), improve on-time arrivals and increase...
Nencki Wheel Weighing Facility Gives More Safety and Less Maintenance Costs
The requirements regarding safety are increasing and passengers are also asking for reliable departure and arrival schedules and more comfort on trains and metros. In case of a breakdown,...
Handheld Expands Its Global Reach
Handheld Group of Sweden has announced the opening of Handheld APAC in Sydney, Australia. The new subsidiary will provide sales, marketing and support services to Handheld's business partners...
Martek's New Railway Qualified DC/DC Converter Series Accepts Very Wide Input Voltage Range
Martek Power has extended its technology leadership in power supplies designed specifically for railway applications, with the introduction of a DC/DC converter designed to satisfy the majority...
Martek's Open Frame DC/DC Converters for Railway Applications Have a Smaller Footprint
Martek Power, an industry leader in power supplies designed specifically for railway applications, announces significant additions to its industry leading Powertron® family of ...
Kugel is the Preferred Partner for Sophisticated Solutions in Stainless Steel
Three years ago, it was in deep distress. Today, it is a flourishing business again, specialised in stainless steel processing. Kugel Edelstahlverarbeitung has streamlined its product and...
Esterel Technologies and Altran Announce Global Partnership for Embedded and Critical Systems and Software Development
Esterel Technologies, the leading worldwide provider of model-based development solutions for critical systems, and Altran, the European leader in innovation consulting and high technology,...
HUBER+SUHNER Always One Step Ahead of Technology and Standardisation Bodies
HUBER+SUHNER is once again proving that its cables are of the best quality and can be well placed in the demanding railway...
Master Bond Electrically Conductive Epoxy Complies with Nasa Low Outgassing Standards
Master Bond EP21TDCS-LO is an electrically conductive silver-filled epoxy that passes ASTM 595 for Nasa low outgassing specifications. It is widely used for demanding applications in...
Westermo Provides Enhanced On-Board Information System for Tyne and Wear Metro
The Tyne and Wear Metro system, connecting Newcastle, Sunderland and surrounding communities in north-east England, was Britain’s first modern urban mass transit system. An important part...
Nord-Lock Introduces New Laser Marking on Products - Traceability Down to First Assembly
In 2011, Nord-Lock will gradually introduce a laser marking on each washer pair, including the Nord-Lock brand, the control number and a type code. This new feature offers added value for the...
Westermo Provides Networking Equipment for TfL's Cooling the Tube Programme
Extracting heat from the London Underground Network is a huge and ongoing engineering challenge, especially on the deep tunnel lines. To meet this need Transport for London (TfL) established...
No More Waiting – CompactPCI® Serial at Embedded World 2011
During Embedded World 2011 in Nuremberg, the PICMG will officially release the new bus standard CompactPCI® Serial. MEN Mikro Elektronik, together with PICMG Europe and other PICMG...
Westermo Supplies Switches for Singapore's High-Tech Subway System
The Viper series of rugged Ethernet switches from Westermo have been installed in the driverless trains operating on Singapore's new subway line. This year, the first phase of...
HEINE Receives ThyssenKrupp Award for Excellent Quality Management System
HEINE Resistors is pleased to report a successful attendance at the SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2010. Besides offering and showcasing new products and services to our clients, we also got a surprise award...
January 2011
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MTM Power Presents MPG - Multi-Power Supply Systems
The DC/DC power supply systems of the series MPG from MTM Power, the specialist for innovative power supplies, are designed among others for the supply of electrical applications from DC mains...
ACS to Supply COMFLOOR® for New VNS Double-Deck Trains
Airex Composite Structures (ACS) is pleased to announce that the new double-deck trains of the Verkehrsnetz Stadtbahn (VNS) will receive the heatable COMFLOOR, standing for highest...
LPI to Attend Middle East Electricity 2011
LPI, a leading Australian manufacturer of direct-strike lightning, surge and transient protection equipment as well as earthing products and solutions, is pleased to announce its attendance...
On the Move with Industrial Ethernet from Amplicon
Amplicon has released the 6KM industrial Ethernet switch, the latest addition to its GarrettCOM industrial-grade Magnum™ range of switches. The 6KM is designed to provide...
Invensys Rail Achieves Major Project Milestone in Norway
Building on the success of earlier infrastructure projects in Norway, Invensys Rail has completed a number of commissionings on the Oslo Metro system. On Monday, 6 December 2010, the King...
Kontron Announces Support for AMD Embedded G-Series APUs on Three Embedded Platforms
Parallel to AMD's launch of the AMD Embedded G-Series platform, Kontron has announced that it will support the world's first accelerated processing units (APUs) on three of the company's small...
Master Bond Presents the New Supreme 33
Formulated for structural applications in extreme environments with temperatures from -80°F to +425°F, Master Bond Supreme 33 has superior resistance to thermal cycling, thermal shock...
MFL Maschinenfabrik Liezen Presents the Milling Train RFP 1
Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Gießerei (MFL), Austria, has been working with the rail milling technology for more than ten years. Special attention is drawn onto the repair of cross and...
Railmilling - Effective and Efficient Servicing of Rails
Mobile railmilling machines by MFL offer economic and environmental friendly servicing of rail track. The application Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Gießerei (MFL) has been engaged with...
Invensys Rail Delivers Successful Commissionings
Over the recent Christmas and New Year period, project teams from Invensys Rail have successfully commissioned a series of major main line schemes. On 30 December 2010, the Reading...
MFL Presents Modern Rail Technology at Innotrans 2010
In September 2010, Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Gießerei GmbH (MFL) attended the Innotrans Show in Berlin for the first time. The company presented interesting and innovative products for...
Interpipe Launches New Product Website
Steel pipe and railway wheel company Interpipe has announced the launch of a new product website (www.klw.biz), created for its clients in the railway industry. On the new website customers...
Eao.com Reaches the Parts Other Websites can't Find
EAO, the expert partner for human machine interfaces, is proud to announce the introduction of a new product finder at their corporate website, www.eao.com. The product finder helps...
Norbert Klapper to Lead Market Division Rail
As of 1 January 2011, Norbert Klapper (47) has assumed the management of the Voith Turbo market division rail. Over the last few months, the market division had been temporarily headed by...
Renovation of Pumping Station in Rotterdam
Recently, the renovation of a pumping station in Rotterdam, commissioned by Public Works Rotterdam, has been completed. This pumping station in the Tweede Schansstraat in Rotterdam serves as...
First Elektrotechniek Belgium a Success
Elektrotechniek Belgium was held for the first time in 2010. This exhibition is actually a spin-off of the highly reputed exhibition Elektrotechniek, held every second year over many years...
Replacement of the Langmanbridge Cable Transit Systems
The Langmanbridge is a moveable bridge in Groningen (northern part of the Netherlands), managed by the municipality of Groningen. The existing transit systems, located in the two underground...
New Planning Software for RGSC Transit Frames
MCT Brattberg's WinRG Plan cable transit planning software for frames with square corners has been available for a long time. However, what is new is that this program now includes software...
MCT and Piemme Broker Expanding in Italy
We are pleased to announce that MCT Brattberg together with its agent in Italy, Piemme Broker, are benefitting from increased business in the country. So much that Piemme Broker has recently...
MCT Brattberg Continues to Supply Cable Transit Systems for the New Valhall Redevelopment Project (VRD)
The Valhall complex consists of five separate steel bridge linked platforms for: quarters, drilling, wellheads, production and water injection respectively. In addition the field has two...
OTN Systems Wins Multi-Million Contracts with Chinese Metro Lines
OTN Systems, the global market leader for fibre optic-based telecommunications backbone systems in metros, has been awarded several multi-million Euro contracts from various Chinese metro lines. ...
Kontron Announces Over Ten Embedded Platforms Based on Second Generation Intel Core i3/i5/i7 Processor Family
Parallel to the launch of the second generation Intel Core processors, Kontron has announced that it will be supporting this advanced new microarchitecture with CPU, processor graphics,...
Firstco Wins Two New Projects as Part of London Underground's Cooling the Tube Programme
The Cooling the Tube programme has been established to minimise the problem of increasing temperatures across the London Underground network, which can surpass 30°C at some locations...
Invensys Rail Strengthens Asian Team
Leading train control and communications systems provider Invensys Rail is strengthening its senior management team in Asia with the appointment of Michel Obadia as president of its Asia...
DSTA Supplies Passenger Information Displays for New AVE High-Speed Train Station in Valencia
December 2010 marked the public inauguration of the high-speed train line connecting Madrid with Valencia, whereby commuters will be able to complete the journey in fewer than 95min. DSTA...
December 2010
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Mobile Safety Thanks to E1 Certification
MEN Mikro Elektronik has achieved an e1 type approval by the German Federal Motor Transport Authority. This qualification is based on ISO 9001 (quality management) and is required for...
Kontron PICMG 1.3 System Host Board PCI-761 Featuring the Intel Q57 Chipset for Real-Time and Image Processing Applications
Kontron has introduced the PICMG 1.3 System Host Board Kontron PCI-761, a slot card-sized industrial server board, which is equipped with the Intel Q57 Express chipset. The new CPU board...
Refuelling Specialist Banlaw Opens New Office in Western Australia
Australian fuel management specialist Banlaw, is boosting its presence and capability in Western Australia (WA) and other key markets by opening a new office and appointing two senior...
Australian Refuelling Specialist Opens New Office in the US
Australian refuelling specialist Banlaw has made a concerted push into the North American market with the opening of its first US office in Nevada. The office is headed by new recruit Robbie...
Master Bond Launches New Highly Thermally Conductive Epoxy System
Master Bond has developed a highly thermally conductive epoxy system that is specially designed to help mitigate the issues associated with tightly packed components and miniaturized...
Absolutely Economic: Series PMAS / PCMAS with 48W
The primary switched AC/DC power modules of the new series PMAS / PCMAS48 have been designed as universal compact power supplies with AC/DC wide input ranges (90...264 VAC, 100…353 VDC)...
Established Turbocharger Business Emerging Under New Name
Drivetrain Power and Propulsion has entered the turbocharger market through its Drivetrain Americas operation, located in Plain City, Ohio and its Hedemora diesel engine operation, based in...
Kontron Micro Client IIA 170: Intel Atom-Based Touch Panel PC Now Available in Five Sizes
Kontron's fanless panel PC, the Micro Client IIA is now available in five sizes up to 17in. The Intel Atom-based touch panel PC enables Kontron to support the trend towards ever increasing...
FerroRAIL – Made According to SNCF Conformity
The new 19in subrack series named FerroRAIL was developed consistently for applications of the French railway/SNCF (Société national chemins de fer français). The subracks are based on the...
Nord-Lock to Exhibit at Senex 2011
Nord-Lock, a leading provider of bolt-securing systems and solutions, is pleased to announce that it will attend Senex 2011 on 16-18 February in Goyang, Korea. The Senex exhibition takes...
Nord-Lock to Attend Rail-Tech Europe 2011
Nord-Lock, a leading provider of bolt-securing systems and solutions, is pleased to announce that it will exhibit at the Rail-Tech Europe, the 8th international conference and exhibition on...
Halcrow Completes Maintenance Contract in Australia
Train manufacturer Bombardier has developed a new maintenance facility in Dandenong, on the south-east fringes of Melbourne, Victoria, to support a new fleet of VLocity trains. These trains...
Nord-Lock at InnoTrans 2012
Nord-Lock, a leading provider of bolt-securing systems and solutions, is pleased to announce that it will attend InnoTrans on 18-21 September 2012 in Berlin, Germany. InnoTrans is...
Prestressed Concrete Replaces Steel for Railway Poles in Durban
A number of 880 prestressed concrete poles, manufactured by INFRASET Infrastructure Products, have been installed in place of steel masts for the support of overhead electrical equipment OHTE...
INFRASET Building Products Enters Concrete Roof Tile Market
INFRASET Building Products, which forms part of the Aveng Group, has thrown its hat into the ring and built a multi-million rand state-of-the-art concrete roof tile plant at its Rossway factory...
INFRASET Prestressed Concrete Poles Specified for Traffic Surveillance System
INFRASET Infrastructure Products has supplied over 500 fully prestressed concrete poles to support electronic surveillance and monitoring equipment for a freeway management system which is...
Invensys Rail's Manufacturing Capabilities
Invensys Rail's Chippenham site is home not only to the company's headquarters, but also to around 60,000m² of manufacturing facilities, dedicated to the design and production of a wide...
The New FerroRAIL - Manufactured According French Railway Standards
The new 19in subrack series, named FerroRAIL, has consistently been developed for applications of the French railway / SNCF (Société national chemins de fer français). The subracks are based...
ERTMS Level 2 for Turkish High-Speed Line and Other News
Invensys Rail is to install its FUTUR 2500 ERTMS Level 2 system on the Ankara-Konya high-speed line, the first such deployment on Turkish Railways (TCDD). Working in conjunction with the...
Invensys Rail on Display at InnoTrans and Further News
Invensys Rail had its biggest ever presence at this year's InnoTrans exhibition, with a stand packed with demonstrations of the company's latest developments and innovations. At the heart...
Wolverhampton Commissioning Braves Freezing Temperatures
On Monday, 29 November at 04:40, Invensys Rail successfully commissioned the Oxley resignalling project at the end of a nine-day blockade. The 16-month programme of works involved...
INFRASET Street-Lighting Poles Prevent Cable Theft
Some 250 street-lighting poles, specifically designed and manufactured by INFRASET Infrastructure Products to inhibit cable theft, have been installed in Knights, Germiston, for the...
INFRASET Reticualtion Poles Assist with Safe Power Delivery
Prestressed concrete poles, manufactured by INFRASET Infrastructure Products, have been successfully deployed for medium and low voltage reticulation at most of City Power's...
Rittal Re-Configures its Electronics Configurator
Rittal has responded to customer requests by updating their online subrack configurator. No longer limited to only those units shown in the catalogue, the subrack configurator now includes all...
Kontron CP3002 Completes Series of 3U CompactPCI Processor Boards
Kontron has introduced the standard air-cooled version of the high-performance Kontron 3U CompactPCI processor board CP3002 based on the latest Intel Corei7 mobile processor technology and...
New Ri4Power Form 1-4 Low-Voltage Switchgear from Rittal
Rittal has significantly expanded the flexibility and modularity of Ri4Power. Combining Ri4Power low-voltage switchgear with designs 1 and 2-4 to form a single system technology, Ri4Power Form...
New Range of PMC 12 UPS Systems from Rittal
Rittal has launched its new range of PMC 12 UPS systems based on one of the most robust design topologies. The PMC 12 takes the strain in the event of mains electrical supply problems ensuring...
Record-Breaking Train on Track with Bogies Tested by Nencki
China's newest fast train set a world record during a trial run as it hit 486.1km/hr on the Beijing-Shanghai line. The train is a 16-car bullet train, designed and built by CSR Qingdao...
Concrete Poles Chose for Winnie Mandela Park Electrification Project
Prestressed concrete poles, manufactured by INFRASET Infrastructure Projects, are being installed to carry three-phase cabling for the electrification of over 5,100 informal settlement houses...
INFRASET Manufactures 12,400t of Replacement Railway Sleepers for Saldanha / Sishen Ore Line
During a three-month period, which ran from mid-June to mid-September this year, INFRASET Railway Products supplied 48,000 precast concrete sleepers to Transnet Freight Rail (TFR). Weighing...
INFRASET and Transnet Develop Second-Generation Transition Beam
A second-generation transition beam has been designed and developed by Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) and INFRASET Railway Products. Transition beams smooth out the difference in resilience...
Kontron Embedded Mini-ITX Motherboard KT690/mITX (BGA): Cost-Optimised with High-Graphic Performance
Kontron has announced the BGA-version of its embedded Mini-ITX motherboard KT690/mITX (BGA) with an increased level of robustness and improved cost-performance ratio. Customers benefit...
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Transnet Selects Concrete Masts for Saldanha / Sishen Electrical Feeder Line
Prestressed concrete masts have been specified by Transnet for a capacity upgrade at Saldanha / Sishen iron ore rail link. Manufactured and delivered by Concrete Manufacturers Association...
Quality Signalling Systems Training
Web Rail's effective rail signalling systems training, which delivers the right knowledge and skills at the right time, is critical to all rail organisations. However, despite such courses...
How Can the Rail Industry Benefit from eLearning?
The terms 'eLearning', 'distance learning', 'open learning' or 'on-line learning' are no longer limited to achieving degrees or specific certificates. Nowadays, eLearning caters to all manners...
Kontron Introduces the World's First PCIe/104 Embedded Single Board Computer
Kontron has introduced the world's first PCIe/104 embedded single board computer (SBC) based on the Intel Atom E600C processor series with industrial temperature range, which pairs an Intel...
Nencki to Deliver 25th Bogie Test Stand to China
The fast-growing Chinese rolling stock manufacturer Puzhen, from Nanjing, has ordered one more bogie test stand NBT Coach 2 x 250kN from Nencki, in order to increase its production...
Kontron COM Express FPGA Starterkit Enables Quick Evaluation with Extremely Flexible I/O
Kontron has introduced the new COM Express starter kit featuring the Altera Cyclone IV GX FPGA. It provides all the required components to evaluate board designs with open-definable I/Os. With...
Mixed Doubles: CompactPCI Serial and CompactPCI 2.0
MEN presents a new pair of boards, offering an easy connection of CompactPCI® Serial and CompactPCI 2.0 which makes it possible to keep existing CompactPCI systems in use while at the...
The Effectiveness of eLearning for Rail Training
Web Rail knows that there are many drivers that regularly rear themselves (economic recession, missed contracts, higher share-yield, industry contraction, etc.), but the result is the...
Web Rail's Solutions against Skill Shortages in the Railway Industry
Web Rail's research has revealed that the railway industry is facing a severe shortage of skilled personnel. Do any of the following sound like the pain being experienced in your...
Absolutely Waterproof: PM-IP67A200 Now with UL-Certification
The AC/DC power modules series PM-IP67A200 with 24V single and dual output voltages of MTM Power, the specialist for individual power supplies, have been UL/cUL certified according to the...
Indian Railways Awards Phooltas Harsco with $15m Contract
Phooltas Harsco is proud to announce that it has been awarded a contract for delivering 20 rail bound maintenance vehicles to Indian Railways, winning the bid against fierce international...
Halcrow to Carry Out Demand Forecast for Proposed New Rail Link in Queensland
International transport and infrastructure consultancy Halcrow has won a contract from the Department of Transport and Main Roads (DTMR) in Queensland to carry out a complete demand forecast...
ACS Presents COMFLOOR - Comfortable Heating Systems for Rail Vehicles
Airex Composite Sturctures (ACS) is one of the first suppliers of COMFLOOR heated floor panels for the mass transit industry. The heatable floor panels are based on the sandwich...
Zonegreen Wins KiwiRail Safety Contract
Leading UK rail safety company Zonegreen has won a major contract to supply KiwiRail with state-of-the-art depot protection products as part of New Zealand's program of railways development. ...
Absopulse Electronics Releases New 300VA, Rugged Railway Quality Sine Wave Inverter
Absopulse Electronics' RSI 300 series railway quality, DC/AC inverter uses field proven topology to generate a 300VA pure sign wave output voltage. It meets all relevant railway standards...
New Southco Cam Latch Option Adds Push-to-Close Convenience
An expanded selection of Southco® E5 cam latches now adds intuitive push-to-close convenience to the existing versatility and affordability of this modular line. Styling and access control...
Rittal's New Thermoelectric Cooler with Heating Function
Last year, Rittal has launched its new award-winning thermoelectric cooling unit. With a 100W cooling capacity and a weight of only 3kg it is the lightest and most efficient thermoelectric...
The Xpress Seven-Day Modification Service from Rittal
Following a great deal of investment into machinery and equipment, Rittal has launched a new service branded RittalXpress. The main aim of the service is to save customers time and money by...
Passenger Door Controls get Illuminated Symbols
A new series 56 door opening pushbutton with illuminated open / close symbols is now available from EAO, the expert partner for Human Machine Interfaces. The switch is carefully designed...
Kontron Announces Feature-Enhancements to its High-Performance Embedded Computer COBALT
Kontron has announced to have made several key feature enhancements to its Kontron high-performance embedded computer COBALT (Computer Brick Alternative). New features to the highly versatile...
Absolutely Variable: the New 19in MTM Power Card MPK1
MTM Power, a specialist for high-quality power supplies, offers in its product range the 19in Euro Card with up to six different, galvanically isolated outputs with 6TE or 8TE. With the MTM...
TDI to Exhibit at Railway Interiors Expo Asia 2010
Transport Design International (TDI) specialises in interior design and exterior styling of railway rolling stock and marine vessels. With design teams based in Sydney, Australia and...
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Firstco Undertakes Study for TFL Tramlink
Transport for London (TfL) is investing in the future of Tramlink and is developing a comprehensive programme of enhanced maintenance, renewals, upgrades and capacity enhancement for...
Increased Demand for Booyco's Functional Cooling Unit
Booyco Engineering has reported an increased demand for its 24V DC ventilation unit. Developed for use in locomotive cabs, this functional unit provides an alternative to air conditioning...
Nencki Delivers Bogie Test Stand to Iran
At InnoTrans 2010, the company Mapna Locomotive Engineering & Manufacturing from Tehran ordered a bogie test stand NBT 2 x 500kN. The test stand will be used in the new factory in...
Ian Fugeman Joins Firstco as Non-Executive Director
Ian Fugeman has joined the board of Firstco, the specialist controls and communications systems company, as a non-executive director. Firstco chairman Mark Calnan said: "We are...
DSTA Launches Innovative Passenger Information System
DSTA, a provider of state-of-the-art LED technology in the rail industry, has launched one of the most innovative passenger information system (PIS) yet to date. It combines the power...
Kontron Introduces Two New Conduction-Cooled 3U CompactPCI Boards
Kontron has introduced two conduction-cooled 3U CompactPCI boards for mission critical, data intensive, and network-centric platforms at several military shows in Europe and North America....
SpinetiX Wins AV and DOOH Award
SpinetiX is celebrating the success in winning the Best Digital Signage Product (category sponsored by Sony) at the AV Awards as well as being involved in the DOOH Award 2010, Installation...
Versatile Low-Depth Switch Range Launched by EAO
A new low-depth switch range for mounting in shallow and space-restricted areas has been launched by EAO, the expert partner for human machine interfaces. The series 51 is a...
DC2: Rugged Panel Computer with Touch
MEN presented its latest complete display solution in September 2010 at InnoTrans, the world's biggest railway exhibition in Berlin. The DC2 is MEN's first panel-PC with capacitive...
Rio Tinto Rewards CATER with Terry Palmer Award for Outstanding Innovation
Rio Tinto has awarded the 2010 Terry Palmer Award for outstanding innovation in the workplace to the Pilbara Iron Railways division based in Karratha, Western Australia. The Terry Palmer Award,...
New Kontron Industrial Silent Server Generation
Kontron has announced the next generation of Kontron Industrial Silent Servers (KISS). The Kontron 4U rackmount server KISS 4U Q57 features a system chassis that has been completely redesigned...
EAO Becomes First HMI Supplier with IRIS Certificate
EAO, the expert partner for human machine interfaces, has become the first switch manufacturer to receive the International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS) quality certificate, revision...
New TSI PRM Sound Module Helps Persons of Reduced Mobility
A new TSI PRM-suitable version of the MT sound module is now available from EAO, the expert partner for human machine interface. The new series 56 MTSM (multi-tone sound module) can...
DC/DC Converter for Wind Energy Plants
Based on the well-established 150W converter series PCMDS150 for railway and industrial applications, MTM Power has designed the DC/DC converter PCMDS150 350S24 UK especially for the use in...
Powernet Reinforces its Sales Organisation
Finnish power electronics supplier, Powernet, has appointed MScTech Harry Lilja as vice president, marketing and sales, effective from 13 September 2010. The former general manager of the...
VDS Presents New Train Switch for Ethernet Train Communication Networks
VDS has launched a new train switch suitable for an Ethernet train communication network implementation. The major part of system integrators and train makers implement their on-board...
Switch Confidently with EAO's Rugged Selector Switch
A rugged, large-lever selector switch for switching clearly between two positions has been developed by EAO, the expert partner for human machine interfaces (HMI). Featuring a tough,...
GAI-Tronics Becomes Alcatel Certified Application Partner for VoIP Phones
GAI-Tronics is pleased to announce the newly achieved Alcatel-Lucent 'certified application' status for its weather and vandal resistant VoIP telephones. The Alcatel-Lucent alliance...
Ressorts Masselin Widens its Product Range
Ressorts Masselin is known for its ability to design and manufacture suspension components for railway applications. We are continuously striving to widen our product range and are...
Cisco Compatibility for GAI-Tronics VoIP Telephones
GAI-Tronics SIP VoIP telephones have been tested for their emergency / industrial telephone interoperability in conjunction with the following Cisco equipment: Phones - Cisco 7960, 7941,...
Anshan Zizhu Material at InnoTrans 2010
Berlin, as Germany's transportation technology centre and an international communication platform for railway technology, brought together once more a large number of transportation projects...
OEM Triples Revenue
Railway technology company OEM Technology Solutions (OEM) has tripled its revenue since 2005 by servicing a growing worldwide railway technology market. OEM is an Australian-based...
Quick and Reliable Connections with Series 04 Push-In Terminals
EAO, the expert partner for human machine interfaces, is offering a new spring terminal connector technology for the popular series 04 switch range. The series 04 PIT (push-in terminal),...
Kontron CP-HDD-S-KIT: Flexible and High-Speed Storage Solution for 3U and 6U CompactPCI
Kontron has announced a high-speed storage solution for 3U and 6U CompactPCI systems, the Kontron CP-HDD-S-KIT, which enables OEMS and system integrators to set up powerful and robust storage...
Voith Turbo Presents Components for Eco-Friendly and Efficient Rail Vehicles
At InnoTrans 2010 Voith Turbo presented components which reduce operating costs, as well as fuel consumption and emissions – all under the motto 'The Future of Rail Technologies'. Voith Turbo...
TagMaster Automatic Vehicle Identification at the Commonwealth Games 2010 in India
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced RFID solutions for long-range identification, has announced that the vehicle access identification (AVI) installation at the Commonwealth Games 2010...
MIPIOS Ethernet Switches Provide More Safety
The main focus of MEN Mikro Elektronik is on mobile and safety-critical solutions. The MIPIOS® Ethernet switches are designed to withstand extreme environmental conditions. The robust 220mm...
Nautiz X3: Rugged Handheld Computing to its Smallest, Lightest and Most Mobile Form
Handheld Group, the global supplier of rugged computers, has introduced the Nautiz X3®, Handheld's smallest and lightest rugged handheld PDA yet. With an unparalleled combination of size,...
Rittal Introduces Heaters for Outdoor Cabinet Range
One of the biggest enemies for users of outdoor enclosures is the onset of cold weather and with it the possibility of condensation within the structure. In order to eliminate this unwanted...
KZV News and Updates
Komercni Zeleznicni Vyzkum (KZV), a developer and provider of complete track geometry measuring devices as well as rail and wheel profilemeters, is proud to announce the following news: ...
Voith Turbo Presents New Locomotive
Voith Turbo presents the second locomotive from the Gravita range with central driver's cabin: the Gravita 15 BB. The locomotive is suitable for both shunting and mainline service. The...
Voith Turbo Develops Rail Vehicle Heads for Passenger Trains
Safety and energy consumption - in rail traffic, both are strongly dependent on the vehicle head. In order to optimise these aspects, Voith Turbo Scharfenberg will in future also build rail...
Lamifil Celebrates Successful Trip to InnoTrans
Lamifil recently exhibited at this year's InnoTrans in Berlin. The event was a huge success, attracting visitors from around the world. Lamifil would like to thank all of the visitors to its...
Lamifil Announces the Qualification of its CuSn Contact Wire by SNCF
Lamifil is pleased to announce the qualification of its CuSn contact wire by the French national railway company SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français). Lamifil is...
Deutsche Bahn Adopts New Tamping Surveying Solution for Track Installation
Deutsche Bahn Netz, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn (DB), has switched to a new tamping surveying solution from Amberg Technologies, supporting maintenance measures of automated tamping of tracks...
China's High Speed Rail Construction Uses Amberg's GRP Track Surveying Systems
With train speeds up to 350km/hr (217mph), precise track geometry is crucial. To achieve this accuracy, China has deployed 288 Amberg GRP track surveying systems on projects throughout the...
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Outstanding Success for COMFLOOR at InnoTrans 2010
Airex Composite Sturctures (ACS) looks back on a remarkably successful InnoTrans exhibition 2010. The booth concept was aligned with the introduction of the latest innovations COMFLOOR,...
InnoTrans 2010: Drive Stability That Knows No Boundaries
Schenck Process specialists presented their new MULTIRAIL® InterScan flat sleeper with Y / Q option at the InnoTrans trade fair this year. The major advantage of this new product is that Q...
Mardones BPB in Saudi Arabia
This year, Mardones BPB Creosote Treaters has exported creosoted sleepers for the doubling railway line project at Dammam sea port in Saudi Arabia. The project is being performed by...
Polyrack at InnoTrans 2010
InnoTrans has become an established international industry showplace focusing on railway technology as well as on railway infrastructure, interiors, public transport and tunnel...
NextSense Revolutionises the Measurement of Wheel Diameters of Railroad Wheelsets
NextSense unveils its latest development, the wheel diameter module for the Calipri high-tech measuring device, for the first time at the Innotrans 2010 railroad technology trade show, which...
TagMaster and CONFIDEX Sign Letter of Intent to Cooperate on Supply of UHF ID-Tags
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced RFID solutions for railway applications, and Confidex, the world’s leading supplier of high-performing RFID tag solutions, have signed a letter of...
Rivard Celebrates a Successful Visit to InnoTrans
At this year's InnoTrans 2010 Rivard were discussing the removal of hardened grease of leaf residue on tracks as just one of the significant benefits to InnoTrans in their new...
Voith Supplies Couplers, Final Drives and Complete Front Ends for Chinese High-Speed Train
An operating speed of 380km/hr makes the ZEFIRO 380 the fastest commercially used train of the world. From 2012, the high-speed train will be in service on China's rails. Voith is...
New TLM from Voith Turbo Enables Undisturbed Data Transmission on the Train
The new Train Line Modem (TLM) from Voith Turbo Scharfenberg controls the uninterfered transmission of high data volumes. It establishes an Ethernet connection between coupled rail vehicles...
Nencki's Bogie Test Stand Generates Huge Interest at InnoTrans
At this year's InnoTrans 2010 Nencki showed the bogie test stand NBT for customer Shanghai Electric at booth 111 in hall 23. There was a lot of interest in our bogie test stand, as well as...
TagMaster and Confidex Cooperate on Supply of UHF ID-Tags
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced RFID solutions for railway applications, and Confidex, the world’s leading supplier of high-performing RFID tag solutions, have signed a Letter of...
Track Australia Becomes Rhomberg Rail Australia
Since being acquired by the Rhomberg Group in 2005, Track Australia has developed at an extraordinary pace in response to both a dynamic management approach and a burgeoning Australian rail...
Absopulse Electronics Releases New 150W, Rugged DC/DC Converter for Railway Environments
Absopulse Electronics' RWY 150 Series rugged, railway quality DC/DC converter utilizes high efficiency power conversion topology to deliver 150W output power. It complies fully with the...
Cool Booyco System for Refurbished Locomotives
Booyco Engineering has successfully completed its contract to engineer and manufacture both the air conditioners and heaters for the 50 locomotives produced for Transnet Freight Rail by...
First Voith-Engine for Rail Vehicles
Since March, Voith Turbo has been a recognised engine manufacturer approved by the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). This status was preceded by nearly one and a half years...
Visit Sqills at INNOTRANS - Stand No. 5.2/244
To provide collegues in the railway industry with more insights on the possibilities of booking engine and revenue management solutions, we invite them to drop in for a demo, discuss their needs...
New Adapter Coupler Provides Almost 50% Weight Savings
Voith Turbo Scharfenberg, TU Chemnitz and the manufacturer of fibre compound components, East-4D, have, in close cooperation, developed a new adapter coupler for rail vehicles. The coupler is...
Stadler Rail Chooses Powernet to Supply Converter Solution for Railway Vehicles
Stadler Rail and Powernet have signed a contract for the delivery and services of a 3kW high-power DC/DC converter. The converter will be installed in Stadler's railway vehicles in the...
Kontron Introduces New 3U CompactPCI Building Blocks Dedicated to Rolling-Stock and Rugged In-Vehicle Applications
Yesterday at InnoTrans Kontron announced the expansion of its product portfolio for the transportation market. Launching a series of new railway-compliant 3U CompactPCI products to accelerate...
City Thameslink Gets New Look with Infotec Information Displays
As part of the redevelopment of City Thameslink, display specialist Infotec has recently completed work to upgrade customer information displays on the London station’s platforms and concourses. ...
Kontron HMITR: Rugged Display Computer for Mobile Applications with the Intel Atom E6xx Processor
Yesterday at InnoTrans Kontron announced the EN50155-compliant 10.4in Kontron Display Computer HMITR. The application-ready display computer is characterized by an extended temperature...
AP Avionx Receives Production Orders from Row 44 to Support Deployment of Wireless-in-the-Sky
AP Avionx, recently acquired by Kontron, has been awarded purchase orders by Row 44 for production quantities of the Server Management Unit (SMU) and the Modem Data Unit (MDU). These products...
Kontron Railway Server MICROSPACE MPCR50R: Fanless 19in Server with Railway Certification
Yesterday at InnoTrans Kontron announced the EN50155-compliant 19in Kontron railway server MICROSPACE MPCR50R with the low-voltage Intel Core 2 Duo processor L7400 (2x 1.5GHz). Features such as...
Safe Mounting in Winter with Heated Floor Panels
The German companies Winkler from Heidelberg and Metawell from Neunburg developed a heated floor panel for rail cars in a joint venture. The result is a lightweight, compact and...
EAO to Attend InnoTrans 2010 in Berlin, Germany
At EAO we are ready for the future. Our passenger access switches were among the first to be compliant to the TSI-PRM. We were also the first of our kind to reach the IRIS Revision 2.0 standard. ...
ENSCO Awarded Patent for Rail Components Video Inspection System
ENSCO, Inc. announced today that it has received a patent for its video inspection system for rail components from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent covers our...
GINO to Participate at InnoTrans 2010
From the 21 to 24 September 2010, the doors will open for the InnoTrans exhibition in Berlin. For the sixth time, Gino will attend the world's largest trade fair for transport...
Nencki to Show Bogie Test Stand of Shanghai Electric Transport at InnoTrans 2010
Nencki, founded in 1947, is a Swiss designer and manufacturer of modern and efficient equipment for railway workshops and depots as well as stationary rail-welding plants. Be convinced of...
RTR Technologies to Attend InnoTrans 2010
RTR Technologies, of Stockbridge, MA, USA, preeminent manufacturer and supplier of custom-engineered, sustainable heating and deicing systems for the worldwide rail and mass transit industry,...
Systra to Exhibit at InnoTrans 2010
SYSTRA will be present at the InnoTrans Exhibition in Berlin, from 21 to 24 September 2010. We will be presenting our lastest products, including the tramway permeable track, our know-how...
Visit TRAINELEC at InnoTrans 2010
TRAINELEC are pleased to announce that they will be attending InnoTrans 2010 in Berlin, Germany. The event runs from 21 to 24 September 2010 and you will be able to visit TRAINELEC in hall...
Kontron nanoETXexpress-TT: COM Express Equipped with the Intel Atom Processor E6xx Series
The launch of the Kontron computer-on-module nanoETXexpress-TT brings four major innovations to the market, available in one single product. In addition to being Kontron's first ultra small...
TagMaster to Launch New HR-2 Handheld Reader at InnoTrans 2010
TagMaster will be attending InnoTrans 2010, the International Railway Transportation Exhibition, held in Berlin, Germany from 21 to 24 of September 2010. TagMaster will be launching its new...
Vossloh Rail Vehicles to Showcase Products at InnoTrans 2010
Under the motto 'Economic Mobility', the Vossloh Group is showcasing its innovative products and solutions to an international trade audience at this year's InnoTrans in Berlin. From 21 to...
Winkler to Exhibit at InnoTrans 2010
Winkler will be in Berlin, Germany for 2010's InnoTrans event. The event showcases innovative components, vehicles and systems for railways from all over the world and is the biggest annual...
Ferrabyrne to Attend InnoTrans 2010
Ferrabyrne will be attending InnoTrans 2010 from 21 to 24 September in Berlin, Germany. You will be able to find us at stand 208, in hall 6.2B. Ferrabyrne are pleased to announce that we...
Innotrans 2010: Fast and Accurate Measurement Systems for Railways
Fraunhofer IPM has specialised in systems for condition monitoring of railroads, including, the overhead wire: height, stagger and thickness, position and clearance of poles and clearance...
Vossloh Cogifer to Attend InnoTrans 2010
Under the motto 'Economic Mobility', the Vossloh Group is showcasing its innovative products and solutions to an international trade audience at this year's InnoTrans in Berlin. From 21 to...
Schaltbau Introduces New Generation of Toggle Switches and Master Controllers
Schaltbau is appearing at the InnoTrans international trade fair in Berlin from 21 to 24 September 2010), where it is presenting a new generation of master controllers and toggle switches...
Amberg to Visit InnoTrans 2010
INNOTRANS is the international industry showplace for railway technology, showcasing products ranging from rail vehicles to railway infrastructure and carriage interiors. We will exhibit...
Sjolund Release White Paper and Attend InnoTrans 2010
At Sjolund we transform straight profiles into intricately curved shapes with a wide ranfe of geometric possibilities. From 21 to 24 September, we will be exhibiting at this years...
ASTRA to Exhibit at InnoTrans 2010
ASTRA is preparing for it's fifth consecutive participation at the International Trade Fair for Transport Technology, INNOTRANS, in Berlin, Germany. Every two years, this event succeeds to...
HEINE Resistors to Attend InnoTrans 2010
On 21 September 2010, along with 1000 other exhibitors mainly from the railway technology sector, HEINE will be at the international trade fair for transport technology, innovative...
Vossloh Kiepe to Showcase at InnoTrans 2010
Under the motto 'Economic Mobility', the Vossloh Group is showcasing its innovative products and solutions to an international trade audience at this year's InnoTrans in Berlin. From 21 to...
TVAB Gets New Owners
TVAB have signed an agreement to sell all our shares in TVAB International to Aros Quality Group – AQG. AQG is one of Sweden's leading suppliers of components and systems with an...
Kontron Expands its Real Time Starter Kit Program
Following the successful release and market adoption of the Kontron nanoETXexpress starter kits earlier this year, Kontron is introducing a second tool to help jump start design - the...
BAUMANN SPRINGS to Showcase New Product at InnoTrans 2010
BAUMANN SPRINGS will be attending this years' InnoTrans exhibition from 21 to 24 September 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Their newest product, ALUCOILS, are a range of high technology and...
Rhomberg Bahntechnik Sign Major Contract with Brenner
ARGE Alptransit Energie, a consortium consisting of Rhomberg Bahntechnik and DB Bahnbau, was awarded the contract for the installation of the electrical infrastructure for the Brenner North...
IBEG to Exhibit Novelty SF2 Mobile Sand Refilling System at InnoTrans 2010
IBEG's new SF2 sand refilling system is a modular design and is manufactured to meet the needs of any individual transit authority. Each system is built according to the individual...
IBEG Novelty SandMaid to be Presented at InnoTrans 2010
30 years after developing the first sanding systems, IBEG is bringing to the market a new generation of sanding systems that is more than just an evolution. It is revolutionizing the...
Handheld Announces the New Nautiz E-Ticket Pro
The Handheld Group introduced today the all new Nautiz e-Ticket Pro® rugged PDA with an integrated smart card reader. The built in reader complies with the latest e-ticketing requirements...
Absolutely Reliable: High Voltage Converter for Operation at Contact Wire
MTM Power GmbH, the specialist for high-quality power supplies, offers in its programme DC/DC converters of the series HVC with 150W and 250W for railway applications. The devices are...
New Module Enables Enhanced Digital Graphics Capabilities to Support Multi-Display Applications
Coinciding with the launch of the COM Express 2.0 specification by the PCI Industrial Manufacturers' Group (PICMG), Kontron presents an additional version of the computer-on-module...
Airex Composite Structures to Attend the International Trade Fair InnoTrans
Airex Composite Structures will be attending the leading international trade fair for railway technology, InnoTrans in Berlin. As a forward-looking and future-oriented company, Airex...
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AEG Power Solutions Signs Frame Agreement with Bombardier Transportation
AEG Power Solutions signs frame agreement with Bombardier Transportation for customized battery chargers. Bombardier is a world-leading manufacturer of innovative transportation solutions....
Noske-Kaeser Releases White Paper
Noske-Kaeser are specialists in providing customised systems and componants for air-conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, piping and fire fighting within the rail industries. Owning...
Absopulse's Encapsulated 1kW DC/DC Converter for Extreme Applications
The PDC 765 series industrial DC/DC converter delivers up to 1kW output power. It is encapsulated in a thermally conductive MIL-grade silicon rubber compound to ensure resistance to high levels...
Absopulse's 30W Rugged DC/DC Converter Modules for Railway Applications
Absopulse Electronics' DCW 30R sSeries railway quality DC/DC converter modules deliver 30W output power. They meet all relevant railway standards including EN50155, EN50121-3-2 conducted...
DC Airco Shows Energy-Efficient Cooling at Innotrans 2010
DC Airco, The Netherlands, is showing its latest energy-efficient dc-powered air conditioning products for railway cabs and saloons suitable for locomotives and passenger trains. You will...
Rail Audit and Inspection Take on a New Dimension
Two established Australian Rail Inspection companies have combined forces to provide an expanded view of rail networks' assets. Using proven ultrasonic, vision recording, magnetic induction...
Dr D Wehrhahn's 2D OPTImess Laser Sensor
The constantly growing demand of quality assurance for a 100% inspection without touching the object being measured leads to an increased use of laser sensors in the field of...
KEYMILE Presents New XMP1-LCC Multiplexer with Large Cross-Connect Capacity
At CeBIT, KEYMILE will showcase its compact XMP1-LCC (Large Cross-Connect), a new member of the recently acquired XMP1 product range. The XMP1-LCC combines extensive cross-connect capacities...
Austrak to Supply 500,000 New Concrete Sleepers for ARTC Track Upgrades
On August 5, the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) announced that Austrak had been awarded the $50m contract to produce 500,000 new pre-stressed concrete sleepers for ARTC...
Fast-Fit Weighing System Keeps the Coal Wagons Rolling at Ferrybridge Power Station
The fast fit installation of an in-motion rail weighing system from Railweight meant that Ferrybridge power station suffered no delays to its coal deliveries. Requiring no civil work, the...
KEYMILE Adds SDH Access to MileGate
KEYMILE's new card for its multi-service access platform MileGate, allows network operators to connect TDM and Ethernet services directly to the SDH core network. Therefore, MileGate can...
KEYMILE Agrees to Acquire Aastra Networks
KEYMILE agreed to acquire Aastra Networks, a supplier of transmission systems for voice and data networks. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in...
Rittal introduces New IT Management Software, RiZone
Rittal and Microsoft partnership shows that when two giants of the data centre start working together how real energy savings and business efficiency can be achieved. This is made possible by...
The Absolutely Waterproof 100W Thermoselective Vacuum Encapsulation
Whether splash water, condensed water or completely under water – MTM Power modules are absolutely waterproof. The worldwide unique Thermoselective Vacuum Encapsulation enables an...
Wehrhahn to Exhibit at Innotrans 2010
Wehrhahn will be attending this years' InnoTrans exhibition in Berlin where we will be showcasing our sevices and products. You will be able to find us at stand number 108 in hall 23 from 21...
Rittal Introduces New Connector Gland
Rittal's new connector gland offers significantly less assembly work, a flexible sealing system for different cable diameters and simple entry of pre-assembled cables for easy...
MEN Introduces Peripheral Boards for CompactPCI PlusIO
After the introduction of the first CompactPCI PlusIO CPU boards, high-performance I/O boards are evidently also needed for being able to benefit from the higher bandwidth and data...
First OPTImess In-Track Measuring Instrument for Wheel Profiles of Railway Vehicles in Operation
A new in-track measuring instrument for railway vehicles with the OPTImess laser system has been put into operation by German traffic company Stadtwerke München. Up to a speed of...
LEONI to Attend InnoTrans 2010 in Berlin
We will be exhibiting our latest solutions, extensively and convincingly at InnoTrans 2010 in Berlin, in hall 12 at booth 106. As system providers, we will not only present technical...
European Athletics Championships Controlled by Handheld's Nautiz X5
Handheld has been selected to provide handheld computers for the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. On Tuesday 27 July, at the start of the European Athletics Championships...
EPLAN Introduces the New EPLAN Electric P8 2.0
EPLAN unveiled the new EPLAN Electric P8 2.0 electrical controls design software, in beta version at the Hanover Fair. Whether point wiring, active device protection or channel oriented PLC...
Ultrasonic Contact Wire-Measuring System OVHWizard
The OVHWizard is a mobile, non-tactile contacts wire measuring system for determining the contact wire height and side position as well as an assessment of the tendency of the contact wire to...
Security Improved at Webro
The UK's leading supplier of composite and bespoke communication cables and connectors has seen its sales to the security industry more than double in the past six months thanks to the addition...
ENSCO, Inc. Awarded Operations, Maintenance, Instrumentation and Analysis Contract
ENSCO, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded the Operations, Maintenance, Instrumentation and Analysis Support contract from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Office of...
Rittal Introduces the Ripac Vario Subrack
Rittal introduce the Ripac Vario subrack for mounting multiple board electronic solutions in 19in (482.6mm) racks, as the range is easily upgraded from standard to EMC after it has been...
The New Series PMAS/PCMAS with 60W
The primary switched AC/DC power modules of the new series PMAS/PCMAS60 have been designed as universal compact power supplies with AC/DC wide input ranges (90VAC to 264VAC, 100VDC to 353VDC)...
Ingeteam to Exhibit at INNOTRANS 2010
Ingeteam Traction will be present at the INNOTRANS exhibition from 21 to 24 September in Hall 17 , stand 226. We will present the latest developments on the field of traction systems for...
ContiTech is Safely on Track with Rail Know-How at InnoTrans 2010
At InnoTrans 2010, the international trade show for rail transport technology in Berlin, ContiTech will be focusing on safe products and systems for rail vehicles. New technological...
Rittal Introduces Outdoor Enclosure Cooling Unit Range
Rittal have introduced a range of cooling units specifically designed for outdoor enclosure applications. Any outdoor enclosure will suffer from solar gain on long and hot summer days and as...
July 2010
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Liaoning Zizhu Group Signs Cooperation Agreement with MCC Capital Engineering & Research Incorporation
On July 21, 2010, Liaoning Zizhu Group signed a cooperation agreement with MCC Capital Engineering & Research Incorporation to establish a long-term business relationship in the field of steel...
Nencki to Exhibit Highlights at InnoTrans 2010
Nencki will be showcasing the benefits of the bogie test stand NBT, as we present the impressive machine in full size at this years' InnoTrans convention. Other highlights at our booth...
Anshan Zizhu Material Moves to New Office
On 16 July 2010, Anshan Zizhu Material moved to a new office. The new address is 16th Floor, Block C, Dashang Shangchengguoji, Street 6, Tiedong District, Anshan, 114001, Liaoning, China. ...
Handheld to Provide Handheld Computers for the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona
Handheld has been selected to provide handheld computers for the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. On Tuesday July 27, at the start of the European Athletics Championships...
Major Chemical Producers Implement Lat-Lon Tracking and Security Solutions for Tank Cars
Lat-Lon today announced it is completing deliveries of its GPS tracking and security monitoring systems for toxic inhalation hazard (TIH) shippers. The department of homeland security is...
PMC Polarteknik Appoints Tomi Ojala as Divisional Manager for Door Systems Division
Tomi Ojala, has been appointed divisional manager of the door systems division at PMC Polarteknik, and a member of management board as of 1 August 2010. Jouni Saarnia, who is current...
The Series URC With 75 W and 10:1 Input Range
MTM Power, the specialist for high quality power supplies, offers in its program the DC/DC converters series URC for automotive applications. They have been designed as power supplies for...
Prestigious IGS 2010 Award for Tensar Development
Tensar International Corporation's innovative TriAx™ geogrid, and the technical developments it represents, has won one of civil engineering’s most prestigious awards, from the...
Chinese Vehicle Manufacturer Delivers Railcars to Tunisian State Railways
For China, this order is a milestone in the country's continuously growing export business. In January 2010, the association of southern Chinese rail vehicle manufacturers China...
Demonstration of DeltaRail's Flagship Scalable IECC Signalling Control Product
Having recently visited Signalling Solutions at Beeston, Roger Ford said, "Completing the system is DeltaRail's Scalable IECC®. DeltaRail is, of course, the descendant of British Rail...
Rittal's Advanced Cabling Solutions
Handling fibre and the new 10 Gb/s augmented category 6 cabling in data centres is becoming significantly more difficult to deal with. With greater core diameters, which in turn cause larger...
3U CompactPCI Diagnosis Buffer with PowerPC MPC8314 and FPGA
The F218 is a slave CPU board in 3U CompactPCI format and was developed for use as an Ethernet diagnosis buffer. It is based on the MPC8314 processor from the PowerQUICC II Pro family and...
Rittal Ri4Power Switch Disconnector Fuse Sections
The construction of Rittal Ri4Power switch-disconnector-fuse section is based on Rittal's Ri4Power well-known components. In the highest design version, an internal separation to installation...
SpinetiX Announces Technology Relationship with Texas Instruments
SpinetiX is delighted to announce a new business relationship with Texas Instruments (TI), the globally renowned silicon manufacturer, supporting SpinetiX technology as its reference designer...
Rittal Introduces Invisible Cooling for Outdoor Cabinets
Rittal has introduced a secure outdoor cabinet complete with hidden cooling solutions. Designed for use in remote areas, or those subject to high levels of vandalism, the WK4 enclosure has...
Rittal Rain Canopy Enhances Outdoor Enclosures Use
Although most of Rittal's AE compact enclosure range is rated to IP66, they were not designed to be used as outdoor enclosures. The introduction of stainless steel models improved the...
Chinese Enthralled by Pickersgill-Kaye's Lock Making Excellence
Leading UK lock manufacturer Pickersgill-Kaye Ltd's successful export drive into the Far East has been officially recognised after the company was chosen for a visit from a high-powered...
Kontron 4U Backplane xPB-13E9P3: PICMG 1.3-Compliant Backplane for PCI Express Gen 2 System Designs
The new Kontron 4U Backplane xPB-13E9P3 for PICMG 1.3-based system designs boasts comprehensive PCI and PCI Express Gen 2 support for full-height 4U systems. With double the PCIe lanes of...
Rittal's Electronics Cooling with a Difference
Designed for use in MicroTCA applications, the new compact cooling package (CCP) from Rittal has the flexibility and scalability to provide targeted cooling in many rack mounted applications...
TagMaster and RICHOR Signs Collaborative Research Agreement with Tongji University, Shanghai
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced RFID solutions for railway applications, together with representatives from the Tongji University in Shanghai, has today signed an agreement...
EPLAN Electric P8 Update
EPLAN Service Pack 1 for electrical controls design software EPLAN Electric P8 v1.9 adds extensions in reports, schematic and master data creation, such as intelligent PDF export, and...
Anshan Zizhu Material Awarded ISO9001:2008 Certificate
Anshan Zizhu Material was awarded ISO9001:2008 Certificate in 2006. The product range covers light rail, heavy rail, crane rail, angle steel, I steel, channel steel, flat steel, hot-rolled L...
New Service Brings Competitive Advantage to Bonatrans Group
Bonatrans Group, the largest European manufacturer of railway wheels and wheelsets, started providing a new service with its products. It can provide, for each delivered wheel, wheelset or axle,...
3A Composites Introduces Distinctive Visual Identity
Following the introduction of its name a few months ago, the leading supplier of composites materials, 3A Composites today has launched a comprehensive new corporate identity, including a...
Kontron Introduces 4U Backplane xPB-13E9P3: PICMG 1.3-Compliant Backplane
The new Kontron 4U Backplane xPB-13E9P3 for PICMG 1.3-based system designs, boasts comprehensive PCI and PCI Express Gen 2 support for full-height 4U systems. With double the PCIe lanes of...
Olympic Games Participants Were Carried on Czech Wheels
Bonatrans Group, a member of KKCG investment group, left a significant footprint at the technical assurance of the Winter Olympics Games in Vancouver. The company supplied wheels and axles...
EKE Electronics Reinforces Sales Team in Russia
EKE-Electronics has appointed Mr Viatcheslav Naryskin as deputy director of sales for Russia, the Baltic States and CIS Countries. Mr Viatcheslav Naryshkin graduated from Udmurt State...
Airex Composite Structures FRP Front Ends Fulfil EN 45545/HL2
Airex Composite Structures FRP front ends fulfil already today the requirements of the new European Fire Safety Standard EN 45545 level HL2. To protect human and material with state of the...
Webro Recieves First Worldwide Cabelcon Training Certification
A Nottingham-based cable and connectors firm has become the first company in the world to be officially trained by Corning Cabelcon. Webro, a leading supplier of composite and...
Handheld Launches New “No Questions Asked” Service Option - MaxCare Premium
Handheld Group today announced the new MaxCare Premium option to its comprehensive MaxCare service offering. The new MaxCare Premium is an addition to the existing three year service...
Handheld Bolsters Management Team with Appointment of New Vice President of Business Development
Handheld Group today announced the appointment of Mike Zelman as new Vice President of Business Development. Swedish based Handheld Group, a global supplier of rugged mobile computers,...
Million Pound Turnover for Fibre Optic
The UK's leading supplier of composite and bespoke communication cables and connectors has announced a record £1m turnover in fibre optic cable alone in the last financial...
UK Broadband Access Needs To Catch Up With World
A leading cable expert is calling out to the government to accelerate its nationwide broadband roll-out programme before the UK lags even further behind the rest of the world. Roger...
MTM Power Re-Audited to the Requirements of the Standard DIN EN ISO 9000:2008
MTM Power wants always to fulfil its demand on top quality and durable products. The company was certified accreditation to the international Quality Management System ISO 9001 already in...
June 2010
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Nottingham Company Helps London Underground Stay Safe
Five years on from the London bombings of 7/7, Nottingham-based Webro Cables and Connectors is working closely with London Underground Limited (LUL) to ensure higher safety standards are adopted...
Rhomberg to Exhibit at InnoTrans 2010, Berlin
Rhomberg will be attending this years' InnoTrans convention in Berlin, Germany, from 21 to 24 September 2010. InnoTrans is one of the most established international industry showplaces...
Webro Appointed as Brand-Rex Distribution Partner
Brand-Rex, the UK's market leader in the manufacturer and supply of high performance copper and fibre cabling systems for communication systems, has appointed specialist communications...
Easier Access for International Customers to Nencki Website
Nencki are very happy to present the new railway technology section of thier company website, which is available in Chinese, Russian and Spanish languages. Nencki are a company who highly...
Handheld Launches New 'No Questions Asked' Service Option
Handheld Group today announced the new MaxCare Premium option to its comprehensive MaxCare service offering. The new MaxCare Premium is an addition to the existing three-year service...
3A Composites Unveils New Corporate Identity
We are pleased to inform you that, on the occasion of its first global management meeting in June 2010, our company has launched a new corporate design, including a dynamic logo and...
Football Fans Travel to World Cup Stadiums on ContiTech Air Spring Systems
ContiTech Air Spring Systems, Hanover, has equipped all 96 vehicles of the new Gautrain in South Africa with air spring systems. The systems ensure that the football fans have a safe...
Schroff's Sister Companies Introduce New Printed Circuit Board Accessories for Applications Exposed to High Shock and Vibration
Particularly harsh environmental conditions often demand special fixing components for electronics mounting systems. Now Schroff has added products of this type from its sister companies...
Schroff's Dual-Thread PCB Retainer Design Cuts Installation Time
The new Series 236 Card-Lok from Schroff incorporates a dual-thread design that allows the device to be compressed from both ends by turning a single screw, which means that it can be...
ASL Safety & Security Introduces a Professional Life-Safety-Rated Network Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Audio System
Building on experience in the voice alarm (VA) market for the rail and airport sectors, ASL has developed Vipedia to bridge the gap between professional audio industry networks and...
High-Performance IPv4/IPv6 Kontron Gigabit Ethernet Switch VX3910 for VPX and OpenVPX Platforms
The new Kontron Gigabit Ethernet Switch VX3910 offers 3U VPX (VITA 46.x) and OpenVPX (VITA 65) platforms Enterprise-Class Switching functionality with a total of 28Gb Ethernet ports and...
ASL’s Confident Tone at Sellafield
ASL Safety & Security have supplied a high-integrity building evacuation system (BES) to Sellafield Ltd at the company’s nuclear processing facility in Cumbria. Sellafield currently...
Triple-Redundant VMEbus SBC for Extremely Safety-Critical Applications
Mobile applications are the most important target market of MEN Mikro Elektronik. Following many years of experience in the railway and vehicle markets, MEN now also enters the...
TagMaster Selected for ProRail Gotcha Installation
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced RFID solutions for rail applications, has again, been selected by Lloyds Register Rail to provide RFID systems for the Gotcha Monitoring...
3U Compact PCI IPv4/v6 Kontron Gigabit Ethernet Switch CP3923 with Superior Price and Performance
Kontron announced today the latest member of the 3U CompactPCI product family for IPv4/v6 communication networks and network-centric applications: the Kontron Gigabit Ethernet Switch CP3923....
DB Calls SBB for Measurement Service on High Speed Line
The SBB multi-diagnostic vehicle, developed by MERMEC Group, used to inspect the German Nürnberg and Ingolstadt high speed line operated by DB. The Nuremberg-Ingolstadt high-speed line, with...
GAI-Tronics Gains Network Rail Approval for Vision Hardware
In January this year GAI-Tronics' Vision hardware was approved by Network Rail for webCIS applications on platforms and stations. The approval number is PA05/03958; PADS 087/037928. Vision...
Voith Turbo to Deliver 1,830 Couplers to Belgian State Railways
Brussels, the 'European City of Congestion', is currently making efforts to reduce its urban car traffic. From 2011, Belgian State Railways will put 305 new three-car electric trains in service...
GAI-Tronics Introduces New Features for its VoIP Telephones
GAI-Tronics in the UK is proud to announce several new features and improvements in its range of rugged VoIP telephones. Each VoIP telephone now has two programmable isolated relays that can...
Kontron CompactPCI Processor Board CP6002 Brings Latest Intel Core i7 Performance to 6U Systems
Kontron has introduced the 6U CompactPCI processor board CP6002 based on the latest Intel Corei7 mobile processor technology. It is designed to bring leading-edge performance with low...
RAIL.ONE Wins an Additional Major Contract in Taiwan
RAIL.ONE Group, internationally successful manufacturer of concrete sleepers and systems provider for railtrack infrastructure, has been awarded a major contract for the project TTY Airport...
ContiTech Supplies Air Spring Systems to Shanghai Metro
Preparations for the 2010 World Expo have been keeping Shanghai working tirelessly now for over seven years. A gigantic project of the 20-million megacity is the extension of its metro...
Anshan Zizhu Material to Participate in Middle East Rail 2010 Exhibition
Middle East Rail is the region's largest rail exhibition and conference and will be taking place from 10 to 13 May, 2010 at Dubai Industry. The event will consist of seminars on railway...
ContiTech Equips 50 New High-Speed Trains in China
ContiTech is strengthening its position in China's railway engineering sector. The Hanover, Germany-based company will supply air spring systems for 50 of the new China Railways CRH1...
Absopulse's 50W Compact DC/DC Converter for Railway Applications
The MIM 50R is a recent addition to Absopulse Electronics' DC/DC converter series designed for low power railway and mobile applications. The design is based on Absopulse's MIM 105, which has...
The BAP 3kW Compact DC/DC Converter Modules Target Railway Environments
The BAP 3KR Series rugged, railway quality DC/DC converter delivers up to 3kW output power. It accepts a nominal input voltage of 110Vdc (66 – 154V range) and is rated for a single output...
EXPO Ferroviaria 2010 Returns to Turin with Important New Features
Taking place in Turin on 8-10 June, EXPO Ferroviaria 2010 will be the fourth edition of Italy's only regular dedicated exhibition of railway technology. The last show in 2008 was highly...
ELPA to Exhibit at Innotrans 2010, Berlin
Environmentally friendly WONROS™ technology fights friction noise and wearing out problems on source. Multiactive rail preserving systems enable reduction of noise caused by excessive...
HEINE Resistors to Exhibit its Power Resistors at InnoTrans 2010
HEINE Resistors is a leading manufacturer of power resistors for railway applications. HEINE's power resistors range from 40W to several megawatts and can be used as braking resistors,...
May 2010
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Intel Atom Platform for Intelligent Displays
The railway and mobile markets, with their wide range of different segments and requirements, are the focus markets of MEN Mikro Elektronik. In order to meet all requirements of the field...
Invensys Rail Commissions Glasgow Central Platforms
As part of the advanced works associated with the Paisley Corridor Improvement (PCI) project, Invensys Rail has successfully commissioned two new platforms at Glasgow Central. Marking...
MTM Power Introduces New Space-Saving DC/DC Converters with 250W Output Power
MTM Power's primary switched DC/DC converters with 250W output power are specially designed for automotive applications. They operate according to the push-pull principle; i.e. the input...
Alcan Composite Structures Changes its Name
We are pleased to inform you about our new company name: due to the transaction of Alcan Composites Group to Schweiter Technologies, Airex Composite Structures replaces the present company...
Kontron Introduces MicroTCA Robust Platforms for Multicore Processing and 10Gb/s Switching
The new, robust Kontron MicroTCA platforms OM6090D and OM7090D, which conform to MTCA.1, are specifically designed for high-end AdvancedMCs and feature an outstanding 10Gb/s Ethernet...
Rittal Provides Grounding to UL1950
Various solutions have been developed for protection from electrostatic charge and to combat it effectively. One major problem exists where a plug-in board has been tested immediately prior...
New EPLAN Data Portal Released Online
The new version of the EPLAN Data Portal is now online with functions that accelerate the organisation and administration of devices and components. Numerous search and administration functions...
Rittal Releases New Comprehensive RiLine60 Catalogue
Rittal has released a new dedicated, 120-page catalogue on their extensive range of RiLine60 power distribution components. In the full-colour catalogue Rittal details three and four-pole...
Portec Rail's Salient Systems Business Unit Expands Presence in Asia
Salient Systems, part of Portec Rail Products (NASDAQ Global Market PRPX) has announced that it has expanded its presence in Asia with the promotion of Li Rose Cheng to the position...
Kontron Panel PC Pico Client Receives Editor's Choice Award from Embedded Computing Design
Kontron has announced that the panel PC Pico Client received a Deep Green Editor’s Choice award from Embedded Computing Design magazine on 14 April 2010. The Kontron Pico Client was singled out...
MTM Power Introduces HSD DIN Rail DC/DC Dustproof Converters
MTM Power, the specialist for individual power supplies, has introduced primary-switched HSD DIN rail modules with DC input voltage. The devices offer an input voltage range of 20VDC-72VDC...
Nencki Welcomes New Agent in Sweden
Nencki are very pleased to introduce a new agent in Sweden, AWI Maskin. AWI Maskin is specialised in sales of machines and process equipment mainly to the railroad industries. Since 1993,...
B3 Future Technologies Announces Strategic Acquisition of Catway Sverige
On 4 May 2010 B3 Cable Solutions announced the launch of its new brand B3 Future Technologies, which provides unique end-to-end solutions for FTTx passive infrastructure, from the provider...
Nencki to Exhibit at Metro China in Shanghai
Nencki will exhibit at the Metro China trade fair, held from 19 to 21 May 2010 in Shanghai, New International Expo Center (SNIEC). To recieve detailed information about the excellent...
April 2010
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Handheld Opens New Worldwide Software Support Centre
Handheld Group, supplier of rugged mobile computers, announced today the opening of a new software support centre in order to further increase its global customer service. The fast...
Eurotech Announces Secure and Robust Zywan G9 Cellular Router
Eurotech a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, today announces the ZyWAN G9 cellular router offering data solutions to 3G, CDMA and GSM/GPRS cellular networks....
Invensys Rail in A$1.1bn Upgrade to Malaysia's Key Rail Route
Invensys Rail has announced that it is set to play a key role in a major enhancement of Malaysia's rail network by delivering the new signalling system for the Seremban to Gemas...
Zonegreen Wins Safety Contract for Dubai Metro
The Dubai Metro Red Line will be fully open in a matter of months, and UK company Zonegreen is delighted to be playing a key safety role in the development of the world's most advanced...
MTM Power Releases Series PMmed/PCMmed100 Primary Switched Modules
Based on the well-established and globally used modules of the series PMAS/PCMAS100 from MTM Power, the specialist for individual power supplies, the series PMmed/PCMmed100 for medical...
The New MM50 ESMini Module - PowerPC® and Low Power Dissipation for Mobile Applications
The world is becoming faster, harsher, more critical and more space saving. So are the demands for modern technologies, and these demands are just right for MEN. The MM50 is the second...
Kontron's NanoETXexpress Starterkit for Wind River VxWorks
Designed to enable easy and efficient development and validation of real-time appliances based on the smallest x86 solutions, Kontron introduced the Intel Atom Processor-based COM...
Plymouth-Based Rail Safety Company Wins the Queen's Award for Innovation
Vortok International, the technically advanced company which received a 'Railway Oscar' in 2008 for its clever engineering, has won another and much coveted award. It is to be presented with...
Portec Rail Group Appoints Mark Allen as Head of Engineering (Rail)
Portec Rail Group, Sheffield — part of Portec Rail Products (NASDAQ Global Market 'PRPX') announces the appointment of Mark Allen as head of engineering (rail) UK. Mark Allen brings...
IBEG Sponsors 2010 Wheel Rail Interaction Conference
IBEG is honored to be a sponsor for the 2010 Wheel/Rail Interaction Conference, which will be held from 17-20 May 2010 in Chicago, US. This outstanding event brings together...
Invensys Rail Awarded Mainline Signalling Contract in Finland
Invensys Rail has been awarded a contract by the Finnish Transport Agency (formerly the Finnish Rail Administration) for the Iisalmi mainline and railway yard signalling project. Located on...
Kontron Releases their Embedded Computing Product Guide for 2010
With over 130 pages, the new Kontron product guide offers a comprehensive overview of over 300 products and Kontron value-added services including custom design and manufacturing for OEMs....
Rittal Opens Revamped London Demonstration Facility
Rittal are proud to announce the opening of its newly revamped London demonstration facility, strategically placed at Enfield, on the outskirts of London. The facility actively demonstrates all...
Phooltas to Attend Africa Rail 2010 and Middle East Rail 2010
Phooltas is delighted to tell customers it will be exhibiting at two major industry shows in the coming months. Our first appearance, together with Harsco Rail, will be at Middle East...
Phooltas Tamper Changes Name to Phooltas Harsco Rail Solutions
Staying true to our policy of working more closely with our US joint-venture partner Harsco Rail on a global scale, Phooltas Tamper is pleased to announce a change in its name: as of 2...
VDS Becomes a Member of UNIFE
On 3 February 2010 VDS became a member of UNIFE, the Association of the European Rail Industry. UNIFE's role is to represent its members' interests at the level of both European...
Thales's Communications-Based Train Control System Helps Vancouver SkyTrain
Vancouver's fully driverless SkyTrain, operating with Thales's SelTrac communications-based train control (CBTC), provided uninterrupted service to millions of passengers during the Olympic...
HBM Announces their Universal 8-channel Amplifier for QuantumX
HBM's new MX840A 8-channel universal amplifier, for the QuantumX system, supports up to 15 different transducer types per channel at an attractive price. This amplifier supports strain gages...
HBM Presents their Universal Amplifier for QuantumX
HBM's new MX440A universal amplifier complements the QuantumX amplifier system with a compact 4-channel amplifier. Like the other models from the QuantumX series, the MX440A...
Alcan Composite Structures Recertifies its ISO Certifications
Alcan Composite Structures has successfully renewed the certifications by ISO 14001:2004, ISO 9001:2008 and OHSAS 18001:2007. The international norm ISO 14001:2004 controls the...
25W Low Profile Encapsulated DC/DC Converter for Railway Applications
The FLP 09R is a recent addition to Absopulse Electronics' dc/dc converter series designed for low power railway requirements. With a height of just 20mm, this compact 25W unit is suitable...
The MPG Multi-Power Supply Systems
The DC/DC power supply systems of the series MPG from MTM Power, the specialist for innovative power supplies, are designed among others for different applications in...
Zetica Rail Announces the Launch of the RASC
Zetica Rail is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a new asset management inspection system, the Railway Asset Scanning Car (RASC). The RASC is a multi-sensor...
Kontron Presents their Industrial Mini Panel PC with ARM9 Processor
The new RISC-based Kontron Panel PC Pico Client with 5.7in touch screen, which Kontron introduced at Embedded World in Nurnberg, Germany, is an extremely compact, cost-effective and...
1000W On-Board Battery Charger for Vehicles in Cold Climates
Absopulse Electronics' BCP 1K-27CB series is a rugged industrial quality battery charger specifically designed to assist vehicle warm-up during extremely cold weather. Typically...
Zonegreen Releases Latest 'Skirt Detector' Safety Innovation
An innovative safety product, already nicknamed the 'skirt detector', has been launched this week by Zonegreen, and the first installation at Siemens' prestigious Heathrow Express depot has...
Transportation Market is Key to Amplicon Success
Industrial computing and networking specialists Amplicon have continued to grow despite the global recession and a subdued economic outlook. As a company supplying multiple key markets,...
Mainframe Communications and Eurocom Launch TransCom Joint Venture
During the Infrarail 2010 exhibition, from 13 to 15 April 2010 at the NEC, Mainframe Communications and Eurocom will be unveiling their new Joint Venture, TransCom (Projects). Building...
ENSCO Awarded Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Contract for Track Geometry Vehicle
ENSCO announced today that it has received an initial $7.8 million contract for a self-propelled Track Geometry Vehicle (TGV). The contract was awarded by the Washington Metropolitan...
Southco Announces the Release of the EA-R01 Wireless FRO Remote Controller
Southco® announces the release of the EA-R01 wireless FRO remote controller. The EA-R01 provides a durable method of controlling access to multiple locked compartments from distances up...
March 2010
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Nencki to Exhibit at Infrarail 2010
Nencki will exhibit at the Infrarail trade fair, held from 13 to 15 April 2010 in Birmingham, UK. To recieve detailed information about the excellent advantages of Nencki machines, please...
Alcan Sandwich Modules Fulfil European Fire Safety Standard EN 45545
After an intense period of tests, Alcan Composite Structures' aluminium-sandwich modules (for roofs, floors, sidewalls and intermediate floors) have been verified as fulfilling the requirements...
10GPlus Zone Cable Certified by 3P
Brand-Rex's high performance augmented category 6 (10GPlus) zone cable has now been fully certified by 3P Third Party Testing, the independent testing laboratory. 3P's certification confirms...
Webro Receives First Worldwide Cabelcon Training Certification
A Nottingham-based cable and connectors firm has become the first company in the world to be officially trained by Corning Cabelcon. Webro, a leading supplier of composite and...
OEM and Dominion Electronics Win Distributor of the Year Award
Mikro Elektronik Numeberg (MEN) announced Dominion Electronics as the distributor of the year for 2009. This is a great accolade for Dominion Electronics and is a result of the multi-million...
OEM Wins CIP Most Innovative Project Award
OEM Technology Solutions (OEM) was voted the most innovative project for 2009 at the Citect Integration Partner Awards. The award was given for energy usage reporting, for a project OEM has...
AMECO's Iraqi Division Named US Department of Transportation’s 2009 Small Business of the Year
The US Department of Transportation has awarded the 2009 Small Business of the Year to Mafeks International, AMECO's Iraqi division, and AMECO's president, Howard E McCall, Jr. The award...
Iris Rev 02 Certification Achieved by EKE-Electronics
EKE-Electronics has announced that it has received International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS) certification (Rev 02). The certification covers on-board vehicle control, passenger...
Safety Platform Released for Safety-Critical Applications in the Railways and Avionics Market
At Avionics Europe on 25 March 2010, MEN Mikro Elektronik debuted a triple-redundant single-board computer in lock-step architecture for building up safe computer systems. Wind River...
Rittal Produces Power Engineering Software Tool
Power Engineering v4.1, is Rittal's new version of planning and configuration software for type-tested low-voltage switchgear of their Ri4Power systems, Form 1, Form 2-4 and Ri4Power Form 1...
OEM Exhibit Their PC3 Controllers in Europe
OEM Technology Solutions partnered with ISaGRAF at the SPS/IPC/DRIVES exhibition in Nuremberg, November 2009, where they demonstrated their proven capability to service the rail industry with...
OEM Used Tight Controls on Tight Budgets
Using their rail hardened, embedded technology products, Australia's OEM Technology Solutions recently provided a state-of-the-art control solution to eliminate passenger discomfort when it...
TagMaster Delivers UHF Readers for Proof-of-Concept with Banverket
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced RFID solutions for access control and rail applications, has delivered a newly developed UHF RFID system to Banverket (The Swedish...
OEM/Dominion Electronics wins Distributor of the Year Award 2009
Mikro Elektronik Numeberg(MEN) announced Dominion Electronics as the distributor of the year for 2009. A great accolade for Dominion Electronics and is a result of the multi-million...
OEM Exhibits PC3 Controllers in Europe
OEM Technology Solutions partnered with ISaGRAF at the SPS/IPC/DRIVES exhibition in Nuremberg where they demonstrated their proven capability to service the rail industry with their PC3 series...
OEM Introduces Tight Controls on Tight Budgets
Using their rail hardened, embedded technology products, Australia's OEM Technology Solutions recently provided a state-of-the-art control solution to eliminate passenger discomfort when it...
OEM Welcomes Uwe Ruettger to the Team
OEM is pleased to announce their expansion into the European market with the opening of their Munich office in July 2009. Taking the lead and managing sales at this location, we would like...
Pickersgill Kaye Targets Global Security and Rail Markets to Boost Order Books
Leading UK lock manufacturer Pickersgill-Kaye is targeting the global security and rail markets as part of a new export-driven initiative to boost its order books. The Leeds-based...
Network Rail Approval for PHP400 Help Points
The PHP400 has been approved by Network Rail. PHP400 is a rugged, public access hands-free telephone housed in a white enclosure. The units are compact (400mm diameter, 88mm deep) and have...
MTM Power Unveils Primary-Switched Modules for Vertical and Horizontal Mounting
MTM Power has released primary-switched modules for vertical and horizontal mounting in rail applications. The PMAS5-S and PMAS-L primary-switched modules have been designed as a universal...
Kontron CG2100 Carrier Grade Server Contains Latest Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series
Kontron announced today the new Kontron CG2100 Carrier Grade Server, with support of the Intel Xeon Processor 5600 series, further extending Kontron's commitment to Telco customers by providing...
Norwegian National Rail Administration, Jernbaneverket, Selects Alcatel-Lucent to Deploy High-Speed Communications Network
Alcatel-Lucent has announced that it has been selected by Jernbaneverket, the Norwegian National Rail Administration, to deploy an advanced high-speed network based on IP/MPLS technology to...
Schaffler Releases Intelligent Battery Chargers for Rolling Stock
Schaffler has a comprehensive range of battery chargers for rolling stock. Key features and benefits of Schaffler intelligent battery chargers include: Battery temperature compensation...
New-Generation Derailer Launched
An innovative new derailer, designed for simpler installation and maintenance, and to withstand even the most extreme weather conditions, has been launched by Zonegreen. The product, which...
Imagemap Changes Name to MERMEC
On 15th March 2010, the MERMEC Group's US subsidiary, Imagemap, changed its company name to 'MERMEC Inc.' and started a new chapter in its history by completing transitioning to corporate...
New AC Speed Controller for Rittal Fan and Filter Products
Rittal's new SK3120.200 is an electronic speed control for two-pole single-phase AC motors which replaces the older controllers SK3120.000 and SK3120.115. The new device has a supply range...
Tammermatic Delivers a High Tech Metro Train Washing Line
The new Tammermatic XJ model metro train line is based on the most advanced design technologies with touch screens and capabilities for front, side, rear and roof washes with multiple wash...
American Equipment Company Uploads Free White Paper
American Equipment Company, an export management company specializing in the sale of US and foreign manufactured equipment to railways across the globe, has uploaded a free white paper...
Mezzoteam Chosen for Project Management of Metz Métropole's Transport Network
Prosys is delighted to announce that Mezzoteam, its collaboration electronic document software for document management, workflow, reporting, web services, etc. on rail projects, has been chosen...
Lamifil to Exhibit at InnoTrans 2010
We are pleased to announce that Lamifil will be present at InnoTrans 2010, the top trade show for transport technology which will be held from 21-24 September at the Berlin Exhibition...
Westermo Wolverine Products Used in ERTMS Level 2 Rail Traffic Management System
Banverket, the Swedish rail operator, required a solution that would allow Internet Protocol (IP) traffic to be transmitted on long stretches of existing telecoms grade twisted pair cables...
The Future has Begun with MEN's First CompactPCI Serial SBC G20
MEN presents the G20, its first 64-bit CompactPCI® Serial single-board computer, which opens up a new era in terms of speed and robustness. CompactPCI Serial is based on CompactPCI...
New Product Short-Form Brochure Now Available Online
MTM Power, the specialist for individual power supplies, has published its new bilingual (German/English) product short-form brochure online. This overview introduces MTM Power products...
Mainframe Communications Uploads Details of its Fibre-Optic Cables
Mainframe Communications, a provider of systems for terminating, splicing, housing and managing fibre-optic cabling, has uploaded a free white paper on railway-technology.com about its...
HEINE Resistors Obtains IRIS Certification and Uploads Free White Paper
HEINE Resistors, a company established in 1904, has now obtained International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS) certification. The IRIS regulations are internationally accepted rules for...
ASL Safety & Security Supplies PA/VA on Gautrain Rapid Rail Project
UK-based ASL Safety & Security has been awarded a contract for the supply of IP-based BS 5839-8-compliant long-line public address and voice alarm equipment for the £2bn Gautrain...
Kontron Releases Computer-on-Module with Improved Graphics and Performance
The new Kontron ETXexpress-AI COM Express computer-on-module offers OEMs a new level of design flexibility thanks to its 32nm Intel Core i7 / Core i5 processor technology, high energy...
Kontron Enhances Global Software Services
At the embedded world 2010 trade show in Nuremberg, Germany, held on the 2-4 March 2010, Kontron announced its centralised global software design center. This move further extends...
Kontron Introduces Rugged Railway Box PC with Intel Atom Z530 Processor
At embedded world 2010 in Nuremberg, Germany, on 2-4 March 2010, Kontron will introduce the Kontron MICROSPACE MPCX28R, an EN50155-certified and TX-compliant rugged railway box PC. By...
Joptek Uploads Details of its Pre-Engineered Toilet Modules for Trains
Joptek Composites, a designer and manufacturer of composites for the interior and exterior surfaces of trains, has uploaded a free white paper about its toilet solutions for the railway...
Invensys Rail to Showcase Systems and Manufacturing Solutions at Infrarail
Invensys Rail will be demonstrating a number of its market-leading systems and solutions at this year's Infrarail exhibition, as well as showcasing the company's proven manufacturing capability. ...
OAS Launches Online Results, Reporting and Trending Facility
Oil Analysis Service (OAS) operates laboratories offering a comprehensive range of tests and analysis for electrical, machine, lubrication and hydraulic oils. The oils are analysed for the...
Uniaxial Geogrids Awarded British Board of Agrément Certification
Tensar International’s newly developed RE500 series of uniaxial geogrids have been awarded British Board of Agrément certificates 99/R109/1, 99/R109/2 and 99/R113/1 for roads,...
Webro Appoints Business Manager
Nottingham-based supplier of specialist communications cables, Webro, has appointed a new business manager to grow the company's diverse client portfolio. The leading supplier of composite...
February 2010
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MTM Power Introduces New Microcontroller-Equipped Battery Chargers
MTM Power's new BLG series microcontroller-equipped battery chargers are modularly built. They are available with an output power of 650W, 1,300W or 2,000W and are freely scalable. The devices...
EKE-Electronics Uploads Free White Paper
EKE-Electronics, a designer and manufacturer of train control and management systems and train communication networks, has uploaded a free white paper detailing its products. Our...
Absopulse Electronics' Rugged, Industrial Quality DC/DC Plug-In Converter Delivers up to 1500W
Absopulse Electronics presents the BKP 419-EH, a rugged, industrial quality DC/DC plug-in (Eurocard) converter that uses field-proven technology to generate up to 1500W output power, depending...
Qualified for Harsh Environments: MEN's XM1L Computer-on-Module with Intel Atom XL Processor
MEN presents a new computer-on-module (COM) featuring the Intel® Atom™ XL processor, an upgrade from the Intel Atom which makes it possible for the user to operate the board in...
Absopulse Electronics Presents 2500W Battery Charger for 120V Batteries in Railway and Industrial Environments
Absopulse Electronics presents the BCH 2K5-120NP-EQ, a rugged, industrial quality battery charger that uses field-proven high-frequency conversion technology to deliver up to 2500W...
RAIL.ONE Wins Further Major Order from Saudi Arabia
RAIL.ONE Group, international manufacturer of concrete sleepers and systems provider for railtrack infrastructure, has successfully bid for delivery of an additional 600,000 concrete sleepers...
Kontron Launches AdvancedMC with Quad-Core Performance
Kontron has announced the introduction of the Kontron AM5030, one of the first advanced mezzanine cards (AMC) designed with a quad-core processor, at the Mobile World Congress on 15 February 2010....
Eurotech Launches DuraNAS 1000 Rugged Network Attached Storage for Harsh Environment Applications
Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, announces the availability of the DuraNAS 1000 rugged network attached storage (NAS), a reliable high capacity mass storage solution...
Handheld and IPWireless Sign Partnership to Serve the Public Safety Sector
San Francisco, CA, US and Lidköping, Sweden — Handheld Group, supplier of rugged mobile computers, and IPWireless, a leading provider of 3GPP solutions for new applications and...
MERMEC Becomes New Associate Member of the UNISIG Consortium
The UNISIG Consortium (UNISIG) is pleased to announce its acceptance, with effect from 1 January 2010, of an application for associated membership from MERMEC. MERMEC, based in Monopoli,...
Tours Uses Mezzoteam Collaboration Electronic Document Software for Light-Rail Construction
Prosys is delighted to announce that Mezzoteam, its collaboration electronic document software for document management, workflow, reporting, web services, etc. on rail projects, has been chosen...
Handheld Launches New Algiz 7 Rugged Tablet
Handheld Europe has announced the launch of its new Algiz 7 tablet, which possesses extensive built-in features plus IP65 and MIL-STD 810G ruggedness. The Algiz 7 ultra-rugged,...
Lamifil Details its Catenary Wires
For more than 50 years Lamifil has been manufacturing a comprehensive range of overhead wires for railway electrification. The company has uploaded a free white paper providing details about...
TVAB Receives Orders for 20 Driver Desks
TVAB International in Sweden has been nominated as a supplier of 20 driver desks for a new train project. Deliveries will take place during 2010. Similar products are currently produced...
ASL Safety & Security provides PA/VA for Gautrain Rapid Rail Project
UK-based ASL Safety & Security has been awarded a contract for the supply of IP-based BS 5839-8-compliant long-line public address and voice alarm equipment for the £2bn Gautrain...
Kontron Introduces New PCI Express Butterfly Backplane
Eching, Germany — Thanks to the new PCI Express Butterfly backplane, the Kontron industrial silent server (KISS) 2U may be flexibly and cost-efficiently equipped with up to four PCI...
Zonegreen Offers 'Safety First' Service for Depot Personnel Protection Systems (DPPS)
Leading UK-based rail safety company Zonegreen is urging SMART DPPS users to take advantage of Zonegreen's specialist 'Safety First' service contracts, in a drive to promote safety, reduce...
New MIL-COTS Rugged Mission Computer Subsystem Displayed by Parvus at AFCEA/USNI West 2010
Amaro, Italy — Eurotech subsidiary Parvus Corporation will preview a new MIL-COTS rugged mission computer subsystem based on the low-power Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz processor with...
Amberg Technologies' Track Measurement Trolley Delivered to Mid-City/Exposition Light Rail Project
Amberg Technologies is pleased to announce Balfour Beatty Rail has taken delivery of a GRP track measurement system. The system was purchased from Amberg's North American distribution partner,...
Suomen Vaimennin Uploads Free White Paper
Suomen Vaimennin (SV), a traditional shock absorber and damper manufacturer that has produced and designed shock absorbers for railway vehicles over 35 years, has uploaded a free white paper...
Alcan Composite Structures Receives DIN 6701-2 Certification
After intense preparations, Alcan Composite Structures has become one of the first bonding experts in the mass transit market to receive the DIN 6701 certification (class A1). With this...
Handheld Launches the All New Ultra-Rugged PDA Nautiz X7
Handheld announced today the worldwide premier of the ultra-rugged Nautiz X7 PDA. The IP67 rated Nautiz X7 is a one of a kind ultra-rugged PDA with a lightning fast processor and more...
PHOENIX Details its Sub-Ballast Trackbed Mats
PHOENIX Dichtungstechnik has been working for more than 35 years on the development of resilient components for reducing vibrations, sound and stray current in track installations. Our...
January 2010
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Nencki Welcomes CSR Qingdao Sifang Delegation for Factory Pre-Acceptance
Nencki has the pleasure to welcome the delegation of CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock Co. Ltd. to our workshop for pre-acceptance of two units Nencki bogie test stand NBT 2x250kN. ...
Tensartech Embankments Build Solid Base for Business Park Sustainability
Prominent landscape features for Nottingham's new high-sustainability Castle College Technology Park and Number 1 Science and Technology Park are the surrounding green embankments. By using...
Handheld Named 'Gazelle Company' by Dagens Industri for Second Consecutive Year
Since 2000, Dagens Industri (DI), the leading business magazine in the Nordic countries, has been designating the fastest growing companies in Sweden as 'Gazelle companies'. According to...
DC Airco Awarded Air-Conditioning Contract from EMDiesels
Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands — DC Airco has announced it has received a substantial contract from EMDiesels in Aberdeen, the UK, for the supply of energy-efficient...
Ralf Sobottka Becomes RAIL.ONE's New CEO
Neumarkt, Germany — In a change in management at RAIL.ONE, Tilo Brandis (42), until now CEO, has left the company amicably and at his own wish, to take effect immediately. His successor...
BLS Installs Another Spring Test Press from Nencki at Boenigen Workshop
Following the BLS workshop in Spiez, Switzerland, the workshop of BLS in Boenigen is also introducing a spring test press by Nencki. BLS, the operator of trains in the area of the...
Kontron Integrates Intel Core I7 Processor Technology across Multiple Embedded Platforms
Poway, CA, US — Kontron today announced the integration of the new Intel Core i7 processor across many of the company's popular embedded platforms including AdvancedMC, CompactPCI,...
Nencki Looks for New Agents in Europe and Middle East
Nencki, a globally leading manufacturer of bogie testing and maintenance equipment, is looking for new agents in European and Middle East countries that are not yet represented by us or...
Eurotech Announces Availability of DuraNET 1268 Gigabit Ethernet Switch
Amaro, UD, Italy — Eurotech has announced the availability of its DuraNET® 1268 gigabit Ethernet switch, an ideal commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) IP networking solution to...
Amplicon, Moxa and Arkessa Team Up for Transport Seminar
Brighton, UK — Calling all system integrators and OEMs working in the road, rail or marine sectors: the Transport Technology Seminar will take place at the Russ Hill Hotel, Gatwick, UK, on...
Rio Tinto Sells Alcan Composites to Schweiter Technologies
We are very pleased to announce that Rio Tinto has entered into an agreement with Schweiter Technologies to sell the business of Alcan Composites as a whole, in¬cluding Alcan Technology...
Kontron Extends Performance and Scalability of COM Express Computer-on-Modules
Eching, Germany — Kontron's COM Express computer-on-modules (COMs) family ETXexpress now includes three new Kontron ETXexpress-PC SKUs, adding support for the Mobile Intel GM45 Express...
MTM Power Introduces DC/DC Converters for IP65 Applications
The PCMDS150WK-IP65 primary switched DC/DC converters from MTM Power are specially designed for applications in vehicle and rail technology but also for use in industrial and...
Invensys Rail Wins Major Signalling Contracts
Network Rail has awarded Invensys Rail two major signalling contracts; the first for the resignalling of the Water Orton area in the West Midlands under the company's Type A framework...
Russell Taylor is Appointed President and CEO of IMAGEMAP
MERMEC Group has announced that Russell Taylor has been appointed president and CEO of its American subsidiary Imagemap, effective as of 01 January 2010. Taylor has over 32 years of railroad...
Dynamic Rail Weighing Ensures Efficient Train Deliveries for Major Cement Supplier
In-motion rail weighing technology from Railweight is ensuring efficient transport of cement on train deliveries between the Indonesian factory PT Semen Padang and the local port, from where...
Kontron Introduces First Intel Core I7 Processor-Based VPX Blade
Poway, CA, US – In the wake of the Intel Core i7 processor announcement at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Kontron has introduced the Kontron VX6060, an innovative...
TagMaster Receives Major Railway Order from Italian Partner
TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions for rail applications, has received a new major order from its Italian partner Generale Sistemi. ...
Indian Railways Invests in Better Spring Testing
Nencki AG can deliver three spring test presses of the type Nencki NST 250kN – 1'000mm to the Central Organisation for Modernization of Workshop. The spring test presses will be commissioned...
December 2009
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IBEG Sponsors First Sustainable Transportation Forum
IBEG has a reputation of advancing public transportation by providing high-quality bus and rail components. Furthermore, IBEG has an interest in the development of sustainable...
AECOM Looks to Grasp the Initiative on Climate Change
AECOM's chief executive for Europe, Ken Dalton, believes the construction industry has an opportunity to grasp the initiative on climate change following the COP15 talks in Copenhagen. ...
Amplicon Launches ATOM-Based Embedded Computers
Amplicon has recently launched the Impact-E 30 series of ATOM-based embedded computers, adding new innovation to Amplicon's existing industrial PC range. Features of the Impact-E 30...
New MTM Power Modules Withstand Temperatures Down to -55°C
Due to growing demand for power supplies suitable for extreme temperatures, MTM Power has developed the new CoolLine modules. The 24V out power supplies of the PCMAS100, PM-IP67A100 and...
Amplicon Launches Unique Test System Hardware Service
Amplicon's new test systems division has been developed to provide system integrators and end-users with the widest range of test system hardware at a price that only a manufacturer and...
Amplicon Announces Free 3G Router Evaluation Service
Industrial networking specialists Amplicon have partnered with SIM card provider Vianet to provide an end-to-end service for evaluating and developing 3G, HSDPA and HSUPA communication systems. ...
Eurotunnel Selects Alcatel-Lucent to Install New European Standard, Interoperable GSM-R Radio-Communications System
Eurotunnel has selected Alcatel-Lucent to modernise the communications infrastructure in the Channel Tunnel. The new system will raise the railway communications capacity in the Tunnel to...
Amplicon Introduces New Active Ethernet I/O Module
The new ioLogik W5340 Active Ethernet I/O module uses quad-band GPRS for communication over the mobile telephone network from anywhere in the world. It can monitor both analogue and digital...
Amplicon Sells First 6KL Industrial Ethernet Switch in Europe
Amplicon's data communications group has recently sold the very first 6KL industrial Ethernet switch in Europe. The 6KL, codenamed 'London', is Garrettcom's most competitive industrial...
Vortok Looking for Sales / Marketing Executive
Vortok International, a leading manufacturer of permanent way equipment for railway maintenance companies, is searching for a professional sales / marketing executive with overseas sales...
Amplicon Signs Distribution Agreement with QNAP
Industrial computing and networking specialists Amplicon have signed a distribution agreement with QNAP — one of Taiwan's fastest growing NAS storage manufacturers. The deal is designed...
Daisy-Chaining Ethernet I/O Cuts Costs in Remote Monitoring
Amplicon's new Ethernet I/O range delivers major cost savings to customers that want to monitor and control devices over an IP network. The Moxa ioLogik E1200 series have an Ethernet...
Transtelecom Selects Alcatel-Lucent’s Solutions to Transform Railway Communications Network Across Kazakhstan
Alcatel-Lucent and Transtelecom JSC, one of the leading service providers in Kazakhstan, have announced that they have signed a US$100m agreement to modernise the telecommunication network...
AECOM Presents Copenhagen Communiqué to Gordon Brown
AECOM Europe's head of sustainability, Richard John, together with other business leaders, last night presented the Copenhagen Communiqué to UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. AECOM, one of...
Infotec Devises Mobile Customer Information Display for Paddington Station
A 'moving' solution has been devised by Infotec, the company recognised as the market leader in the design, manufacture and supply of electronic displays to the UK rail industry, to keep...
Icomera Brings Internet Access to Swedish Trains
icomera, the world's leading provider of cellular broadband gateways delivering internet connectivity for passenger transport and public safety applications on rail, road and marine...
Kontron Introduces New Multicore Board with CP308-MEDIA Extension Card
Eching, Germany — The new Kontron CP308 3U CompactPCI multicore board with CP308-MEDIA extension card is one of the first embedded products to feature the new HD digital display...
November 2009
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MIPIOS Switches Offer Safety and Reliability in Every Application
Right on time for the SPS/IPC/DRIVES, MEN Mikro Elektronik presents the first Ethernet switches of the robust, modular MIPIOS® family. As a managed or unmanaged version, in mobile...
Wind River and Kontron Sign Distribution Agreement for VxWorks and Wind River Linux
Almeda, California and Eching/Nuremberg, Germany — Wind River and Kontron today announced a global, multi-year agreement under which Kontron will distribute Wind River's...
Danobat to Provide Open House Programme
Railway industry demand has increased in recent years due to social awareness regarding energy saving and the environment. Furthermore, in terms of comfort and savings, many travellers are...
MERMEC Diagnostic Portals to Check Safety of Turkish Trains
The MERMEC Group has won two new contracts with State Railways of the Republic of Turkey (TCDD) to supply track measurement services and automatic train examination portals to enforce the...
MERMEC Wins Contracts for New TCDD High-Speed Diagnostic Train
MERMEC Group, the leader in cutting-edge solutions for the high-speed railway industry, has won two contracts with State Railways of the Republic of Turkey (TCDD) to supply several...
Zonegreen Launches its Products in the Australian Market
Leading UK-based rail safety company Zonegreen has become the first company in its sector to join forces with an Australian agent to launch its products into the fast developing Australian market....
New Digital Borescope Launched by Snap-on Industrial
Our new BK6000 digital-image capturing borescope offers unlimited uses for inspecting and photographing those hard-to-see places. With the BK6000, technicians can diagnose problems more...
Nencki Builds NRG Grinding Machines for Chinese Baotou Iron & Steel
Good references and short delivery times have helped Nencki AG win the international tender of China Railway Materials Import & Export Co., Ltd in China, for two NRG type rail grinding machines. ...
Atkins' Derby Office Move Pays Homage to Local Heroes
Atkins, the UK's largest engineering and design consultancy, has moved its Derby operations to a fully refurbished 'sustainable' office which acknowledges some of the city's heroes of past...
Lat-Lon Introduces New Solar Tracking Unit
Denver, Colorado — The saying 'a picture is worth a thousand words' is now true for asset and logistics managers. Lat-Lon's new solar tracking unit, with built-in camera, provides much...
Lat-Lon Launches Mobile Application for Accessing Mapping and Monitoring Data
Denver, Colorado — Mobile asset and logistic managers leverage their iPhone, or other internet-capable cell phones, to access real-time mapping and monitoring data to streamline operations. ...
Zetica and Balfour Beatty Commence Rail Ground Penetrating Radar Survey
Zetica Rail and Balfour Beatty Rail (BBRI) have commenced a 1,000 mile rail ground penetrating radar survey to characterise ballast quality for the BNSF railroad company in the US. The works...
B3 Celebrates another Network Rail Approval
Within the space of ten days, B3 Cable Solutions has triumphed by gaining two Network Rail product acceptances. The latest is for twisted pair copper trackside communications cables, and brings...
MTM Power Introduces Universal Compact Power Supplies with AC and DC Input Ranges
MTM Power's PMAS and PCMAS100 primary switched modules have been designed as universal compact power supplies with AC and DC wide input ranges for worldwide application, and provide an...
Zonegreen to Attend AusRail 2009
A team from Zonegreen will fly to Australia next week to take part in the largest annual rail event in the Asia Pacific region. The UK-based company – a world leader in the provision...
B3 Awarded Product Acceptance by Network Rail
B3 Cable Solutions is the only cable manufacturer in the world holding Network Rail approval for all axle counter cable specifications. B3 is currently celebrating the fact that it is the...
AECOM Completes European Business Integration and Announces New Management Structure
AECOM, the leading global professional services consultancy, has announced the completion of the full integration of six European businesses under the AECOM brand name, and confirmed the...
Infotec Details its Rail Passenger Information Displays
Infotec is the market leader in the design, manufacture and supply of electronic customer information displays to the UK rail industry. It designs, manufactures, tests and distributes LED and...
Nencki to Exhibit at suissetraffic
Nencki will exhibit at the Suissetraffic fare trade, held on 11-14 November 2009 in Bern, Switzerland. We look forward to seeing you. Please take the opportunity to receive detailed...
Invensys Rail Awarded Finnish Re-Signalling Contract
Invensys Rail, the new name for Westinghouse Rail Systems, has been awarded the contract for re-signalling the Siilinjärvi depot and mainline railway in Finland. The contract, which...
Gmundner Fertigteile to Attend suissetraffic
Gmundner Fertigteile, a producer of rail level crossing systems, noise protection systems and prefabricated station buildings, is to exhibit at this month's suissetraffic exhibition in...
Kontron Unveils New Fanless Touch-Panel PC
Eching, Germany – The new Kontron Nano Client 10.4in fanless touch-panel PC with Intel Atom Z5xx processor is protected by a fully-sealed IP66 stainless steel housing and recommended for use as...
ASL Safety & Security to Provide IP-Networked Public Address Systems for London Overground
ASL Safety & Security are providing IP-networked public address systems for installation at over 50 stations on London Overground Rail Operation’s network, with some of the locations using...
October 2009
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NR Approves Eland Cables' New Axle Counter Cable
A new Network Rail-approved axle counter cable, developed by Eland Cables, is set to make installation quicker, cheaper and easier than ever before. The new axle counter cable...
Low-Floor Buses in Bremen Fitted with MBB Passenger Lifts
In compliance with the requirement of the Disability Discrimination Act, which gives equal opportunities to handicapped people, including wheelchair users, low-floor buses in Bremen have...
IBEG to Exhibit at suissetraffic
The suissetraffic trade fair, held on 11-14 November 2009 in Bern, Switzerland, is the only European convention and exposition which brings together rail, bus and cable car technologies, as well...
Voith Delivers Turbo Transmissions for Taiwan Rolling Stock Corporation
The manufacturer Taiwan Rolling Stock Corporation (TRSC) is currently building two overhead inspection vehicles for the vehicle operator Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA). Capable of...
All IBEG Designs Now Completed in 3D
All large rail vehicle manufacturers design their vehicles using high-quality 3D design technology. To help make the design process and the integration of IBEG components more efficient, in...
German Museum of Technology Honours Georg Knorr's Work
The 19 October 2009 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Georg Knorr. Knorr was one of the world's pioneers in the field of railway brakes. Without his inventions - which enabled the...
Voith Delivers Cooling Systems for Saudi Arabian Trains
From May 2010, Voith Turbo will deliver a comprehensive cooling system to the Spanish vehicle manufacturer CAF, which is producing eight push-pull units for Saudi Arabia to be configured as...
Design Triangle Provides Interior and Exterior Concept Designs for New DLR Trains
Transport design consultants Design Triangle specialise in rail vehicle design, including rail vehicle interiors, exteriors, cabs and components. High-profile projects include the...
KEYMILE Introduces Ethernet Aggregation Unit for UMUX
Hanover - KEYMILE's multi-service access platform UMUX has now been improved with a new Ethernet aggregation unit. It enhances the switching and routing functions of UMUX and enables...
NDT Moves to New Headquarters
Stutensee - Only one year after construction works got underway, NDT Systems & Services (NDT) has moved to its new premises in Stutensee, Germany. The ongoing success and growth of...
Kontron Module Delivers Breakthrough Performance for COTS Software Defined Radio
Boston, Massachusetts, US – Kontron has announced that the company's Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP computer-on-module was tested in a software defined radio (SDR) solution and delivered...
MTM Power Releases 400W Primary Switched DC/DC Converters
MTM Power, the specialist for individual power supplies, has released primary switched DC/DC converters with 400W output power especially designed for automotive applications. They...
Kontron Unveils New MicroTCA Carrier Hubs
Eching, Germany - Kontron supplements its AdvancedMC/MicroTCA portfolio with the rollout of the new modular Kontron AM4904/AM4910 MicroTCA carrier hubs (MCHs). To fulfil the management needs...
AECOM Appoints Andie Harper as European Director of Programme Management
Andie Harper has been appointed as the European director of programme management for transportation and infrastructure at the multi-disciplinary consultancy firm AECOM. Andie will...
Canada Line Driverless Railway Opens Three Months Ahead of Schedule
The new Canada Line which links Richmond, Vancouver International Airport and downtown Vancouver opened to passenger service on 18 August 2009 – more than three months ahead of schedule - and...
Telma Details its Personnel Protection Equipment for Rail Depots
Telma, a specialist in personnel protection systems for rail, tram and trolley bus depots, has uploaded a free white paper detailing its range of equipment. The need for high productivity,...
Southco Release New Total Rail Solutions Brochure
Engineered access products specialist Southco has published a new brochure to illustrate its expertise as a single supplier for all latching, locking, electronic and positioning control...
Snap-on Industrial Torque Multipliers Increase Productivity
Torque multipliers from Snap-on Industrial are suitable for any high torque, confined space situation. Not only will a torque multiplier help to make sure your fasteners are properly tightened,...
Kontron Unveils New Long-Term Industrial Server
Eching, Germany - Kontron's new KISS4U KTQ45 long-term available industrial server offers highest-level data processing for industrial applications thanks to its attractive Intel Core2...
Zonegreen Launches State-of-the-Art Traincare Depot Planning Tool
A state-of-the-art traincare depot planning tool, which looks set to revolutionise operational efficiency and mark the end of the handwritten whiteboard, has been launched by Zonegreen. ...
Snap-on® Industrial Increases Impact Socket and Combination Wrench Range
Following a higher demand for heavy-duty bolting tools, Snap-on Industrial has expanded its line of ¾in Drive Flank Drive® impact sockets and combination wrenches. Both products are...
Besançon Chooses Mezzoteam Electronic Document System for Light-Rail Construction
The French town of Besançon has chosen Mezzoteam's electronic document system for its light-rail construction project. The 14km tram line will have a Y-shape. The estimated cost of...
Prosys to Exhibit at BcnRail
Prosys will be exhibiting at the Ubifrance stand at BcnRail, the international showroom of the railway industry, in Barcelona, from 30 November – 3 December...
TagMaster Regains Momentum and Revenue Growth in China
Stockholm, Sweden - TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced RFID solutions, has seen an increase in volume of new business in China. The new go-to-market strategy in China, including the...
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg Visits Knorr-Bremse
Thursday, 8 October saw a visit to Wiltshire-based Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (UK) by a delegation from the Liberal Democrat party including their leader, Nick Clegg, and their deputy leader...
Handheld Named Supercompany for Second Consecutive Year
The Handheld Group has been named one of this year's supercompanies by the Swedish business magazine Veckans Affärer. This is the second consecutive year that the Handheld Group has received...
MTM Power Releases New Decentralized Modules without Cabinets
Following the state-of-the-art trend in automation for decentralized systems without cabinets, MTM Power, the specialist for high-quality power supplies, has designed the new series 200W...
Kontron Introduces Robust Dual Gigabit Ethernet Mezzanine Board
Eching, Germany – With the new dual gigabit Ethernet mezzanine board Kontron XMC-ETH2, all VPX, VME, CompactPCI and custom boards offering a PMC or XMC slot can be extended by two gigabit...
Zetica Rail to Exhibit at Trako Rail 2009
Zetica Rail is pleased to invite you to visit its stand at the Trako Rail exhibition, held on the 14-16 October 2009 in Gdansk, Poland. At the show, Zetica will introduce its...
Eland Cables Doubles its Range of NR-Approved Rail Telecoms Cables
Eland Cables is once again strengthening its railway telecoms portfolio, with a further 32 Network Rail approvals. In securing product acceptance on a full range of ZHLS telecom cables, Eland...
Kontron Introduces Fanless Compact Server for Rugged Environments
Eching, Germany - For the first time, the new rugged CompactPCI RAID server, Kontron CP-ASM3-RAID, combines tried-and-tested CompactPCI technology with high-speed SATA connections via...
September 2009
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AECOM Boosts Rail Team with Appointment of David Watters
David Watters has joined AECOM’s transport team as international director of rail and transit. David has more than 20 years' experience of rail consultancy and rail operations /...
DeltaRail Appoints WorleyParsons as Solution Partner in Australia and New Zealand
DeltaRail is pleased to announce the appointment of WorleyParsons as its new technology and solutions partner for Australia and New Zealand. Over the last year DeltaRail has run a program...
Grau Elektronik Introduces RIA 12 Approved 25W DC/DC Rail Converters
Grau Elektronik's 25W DC/DC high-reliability rail converters for chassis or PCB mounting are available for two different input voltage ranges: 14.4V-50.4V and 43.2V-154V at EN 50155. ...
Future of Reinforced Soil Structure Engineering Identified
A call for industry and universities to drive forward key opportunities for research into polymer geogrid applications has been made following a successful symposium to mark 25 years...
DeltaRail Undertakes Coaching Stock Design Contract for Chiltern Railways
DeltaRail is undertaking design work for Chiltern Railways to refurbish their Mk3 coaching stock for use on the London Marylebone to Birmingham service. DeltaRail's scope of work...
Grau Elektronik Introduces 250W DC/DC High-Reliability Converters for Chassis Mounting
Our 250W DC/DC converters for railway applications have a 10ms hold-up time, as well as the following features: Voltage in: 43.2V-154V or 14.4V-50.4V at EN 50155 Voltage out: 24V or...
Mainframe Communications Delivers Fibre Optic Connections for Dubai Metro
The new Dubai Metro Red Line officially opened to passenger service in the United Arab Emirates on 9 September 2009, with the country's vice-president, minister and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh...
MTR Training Changes Name to Hydrex Training
MTR Training has been part of the Hydrex Group since 2004 and following a strategic review with our parent organisation, we have decided to change the trading name of our business from MTR...
MEN Mikro Elektronik Presents New PMC Module
MEN Mikro Elektronik presents a new PMC module with four fast RS422/485 UART interfaces. The P507 is qualified for the extended temperature range of -40° to +85°C, and prepared for...
Nencki Receives Further Order from CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock
With a production of approximately 1,500 coaches per year, CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock is one of the biggest and most modern rolling stock manufacturers in Asia. The...
Handheld Launches New DGPS Receiver for Ultra-Rugged PDA
Hemisphere GPS and Handheld have jointly introduced a new Kenaz GPS receiver, from the InterGeo Conference in Karlsruhe, Germany. This product marks the start of a strategic partnership...
British Designers Win Swiss Rail Competition
Design Triangle, the UK transport design firm based in Cambridge, has been appointed by Swiss National Railways SBB-CCF-FFS (SBB), to redesign, modernise and standardise its current and...
Booyco Engineering Custom-Designs and Manufactures PTC Heater for Class 40 Locomotives
Booyco Engineering has an established reference base of climate control systems within the railway sector which include both heating and cooling systems. One such system, custom-designed...
MTM Power Supplies Microcontroller-Equipped Battery Chargers
BLG series microcontroller-equipped battery chargers are modularly built. They are available with an output power of 650W, 1,300W or 2,000W and are freely scalable. The devices have been...
PortaCo Provides Details of Portable Hydraulic Power Units and Tools
PortaCo, one of the largest manufacturers worldwide of portable hydraulic power units and tools, has uploaded a free-to-download white paper describing its many products for the rail industry....
Magdalene to Provide Eurotunnel with a Keymile Transmission System Replacement Solution
Magdalene has signed a contract with Eurotunnel Group to design, model, pilot and supply a replacement telecommunication solution for the Channel Tunnel connecting England and France....
Schaffner Group Confirms Major Order for High-Speed Trains in China
The Schaffner Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: SAHN) will supply, in a first batch to be delivered by mid-2010, transformers and reactors valued in the upper single-digit millions for new...
Traffic Congestion Tackled within North Colchester Business Parks
The North Colchester business parks area travel plan is being formally launched this week. The area travel plan is being developed by the Highways Agency and their consultants AECOM, in...
Kontron Launches Long-Life Processor Board with Intel Atom Processor
Eching, Germany – Kontron is bringing record-breaking performance per watt to 3U CompactPCI systems with the launch of the long-life Kontron CP305 processor board with Intel Atom processor....
Invensys Rail to Showcase Innovative Solutions at Nordic Rail
The Nordic Rail exhibition, which will be held in Jonkoping, Sweden, from 7-9 October 2009, is set to see the formal launch of Invensys Rail – the new brand name for Westinghouse Rail Systems...
HUBER+SUHNER's Skills and Experience Prove Ideal for a Variety of Rail Products
HUBER+SUHNER has many years of skilled experience in the rail sector, meaning our qualified employees can work on the most complex projects demanding different areas of skill. Our cable...
Handheld Group Expands its Reach into Australia
Handheld today announced its continued global expansion by joining forces with Australian-based distributor AvanTEC. Led by general manager and seasoned industry veteran Dave Cawsey,...
Eland Cables and Unipart Rail Win Bid for Network Rail Supply
Unipart Rail and Eland Cables are to play an important role in the development of Britain's rail infrastructure, after Unipart Rail secured a three-year cable contract with Network Rail....
Rosenqvist appoints Vortok as its Distributor for Equipment in the UK and Ireland
Rosenqvist Rail of Sweden, recently acquired by the Pandrol Group, has appointed its sister company Vortok International as its distributor for its equipment in the UK and Ireland. Vortok will...
EKE-Electronics and VNIIZHT Form Co-Operation
Market understanding and local presence are key elements in the railway industry. EKE-Electronics, a leading Finnish railway electronics firm, is actively pursuing the Russian railway market in...
Information Uploaded About TRAINELEC's Rail Electric Traction Converters
TRAINELEC, formed in 2002, has uploaded a white paper detailing its design and production of electric traction converters for the rail industry, from metro and light rail vehicles to...
Free White Paper Demonstrates NORD-LOCK's Wedge-Locking Bolt-Securing System
It is vital that joints holding subassemblies together remain secure. Bolts need to be easily removable during maintenance, but resist loosening effects of vibrations and dynamic loads....
AECOM Boosts Rail Engineering Team with Six New Appointments
AECOM has made a number of new appointments to its rail engineering team, as part of its recent global rebranding programme. One of the world's leading engineering consultancies, AECOM has...
HBM Releases Latest Transducers for Measuring Static and Dynamic Pressures up to 3,000bar
Darmstadt, Germany – HBM's latest, compact P3IC-series of pressure transducers are ideal for measuring static and dynamic pressures with measuring ranges from 10bar to 3,000bar. The...
Mezzoteam Electronic Document System to Manage Lusail Development Light Rail Transit System Project
QDVC, the joint venture between Qatari Diar and Vinci Construction Grands Projets, has chosen Mezzoteam's electronic document system to manage their Lusail development light rail transit...
Vortok Appointed as Rosenqvist's Distributor for the UK and Ireland
Vortok International has been appointed as the UK and Ireland distributor its for its sister company, Rosenqvist Rail of Sweden (which was recently acquired by the Pandrol Group). Vortok will...
MTM Power Introduces Primary Switched DC/DC Converters for DIN Rail Modules
MTM Power, the specialist for individual power supplies, has completed the HSD15 series for DC input voltage by introducing a range of primary switched DC/DC converters for DIN rail modules....
Invensys Rail Becomes the New Name for Westinghouse Rail Systems
Westinghouse Rail Systems has announced that from 1st September 2009 it will change its name to Invensys Rail. For many years, Westinghouse has been one of a number of companies comprising...
HBM Uploads Free White Paper about its SoMat eDAQ Mobile Data Acquisition System
Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik (HBM), which has more than 50 years' experience in the electrical measurement of mechanical quantities and successfully operates in many sectors including the...
Tecsa Aiming to Receive IRIS Certification
Tecsa is aiming to receive IRIS certification, and hopes to do so as soon as possible. Tecsa is a specialist in customised connections and harness assemblies for the railway, energy,...
August 2009
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World’s Leading Train Wash Experts Form Strategic Alliance
The world's leading heavy-duty train wash technology companies Tammermatic InterClean Group and Frutiger Group have agreed a strategic alliance. The heavy-duty train wash systems manufactured...
Tammermatic InterClean Group Sells Two Rainbow Ultima Train Washes to Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Tammermatic InterClean Group has sold two Rainbow Ultima train washes and their related water circulation and filtration systems to Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL). The train washes will...
Westinghouse Updates Presence Online
Westinghouse Rail Systems has launched a completely new website, developed to provide more detailed information about the company’s range of signalling and control solutions, as well as reviews...
TFL Uploads Free White Paper about its REBs
TFL has uploaded a free white paper about REBs for rail applications, in which the company is a market leader. Our extensive range is designed to house signalling, power, telecommunications, ...
Westinghouse Awarded UK's First Modular Signalling Contract
Westinghouse Rail Systems, part of Invensys Rail, has been awarded the first modular signalling contract in the UK by Network Rail. The contract, which runs until May 2010, covers the...
Glasgow Team Scoops Network Rail Partnership Award
In recognition of the importance of effective partnership working, Network Rail has decided to hold an annual awards event to recognise and reward excellence in this area. The inaugural event...
Mainframe Communications Achieve Link-Up Registration
Specialist fibre-optic solutions provider, Mainframe Communications, is now registered in the railway sector of the Achilles Link-up supplier qualification scheme. The scheme provides a...
Absolutely Reliable: 19ft DC/DC Converters for Automotive - SMM50
MTM Power GmbH, the specialist for high quality power supplies, has designed the DC/DC converter series SMM50 for use in vehicles, particularly for railway applications. These converters have...
Schaltbau Gains IRIS Certification
Schaltbau was recently audited by Bureau Veritas Certification and was found to easily comply with the requirements of the International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS) quality standard. ...
MIPIOS® New-Generation Box Computers Revolutionize the Mobile Market
The first member of the new MIPIOS family from MEN is a fanless and maintenance-free box computer for extreme and harsh fields of application. The RC1 has a robust 220mm x 130mm x 86mm...
ALPTRANSIT BRENNER Awarded Austria's Largest-Ever Contract for Railway Engineering Infrastructure
Brenner Eisenbahn GmbH (BEG), a subsidiary of ÖBB Infrastruktur Bau, has awarded Austria's largest-ever contract for railway engineering infrastructure, which has a total value of...
Encapsulated, Low Power DC/DC Converter for Railway, Mobile and Industrial Applications
The RWY 30 is a recent addition to Absopulse Electronics' RWY Series of dc/dc converters designed for low power railway applications. This 30W unit is housed in a new, ultra compact,...
Caltrain Taps ARM for Multi-Year Turnkey Rail Management Contract
San Carlos, California - The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (JPB) has announced that Advanced Rail Management Corporation (ARM) has been selected for development and operation of a...
ARM Awarded Long-Term Rail/Wheel Management Contract with San Diego Trolley
San Diego, California - Advanced Rail Management Corporation (ARM) has been awarded a five-year contract for turnkey rail/wheel optimization services on the San Diego Trolley Transit system....
Interpipe Presents its KLW Brand Wheels in China
Leading steel pipe and railway wheel company Interpipe presented its KLW wheel products at the 9th International Heavy Haul Conference and Exhibition for Modern Railways 2009, which was held...
HBM Announces the Latest Release of nCode Automation
Darmstadt – The new 5.1 release of HBM's nCode Automation provides a higher level of flexibility for engineers needing to interrogate and learn from their test data. The release offers a...
UniControls Gains International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS) Certification
UniControls has, for its key spheres of activity (including traction drives, vehicle on-board control systems, passenger information systems and communication systems) successfully completed...
NENCKI Delivers Bogie Test Stand for Stadler Bogie Competence Centre
The rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler Rail has built a bogie competence centre for 120-140 employees on approximately 10,000m² of industrial fallow in Oberwinterthur (CH). The workshop...
KLW Wheels Products Receive Railway Group Standard Certificate
Interpipe NTRP mill (Dnepropetrovsk), which produces railway wheels and wheel treads under the KLW brand, has passed an audit for the certification of both equipment and employees working at...
Microsoft, Esterel Technologies and Geensys Join Forces to Enable the Advancement of Software Development Technologies and Methods
At the second French/German Embedded Systems Symposium held at Bercy in Paris, France, it was announced that Microsoft, Esterel Technologies and Geensys have taken a leadership role in...
Faiveley Transport Australia Secures Equipment Supply
Faiveley Transport Australia Ltd has secured the order for the supply of brake control, bogie brake and air generation equipment for the third phase of the Outer Suburban Car project. The...
WMATA Takes Delivery of GRP Track Measurement System by Amberg Technologies
Amberg Technologies is pleased to announce the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has taken delivery of the first GRP Track Measurement System in North America. The system...
Absolutely Variable: 19in MTM Power Card MPK2
MTM Power GmbH, the specialist for high quality power supplies, offers in its programme the 19in Euro Card with up to six different, galvanically isolated outputs with 6TE or 8TE. With the...
Firstco Appointed At Gatwick Airport for Specialist Systems at the North Terminal Landside Redevelopment
Firstco have been appointed by Costain as systems integrator for the specialist systems work across the programme; these systems involve security, wireless communications and operational systems...
July 2009
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The All-Rounder for Measuring Torque at an Optimal Price – the T40 Torque Flange with Increased Measurement Ranges
The all-rounder for measuring torque – at an optimal price – the T40 torque flange from HBM is now available with two new nominal (rated) torques of 5kN/m and 10kN/m. The T40 measurement...
HBM Launches the Latest Version of Perception Data Acquisition Software
HBM has released version 6.0 of its leading Perception data acquisition software. Perception integrates multi-platform hardware control, live display, data acquisition, review, analysis,...
HBM Wins Silver Best of Sensors Expo Award in Data Acquisition Category
HBM today announced it has been awarded a Silver Sensors Best of Sensors Expo award in the data acquisition category for its portable high-speed data acquisition and transient recording...
Another Tool for Predictive Maintenance - Enhanced Location Recording Embedded in Post-Processing Software
Another function has been added to the already impressive array of rail inspection instrumentation developed by the progressive rail flaw detection systems (RFD) developer, CATER. CATER (The...
Tracklink Uploads Free White Paper about its Rail Preventative-Maintenance Thermal Imaging Cameras
Tracklink, a highly successful supplier of tools, equipment, components and calibration for railway applications, has uploaded a free-to-download white paper about its thermal imaging cameras. ...
First Monorail Trains in Bombay to Be Equipped With Voith Turbo Technology
The city of Bombay is currently building its first monorail network. The 20-km track is scheduled to be put into service in June 2011. For the first 15 trains, Voith Turbo Scharfenberg will...
Systems Solutions for Repowering and Upgrading of Vehicles
New exhaust regulations, increasing demands on traveling comfort and obsolete technologies force owners and operators of rail vehicles to think about reinvestment. The best example: the...
ECO Components Set Standards in Hybrid-technology
ECO components for rail vehicles help to save fuel, reduce noise and minimise harmful emissions. They add to the ecological advantage of rail vehicles and thus underline the position of...
Knorr-Bremse's EP2002 Distributed Brake Control System Wins Award
Following the announcement of the honour in April of this year, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, yesterday officially presented Knorr-Bremse with the Queen's Award for enterprise in the...
Absolutely Economic - AC/DC Modules with Reduced Stand-by Power
MTM Power, the specialist for individual power supplies, has developed a series of primary switchers with low power consumption in un-switched position. This so-called stand-by power...
Voith Expands Product Portfolio with Traction Inverter
The traction inverter is another core component of the electro-mechanical drive system of Voith Turbo. As a result, the competency of Voith Turbo in rail vehicles now ranges from vehicle...
New Driver Assistance System from Voith Turbo
Hybridisation is increasingly an issue for the rail vehicle industry. In 2008, Voith Turbo presented the SteamTrac/SteamDrive in the EcoPack – a drive system that is nearing series maturity,...
The New Voith Turbo Scharfenberg Coupler Head One4
The new Voith Turbo Scharfenberg coupler head One4 was launched at InnoTrans in 2006. Since then, it has been installed in over 2,000 vehicles. Train operators utilise the advantages of the...
Nencki Leads in Three-Axle Bogie Test Stands
In the first half of 2009, Nencki AG delivered several bogie test stands to customer across the world. Among other companies, two big units were delivered to Siemens, with two 600kN for the...
MEN Paves the Way Into the Future: First PICMG 2.30 SBC with Intel Core 2 Duo
The first step has been done – CompactPCI PlusIO paves the way into the future. MEN's F19P is the first of a completely new generation of 3U single-board computers. It is the first...
T&R Williamson Uploads Free White Paper about its Rail Paints and Coatings
T&R Williamson, a company at the forefront of rail locomotive paint technology, has uploaded a free-to-download white paper detailing its range of railway paints, varnishes, lacquers...
Network Rail Awards CCF Support Contract to DeltaRail
DeltaRail has been awarded a three-year contract by Network Rail Information Management to support CCF, the Network Rail Operations Control System. CCF is used by Network Rail and...
Metro-North Railroad Buys DeltaRail WheelChex System
Following a successful trail of its WheelChex® wheel impact load measuring system, DeltaRail has won a contract to supply Metro-North Railroad with a four-track system. WheelChex, will be...
Nashik Insulations Uploads Free White Paper about its Banding Tapes
Nashik Insulations has uploaded a free white paper providing details of its range of tapes for railway traction applications. Its banding tape is a high strength non-woven glass tape used...
Coaching Stock Design Contract for Chiltern Railways
DeltaRail is undertaking design work for Chiltern Railways to refurbish their Mk3 coaching stock for use on the London Marylebone to Birmingham service. DeltaRail's scope of work...
Multi-Million Pound IECC Contract Won at Reading
DeltaRail is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a multi-million pound contract for the provision of an integrated electronic control centre (IECC) based signalling control solution at...
DeltaRail Success in Upgrading Quality Management Standard
As part of DeltaRail's programme of continuous improvement its certified management system has been upgraded by LRQA from ISO 9001:2000 to ISO 9001:2008. This means that the company's...
HBM Launches SoMat eDAQ and eDAQlite Rugged, Mobile Data Acquisition Systems
HBM, provider of state-of-the-art transducers, signal conditioning electronics, data acquisition systems and measurement software, announced today the release of their newly acquired SoMat eDAQ...
Knorr-Bremse Charts Safe Course Through Crisis
Despite the massive slump in the commercial vehicle markets and falling global demand for freight cars and locomotives, in 2009 Knorr-Bremse has charted a safe course through the crisis. ...
Hanson Springs: Expanded Range of Cold-Coiling Facilities
Hanson Springs has announced further investment in cold-coiling capacity. CNC 63mm (2 1/2in) cold-coiling machine The 63mm coiling machine has now been commissioned at the Halfpenny...
RIFTEK Uploads New White Paper about Portable Rail Profilometer
RIFTEK, a private enterprise specializing in the development and fabrication of electronic instrumentation for measuring geometrical, magnetic, mechanical and optical quantities, provides...
1,956km to the Roof of the World with nora
The most altitudinous railway line in the world has been connecting inland provinces and Tibet in China since 2006. This is the largest railway project of the 21st century, with many...
KEYMILE's UMUX Now Also Supports Power-Over-Ethernet
KEYMILE has added an additional Ethernet switch unit, enhancing capabilities of its multi-service access system UMUX with Power-over-Ethernet functions. With this feature, devices with no...
Safe Connections with Connectors from Schaltbau
The new DN series from Schaltbau is a low-priced technological alternative to traditional push-pull connectors. It makes sure that connections remain undisturbed no matter how harsh the...
Firstco Successfully Completed Their Way-Finding Project for Heathrow Express
Firstco are pleased to have successfully completed their Way-Finding project for the Heathrow Express. The project involved delivering 11 new digital displays throughout Heathrow Express...
Certification to IRIS
MEN Mikro Elektronik is the first German company, and one of a total of less than ten companies worldwide, which is certified according to the quality management systems EN9100 (transportation)...
SINTEF's TransQ Qualification Renewed
TransQ is a collaboration between transport utilities in the Nordic countries. They use the system to disseminate information and select suppliers when buying goods or services etc. Buyers...
June 2009
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Optical Strain Gage with Robust Plastic Encapsulation Simplifies Sensor Handling
HBM has developed optical strain gages with a plastic encapsulation that significantly simplifies handling and makes the sensors highly resistant to mechanical damage. The encapsulation...
Analysing Large Data Volumes Easily with nCode GlyphXE
The new data processing system nCode GlyphXE™ from HBM is intended for highly efficient processing and analysis of very large data quantities, such as those produced with complex...
New Contactor Concept for Global Use in Railway Applications
Schaltbau is bringing out a completely new railway contactor as part of its CT1000 model series. Realising the demanding requirement profile in a solution that would be convincing overall, was...
Weld-A-Rail Win Major Contract For Network Rail
Weld-A-Rail, one of the rail industry's leading suppliers of track welding services, are proud to be appointed principal suppliers for the provision of Alumino Thermic track welding services for...
250W DC/DC High Voltage Converter for Operation at Contact Wire
MTM Power GmbH, the specialist for high-quality power supplies, offers in its programme DC/DC converters of the series HVC with 250W for railway applications. The devices are available with...
Absolutely Reliable: DC/DC Converters Series WRC for Automotive Applications
MTM Power GmbH, the specialist for high quality power supplies, offers in its programme DC/DC converters for automotive applications. The series WRC is available with 30W, 60W, 100W and 150W....
Knorr-Bremse to Equip New Metro in Mecca's Biggest Order for Platform Screen Doors in Company’s History
Knorr-Bremse is to supply braking systems for the trains and platform screen doors for the stations on the new metro in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Worth almost €40 million, the contract includes...
Absolutely Safe: Thermoselective Vacuum Encapsulation
After many years of research, MTM Power has developed and patented an encapsulation technology which is unique in the world: the thermoselective vacuum encapsulation. Thus, MTM Power modules...
More PESA Orders for ATR 220 to FOGTEC
After FOGTEC Rail Systems equipped 13 local traffic trains of the ATR220 type with fire protection systems during the past two years, another 10 units for final stationing in the Italian region...
Extended Product Portfolio for the 3000 Fire Alarm Series
As an extension to the module platform of the 3000 series, the system module Heating is now also available to take charge of the monitoring of the measuring sensors integrated in the...
Big Order from Australia for FOGTEC Rail Systems for the Public Metropolitan and Suburban Commuter System in Sydney
For the public private partnership (PPP) project of the Reliance Rail Consortium (consisting of Downer EDI, ABN Ambro, Babcock & Brown and AMP Capital) for the public metropolitan and...
FOGTEC Rail Systems Supply Fire Protection Systems for Regional and Metropolitan Trains in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Spanish rail vehicle manufacturer CAF has been awarded two contracts for the development, manufacture and delivery of 80 four-car regional trains (320 rail cars for Compania Paulista des...
FOGTEC Fire Alarm Technology for the Bombardier Tram in Bursa
The established fire alarm technology of the 1000 series for monitoring electrical equipment boxes will also be used for vehicles to be supplied by Bombardier to the city of Bursa. Some...
Firema Orders Fire Protection System from FOGTEC Rail Systems
To comply with the comprehensive approval requirements of the Italian public authorities and corresponding regulations, Italian vehicle manufacturer Firema has trusted the technology of FOGTEC. ...
Follow-Up Orders from Bombardier for the Sprinter Light Train
Even before the Sprinter Light Trains from Bombardier were successfully put into operation by the national railway of the Netherlands, the operator called off further options. These...
Follow-Up Orders for More Flirt Vehicles from Stadler
Swiss vehicle manufacturer Stadler continues to rise. Further orders could be secured for vehicles of the Flirt family to be operated in Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, France and Norway. ...
Eland's Rail Telecoms Cables Get NR Seal of Approval
Eland Cables now has more Network Rail approved rail telecoms cables than any other rail cable supplier. That's the message from the Eland rail team, which is celebrating after securing...
Phooltas at Africa Rail 2009
We are pleased to announce our participation in the Africa Rail 2009 exhibition, which takes place in Johannesburg on 24 June and 25 June. For passes please e-mail us at...
Dual Role of HANDWave Portable Tester
The HANDWave portable ultrasonic single rail tester, (SRT) released recently by CATER, has generated considerable interest in the UT and NDT industry. This robust unit is the latest...
Firstco Gains a New Senior Engineer
Firstco are delighted to announce that Adam Anderson has joined the company as a senior engineer. For the last six years Adam has worked with or for BAA. Most recently he has been...
EKE-Electronics Ltd to Supply Coach Computer System to Transtech Oy
EKE-Electronics Ltd will supply coach computer systems to new double-deck sleeping coaches manufactured by Transtech Oy for VR Finnish Railways. Transtech has won a contract for 20...
PMC Module with Four CAN Bus Interfaces
The PMC P506 is equipped with four galvanically isolated CAN bus interfaces, which support data transfer rates of up to 1Mbit/s according to ISO 11898-1/2. The channels support CAN protocol...
Esterel Technologies and Wind River to Offer Webcast
Esterel Technologies, the leading worldwide provider of model-based solutions for the development of critical embedded software, and Wind River, the global leader in device software...
May 2009
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EKE-Trainnet® Coach Computers and TCN Gateways for New CFR Sleeping Coaches
EKE-Electronics Ltd. will deliver coach computers and TCN gateway solutions to CFR Calatori's (Romanian Railways) new sleeping coaches, manufactured by S.C. Astra Vagoane Calatori S.A. New...
Firstco Wins Prestigious Support Contract
Firstco are delighted to announce that, following a competitive tender process, Heathrow Express has chosen Firstco to support all their communication and control systems. The contract will run...
Power System Technology to Display DC-DC Convertors at SIFER 2009
Power System Technology will be attending the trade show SIFER 2009, the 6th International Railway Industry Exhibition. The show will be held between 26-28 May 2009 at the Lille Grand...
Handheld Announces New Nautiz eTicket Rugged PDA for Electronic Ticketing
Handheld today announced the Nautiz eTicket™, a new version of the versatile, rugged mobile computer Nautiz X5™ designed specifically for transactions and ticket validations in...
Interpipe NTRP Successfully Passes Association of American Railroads Audit
Interpipe NTRP mill (Dnepropetrovsk), manufacturers of railway wheels under the KLW brand, has successfully passed an audit by the Association of American Railroads (AAR). The audit confirmed...
KEYMILE Upgrades UMUX Platform With Ethernet Aggregation Unit
A new Ethernet aggregation unit enhances the switching and routing functions of KEYMILE's multi-service access platform UMUX. The unit enables direct connection of Ethernet networks and other...
MEN Introduces First Ultra-Small-Computer-On-Module
MEN's MM1 is the first ultra-small-computer-on-module of the new ESMini™ family. Based on Intel Atom processor in 45nm technology, the COM module offers huge advantages: Processor...
Amberg Rail: A New Dimension in Railway Surveying
Amberg Rail is the new master solution for comprehensive railway surveying. Amberg Rail's extensive functionality consists of the proven and established hardware configuration GRP System FX,...
EKE-Electronics to Supply Train Communications Gateways to Ukraine Metro Train Project
EKE-Electronics will supply train communication gateway solutions to a metro train project in Ukraine. EKE's Polish partner Medcom will be the system integrator for the project and the trains...
Faber Maunsell Rebrands as AECOM
Leading multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Faber Maunsell today changed its name to AECOM Ltd (known as AECOM), completing its full integration into the global AECOM group. For...
April 2009
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Stone Wool for Anti-Vibration Mats
Track engineers often encounter conflicting demands when designing a track system. On the one hand they seek uncompromised track stability ensuring safety and comfort for the passengers...
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Monitors Railway Network With KEYMILE Technology
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn has chosen a KEYMILE solution to control and monitor radio and data connections between the signal boxes in its railway network. A key proviso was that the products...
PortaCo Products Now Carry Two-Year Warranty
PortaCo is proud to announce all tools manufactured by the company now carry a two-year warranty. PortaCo products are designed for maximum safety and productivity. Our hydraulic systems...
Schenck Process Headquarters and Test Center Opened for Viewing
Will you be visiting Achema 2009? Would you like to find out about the latest products from Schenck Process? Then don't forget to stop by. Our headquarters are in Darmstadt, a stone's throw...
Railweight System Provides 0.4% Weighing Accuracy For Bombardier Derby
Bombardier Transportation can now weigh rail vehicles to a high degree of weighing accuracy thanks to a solution developed by Avery Weigh-Tronix's Railweight division. Gross weight and...
Firstco Reduces Heathrow Express' Energy Consumption
Firstco devised ways of saving Heathrow Express money and time by helping them to reduce their carbon burden by 200t/year, saving them annual charges of over £30,000 at Heathrow Central...
CompactPCI Conduction Cooling Rack for Extreme Environments
The CompactPCI conduction cooling rack for extreme environments is made for standard 3U boards with convection cooling in a CCA frame. Its features include: Three-slot backplane with PSU...
TŽV Gredelj to use EKE-Trainnet® Application Development Environment
Croatian train manufacturer TŽV Gredelj doo and EKE-Electronics Ltd have reached an agreement under which TŽV Gredelj has ordered an EKE-Trainnet® train control and management system...
KEYMILE to Co-Operate With Spanish Systems Integrator Revenga
Hanover - KEYMILE, a leading manufacturer of Next-Generation data transmission systems, has signed a partnership agreement with Revenga. National and regional Spanish railway companies and...
March 2009
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DIWApack from Voith Turbo for Power Class Up To 320kW
Voith Turbo's rail division has announced details of further innovative systems solutions for railcars. Now, with the Voith DIWApack, a complete drive package has come on to the market,...
OEM Accolades Keep on Coming
The pinnacle of Australian engineering was celebrated in Canberra in November 2008 at the Australian Engineering Excellence Awards, and OEM Technology Solutions was there. As a winner of the...
Personalised OEM Designs Helping Business
Being able to monitor field devices and retrieve the data it collects is becoming increasingly more important to businesses who can't afford to lose staff for hours in travel time. The...
OEM on Track for AusRAIL 2009
In 2008 OEM was one of 60 companies represented at the annual AusRAIL trade show in Melbourne, in order to showcase its latest products and attend a symposium about the future of the industry....
OEM PC1: the First Generation of Success is Tough and Smart
Before the award-winning PC3 programmable controller, OEM Technology Solutions was already making waves with its PC1 series of programmable controllers, which are still the company's...
OEM Programmable Controller Displayed at Powerhouse Museum
The future generation of engineers are getting a closer look at engineering innovations, including = OEM Technology Solutions' award-winning PC3 programmable controller, as part of an exhibition...
Managed Fast Ethernet Switch with Eight Ports for Fast and Safe Communication
MEN Mikro Elektronik expands its product line of robust Ethernet switches by another CompactPCI card. The F302 offers eight fast Ethernet channels on RJ45, M12 or D-Sub, corresponds to the EN...
PICMG Approves Connectors for CompactPCI Plus
MEN Mikro Elektronik, one of the leading members of the PICMG CompactPCI Plus working group, has announced the members have agreed on the connectors to be used. This is a decisive step...
MEN introduces 3U CompactPCI® SBC with MPC8548 and Conduction Cooling for Mobile Applications
Once again facing the issue of safety-critical embedded applications, MEN Mikro Elektronik has introduced the first 3U CompactPCI board with conductive cooling at Embedded World 2009. The F50C...
Voith Turbo Scharfenbergs Offers New Contact-Free Data and Signal Transmission Facility
Voith Turbo Scharfenberg's newest innovation allows passenger information, films, internet or telephone connections to be established by radio via automatic train couplers. Voith is...
Voith Turbo to Support Intercity Express Programme with Cooling Systems:
Some 134 Voith Turbo cooling systems have been in service in the British class 43 HST high-speed trains for several years. Up to 15,000 operating hours per vehicle are quite common. Following...
Voith Turbo Scharfenberg Unveils Coupler Head One4
The new Voith Turbo Scharfenberg coupler head One4 was launched at InnoTrans in 2006. Since then it has been installed in more than 2,000 vehicles. Train operators enjoy the advantages of the...
MEN Achieves EN 9100 Certification
In September 2008, after an intensive preparatory phase, MEN Mikro Elektronik was officially certified according to EN9100 as a supplier for the aviation and space industry. As an...
Voith Turbo Offers Systems for Repowering and Upgrading Vehicles
New exhaust regulations, increasing demands on travelling comfort and obsolete technologies force owners and operators of rail vehicles to think about reinvestment. The best example of this...
Voith Turbo Unveils New Driver Assistance System
Hybridisation is increasingly an issue for the rail vehicle industry. Last year Voith Turbo presented the SteamTrac/SteamDrive in the EcoPack – a drive system that is nearing series maturity...
ABB Switzerland Successfully Passes IRIS Recertification
ABB Switzerland has successfully passed its recertification to the International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS). IRIS is a promotion of the Union of European Railway Industries (UNIFE). It...
HANDWave: Most Powerful Portable UT Tester is Now Available
This month sees the much anticipated release of arguably the most powerful portable ultrasonic tester for rail flaw detection. CATER, an Australian company with over a decade's experience...
SMA Railway Wins SBB Bid
The Swiss Federal Railways, SBB, has commissioned SMA Railway Technology with the delivery of static inverters for the modernisation of their EuroCity passenger cars. This is the largest order...
EKE-Electronics to Deliver WLAN Depot Network for Coach Diagnostics to CFR Romanian Railways
EKE-Electronics will supply a depot WLAN network to CFR Romanian Railways. The WLAN network will be built to cover every major railway depot in Romania and it will enable communication between...
Encapsulated DC/DC Converter Delivers 500W in Extreme Environments (PDC 500)
Absopulse Electronics’ PDC 500 is a recent addition to its line of rugged DC/DC converters. This unit is encapsulated in a thermally conductive MIL-spec silicon rubber compound for immunity...
Helsinki - St. Petersburg High-Speed Trains to be Equipped with EKE-Trainnet® Event Recorders
New Pendolino high-speed trains ordered by Karelian Trains will be equipped with the latest generation train data recorders supplied by EKE-Electronics. EKE-Electronics' scope of supply...
Eland Makes History at Best Company to Work For Awards 2009
Rail cable supplier Eland Cables is celebrating after reaching the highest ever rank of any electrical cable supplier in the prestigious Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For awards...
Esterel Technologies and Aitech Offer Integrated Software Development and Deployment Platform for Critical Embedded Software
Esterel Technologies, the leading worldwide provider of model-based development solutions for mission and safety-critical systems, and Aitech Defense Systems, the largest independent supplier...
The High-End of the COM-Standard - ESMexpress® Module with Intel® Core™ 2 Duo
MEN Mikro Elektronik presents a new ESMexpress module - the XM2 - with a performance range that has not been reached on computer-on-modules until now. Equipped with the new Intel Core 2 Duo...
Danobat Railway Systems Celebrates Winning the Largest Order in the Spanish Machine Tool Industry's History
Danobat Railway Systems is celebrating winning the largest order in the Spanish machine tool industry's history. On 4 December the Danobat Group, the machine tool division of the...
February 2009
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$31.5 Million Contract for Phooltas
Phooltas has been awarded a $31.5 million contract for the supply of 128 OHE inspection vehicles, commonly called tower wagons, by the Indian Railway Board. Phooltas was chosen over several...
EKE-Electronics to Supply TCN Gateway Solution to ŠKODA Transportation
EKE-Electronics will supply a train communication gateway solution for the new Škoda 671 ZSSK EMUs that Škoda Transportation will deliver to Slovakian Railways. EKE-Electronics' scope of...
EKE Train Data Recorders to VR-Rata
EKE-Electronics has delivered new generation train data recorders for VR-Rata, the infrastrucure arm of VR (Finnish Railways). The train data recorders will be used in the new track...
Fibre Optic Cables Approved for London Underground – From Stock
Webro cable and connectors is pleased to announce that it is able to supply fibre optic cables, which meet the high performance and test criteria of section 12 London Underground...
EU's INTERESTED Project to Target Rapid Design, Prototyping and Code Generation of Complex Embedded Systems
The interoperable embedded systems tool chain for enhanced rapid design, prototyping and code generation (INTERESTED) project, a new initiative targeting complex embedded systems and...
Finnish Rail Agency to Use EKE-Trainnet® TIP tool
EKE-Electronics will supply the EKE-Trainnet® train inspection program, the TIP tool, to the Finnish Rail Agency. With the TIP tool the user can easily visualise, analyse and print the...
MTM Power Introduces New Multi-Power Supply Systems With Up To 1.2kW Power
MPG series DC/DC power supply systems from MTM Power, the specialist for innovative power supplies, are designed for different applications in transportation, telecommunications and the charging...
Schenck Process Acquires the Bulk Material Handling Assets of the TEDO Company
Schenck Process is pleased to announce the acquisition of the bulk material handling assets of the TEDO Company, based in the Czech Republic. This acquisition further strengthens the position...
New PMC Module with Two Fast Ethernet Channels for New Flexibility
Right on time for Embedded World 2009 MEN Mikro Elektronik presents a dual fast Ethernet PMC. The P511 is qualified for the extended temperature range of -40°C to +85°C and prepared...
OEM Technology's Latest Innovation: PC3 Programmable Controller
The award-winning PC3 series programmable controller is the one-stop answer to all sorts of questions when it comes to industrial computer applications. Its ease of use and...
OEM Technology Solutions Wins Major Awards
Being recognised by your peers is one of the best accolades for any business and, in September, OEM Technology Solutions was awarded one of the highest honours in the NSW engineering...
OEM Technology Solutions Gains Accreditation from Digi International
OEM Technology Solutions has become the first company in the southern hemisphere to be granted partner status with Digi, one of the world’s leaders in embedded technology. The partner status...
Absolutely Dustproof: DIN Rail Module with 24W for Sophisticated Requirements
MTM Power, the specialist for individual power supplies, has designed the DIN rail modules series HSA24 with AC (90VAC-264VAC) and DC (100VDC-353VDC) wide input range as universal compact...
January 2009
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Reflective Memory PMC for Maximum Data Safety
Right on time for Embedded World 2009 MEN, for the first time, presents a reflective memory PMC mezzanine card. The PMC module P512 is well suited for use in safety-critical applications,...
MEN Expects PICMG 2.30 PlusIO Standard to be Officially Adopted During 2009's Summer
MEN Mikro Elektronik expects the PICMG 2.30 PlusIO standard - the first of the two planned draft standards for CompactPCI Plus - to be officially adopted during the summer of 2009, after...
Absolutely Economic: Series PMAS/PCMAS with 60W
The primary switched AC/DC power modules of the new series PMAS/PCMAS60 have been designed as universal compact power supplies with AC/DC wide input ranges (90VAC-264VAC, 100VAC-353VDC)...
Model Behaviour from Eland Cables
Eland Cables, a cable supplier, is set to reveal all in a new initiative designed to make the cable buying experience quicker and easier than ever before. The initiative, launched on the 16th...
ContiTech in India: Air Spring Production is Going Local
The share of the rail vehicle market has increased by 50% since 1994, and manufacturing operations are due to expand significantly by 2013. In order to meet growing requirements in India...
ContiTech Contributes to "Quiet Train" Research Project with GIGABOX
GIGABOX provides freight cars with greater running smoothness and lower maintenance costs, noise reduction of up to 3dB(A), and is suitable for Y25 bogeys. In the framework of...
Cactus Wins Signalling Contract for Haparandabanan Line
Mölndal - Cactus has won a subcontract for supplying CTC systems according to European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) level 2 at Haparandabanan. The main contractor is Ansaldo...
ContiTech Testing Technology Simulates the Cold of Siberia
High-speed trains must provide top comfort, even in Siberian winters. As market leader and globally active equipment manufacturer for high-speed trains, such as the ICE 3, ContiTech provides...
Knorr-Bremse Continues to Grow in 2008
In the 2008 fiscal year, the Knorr-Bremse Group reported a 4% increase in sales, which totaled €3.38 billion (2007 figure: €3.25 billion). After adjustment for foreign exchange...
Firstco Improve PA System on Heathrow Express
Between the end of October and early December 2008, Firstco carried out improvement works to enhance the PA systems at Heathrow Central and Heathrow Terminal 4 stations. Heathrow Express...
Firstco Designing Communications and Controls Systems for Crossrail
Firstco has been continuing its work with the London Crossrail project throughout 2008 and 2009. Currently work is being performed on the design of intervention and escape shafts which need to...
Tensartech Systems Enable Natural Appearance and Sustainable Construction of Steep Slopes
Vegetated embankments and steep slopes are favoured methods of construction for infrastructure projects, including roads, bridges and railways. Tensar International's Tensartech NaturalGreen...
MTM Power Introduces New Primary Switched DC/DC Converters for Railway Applications
The primary switched DC/DC converters PCMDS80 from MTM Power are specially designed for applications in vehicle and rail technology but also for use in industrial and...
Esterel Technologies Introduces Esterel SCADE 6.1: An Integrated and Open Platform for Critical Software Development
Esterel Technologies has announced the availability of Esterel SCADE® 6.1, further bolstering its position in model-based development for critical embedded applications. SCADE 6.1...
Absopulse Releases 500W DC/DC Converter for Railway and Harsh-Environment Applications
Absopulse Electronics has recently released the HVI 500R series, a 500W addition to its line of high input voltage DC/DC converters. The unit accepts 750VDC input voltage (525VDC–975VDC range),...
December 2008
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Compact 500W DC/DC Converter Built To Last In the Toughest Environments
Absopulse Electronics’ new RWY 65 series fully encapsulated, DC/DC converter uses field-proven topology to generate 500W output power from a compact 153mm x72mm x 269mm enclosure. Designed to...
Absopulse Launches 200W DC/DC Plug-In (Eurocard) Converter
Absopulse Electronics' BAP 236R-EH Series is a rugged, plug-in (Eurocard) DC/DC converter designed for 19in rack-mount applications for railway and other harsh-environments. This 200W unit...
MTM Launches New DC/DC Power Converter
The MTM DC/DC power converter series UVC60 has been designed as a power supply for the use in vehicles, particularly for railway applications. All usual on-board and battery voltages are covered...
Rail Foot Corrosion Identified by ULTRAWave
Corrosion in the foot of the rail is particularly difficult to identify. Despite this difficulty, rail networks need to assess the likelihood of rail damage by identifying the extent of any...
Rittal Fuel Cells Provide Efficient Emergency Power Supply
Rittal have recently unveiled their new ready-to-connect modular fuel cell, RiCell, to supply back up power supplies for critical processes that demand high availability. RiCell is available in...
CompactPCI® Plus Seminar at the Embedded World Conference 2009
As part of the Embedded World Conference in Nuremberg a seminar series with ten papers was dedicated to CompactPCI Plus on 4 March 2009. Suppliers and potential system providers had a first...
New York Air Brake Acquires Anchor Brake Shoe Company
New York Air Brake Corporation, a member of the Knorr-Bremse Group based in Watertown, NY, has acquired Anchor Brake Shoe Company, a leading North American manufacturer of locomotive and...
Schenck Process Introduces New Rail Vehicle Scales for Fully Automatic 'Weigh-in-Motion' (WIM)
Steel is a high-quality material. The raw materials used in its production are just as valuable. High-precision weighing and documentation of basic raw materials is therefore extremely...
Amberg Technologies Introduces New Absolute (3D) Clearance Surveying System
The new system from Amberg Technologies for absolute (3D) clearance surveying provides unique, comprehensive, 3D environment surveying, track geometry and clearance envelope management. ...
OEM’s Berlin Showcase: Review of InnoTrans 2008
OEM Technology Solutions was one of more than 1,600 exhibitors at the largest international rail technology show in the world in September. Managing director Richard Gobee and CEO James...
November 2008
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Schaffner Group Wins Important Order from China
The Schaffner Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: SAHN) has been selected as the main supplier by Bombardier Transportation for delivery of power quality components for deployment in locomotives on...
New VMEbus PC Stands the Test in Particle Acceleration
The new VMEbus SBC from MEN Mikro Elektronik will be used in the world's largest particle accelerator at the CERN research centre in Switzerland. The A20 supports a multitude of Intel Core 2...
Contract Signature for TransAdelaide PIS, CCTV and Door Upgrade
Faiveley Transport Australia today concluded a deal to deliver enhanced PIS, CCTV and door upgrade solutions to trains maintained by Bombardier Australia at their Adelaide maintenance facility. ...
New Baying Kit for AE Vibration Resistant Enclosures
Rittal's AE wall boxes can now be installed as a suite with the introduction of the new AE baying kit. Available for AE enclosure sizes from 800mm high to 350mm deep, the new kit comes...
UMUX Data Communications System Approved for Use in Closed Transmission Networks
Hanover, Germany - UMUX, KEYMILE’s multi-service access platform and next-generation SDH transmission system, was approved for use in closed transmission networks in Switzerland in early...
Schenck Process Made the "Hessen-Champions 2008"
Schenck Process has a high standing in Hesse. On the 28th of October 2008, the company was awarded first prize in the "World Market Leader" category of the Hessen-Champions 2008 competition....
Protect Cooling Efficiency with Rittal RiNano Technology
Rittal's TopTherm Plus cooling units are now supplied with RiNano technology on the condensor coil. In extreme conditions, such as heavily contaminated environments, it is vital to keep the...
Vibration Tested Air-Air Heat Exchangers
Rittal has developed an air-to-air heat exchanger, which has been specifically tailored to cater for the needs of the mobile railway engineering industry. Available in both 24VDC and...
3U CompactPCI® Universal Interface Board with SA-Adapters™ and FPGA
With an innovative combination of FPGA and SA-Adapters™, MEN Mikro Elektronik introduces a completely new I/O concept on 3U CompactPCI®. The interfaces of the F215 can be configured...
OEM Technology Solutions Granted ISO 9001: 2000 Approval for a Range of Quality Management Systems
OEM Technology Solutions has had a range of its quality management systems assessed and approved to the ISO 9001: 2000 standard. The approved quality management systems apply to the provision...
October 2008
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Esterel Technologies to Offer Webinar Series on Safety-Critical Software Development Under EN 50128
Esterel Technologies, the leading worldwide provider of model-based solutions for the development of critical embedded software, will host a webinar on Wednesday, October 29 to explore the...
Eurotech: New Strategic Focus on Transportation Industry for US-Based Subsidiary, Eurotech, Inc.
Eurotech, Inc., the US-based subsidiary of Eurotech Spa, today announced a new strategic focus on the transportation industry. Eurotech, Inc. assumes responsibility for the US transportation...
The Madrid-Valencia High-Speed Line to be Equipped with RHEDA 2000®
Neumarkt, Germany – As part of a contract from the Spanish railway authority ADIF, RAIL.ONE Group will deliver approximately 120,000 concrete sleepers for construction of the high-speed...
Nora Systems Presents New Product at Railway Interiors in Amsterdam from 4-6 November
Floorcoverings in rail vehicles and buses must meet high requirements. nora® systems have added a floorcovering with a slip resistance of R11 to its proven assortment of rubber...
Highest Standards in Design and Technology
For the InnoTrans 2008, HÜBNER GmbH will be focusing on vehicle design - both inside and out. At the exhibition booth, visitors will have the opportunity to view flexible gangway systems...
Rugged Ethernet Switch Family
On the occasion of the InnoTrans railway show in Berlin, MEN Mikro Elektronik introduces a new product family of rugged Ethernet switches. Designed for harsh environments that meet the EN...
Knorr-Bremse Develops First Production-Ready Wheel Flat Protection System for Freight Cars
At the InnoTrans 2008 exhibition in Berlin, Knorr-Bremse Rail Vehicle Systems presented its EP1001 wheel flat protection system for freight cars. EP1001 is a robust, low-cost and...
Encapsulated DC/DC Converter for Railway and other Extreme Environments Delivers 200W
Absopulse Electronics' RWR 212 series is a fully encapsulated, 200W DC/DC converter designed to meet the stringent requirements of EN 50155 for electronic equipment used on railway rolling...
To Past and Future Clients
Vector Lifting is a totally independent company and is not associated in any way with the “Vector Group”. Vector Lifting Pty Ltd is an Australian based company, established in 1989, engaged...
EKE-Electronics to Supply Locomotive Control Equipment to ÖBB Locomotive Modernisation Project
EKE-Electronics will supply locomotive control equipment for the modernisation of ÖBB locomotive series Rh 1044. At Innotrans 2008 EKE's Swiss system integrator partner Railtec Systems...
Vortok International Wins the 2008 “Railway Oscars” for Innovation
Vortok International, a Plymouth company, has won this years prestigious Award for Innovation at the 2008 National Railway Awards, known as the “Railway Oscars”. The Roborough-based company...
TagMaster Launch New CableTag at InnoTrans
Stockholm, Sweden - TagMaster, the leading producer of advanced RFID solutions for rail applications, launched the new S1470 CableTag at InnoTrans. CableTag is the latest addition to...
September 2008
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Precision Even When in Motion: Exact Weighing with MULTIRAIL® LiquidWeight – Class 0.2
The more valuable raw materials become, the more important it is to handle them responsibly. This also applies to weighing systems, as small inaccuracies can add up and become major cost...
Esterel Technologies' KCG™ Code Generator Achieves Certification Standards
Certification validates latest SCADE Suite™ Code Generation Technology for critical software application generation in rail, industrial, and automotive applications. Esterel Technologies, an...
Schenck Process Acquires Screenex from the Locker Group
Schenck Process, Germany, is pleased to announce agreement on the acquisition of Screenex Pty Ltd ("Screenex") of Australia from the Locker Group. Serving both the pre and after sales markets,...
Esterel Technologies Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Certification for Design and Sale of Mission and Safety-Critical Software Tools and Services
Elancourt, France, and Boston, Massachusetts - Esterel Technologies is the first and only provider of model-based development solutions to achieve ISO 9001:2000 certification for the design...
Knorr-Bremse Acquires Hübner Rail Vehicle Door Division
At the InnoTrans exhibition in Berlin, Hübner announced the sale, with effect from January 1, 2009, of its rail vehicle door division to Knorr-Bremse's IFE automatic door systems division. ...
Certification According to EN 9100
After an intensive preparatory phase, MEN Mikro Elektronik has been officially certified according to EN9100 as a supplier for the aviation and space industry. As accredited partner, MEN, chose...
RAIL.ONE at InnoTrans 2008, 23–26 September 2008, Berlin Fairgrounds: Neumarkt and Berlin, Germany
RAIL.ONE, the internationally successful manufacturer of concrete railway sleepers and system provider for advanced track systems, presents its comprehensive portfolio of track systems...
Esterel Technologies and AbsInt Form Strategic Technology Partnership to Offer AbsInt Timing and Stack Usage Tools in the SCADE® Product Family
Esterel Technologies SCADE Suite Timing Verifier™ and SCADE Suite Stack Verifier™, powered by AbsInt's aiT and StackAnalyzer tools, provide worst case execution timing (WCET) and stack...
Esterel Technologies' KCG Code Generator Achieves Certification to SIL 3/4 under EN 50128 and SIL 3 under IEC 61508 Standards
Esterel Technologies, an ISO 9001:2000 certified company, is proud to announce that the latest release of the proven KCG™ Code Generator has been certified by TÜV SÜD...
Knorr-Bremse at InnoTrans 2008: Responding to Megatrends: Urbanization, Environment, Safety and Globalization
Knorr-Bremse Rail Vehicle Systems will be attending InnoTrans 2008, the world's biggest international trade fair for rail vehicle technology, which takes place from 23-26 September, 2008 in...
SCT Awarded Best Technical Development by RFG Rail Freight Group
Standard Car Truck Company has announced that at the inaugural United Kingdom RFG Rail Freight Group awards on 16 September 2008, Jim Longton, managing director of SCT Europe, and Ian...
Eight UART Interfaces for Expansion of 3U CompactPCI® Systems
MEN Mikro Elektronik completes its 3U CompactPCI product range with F216, a new board with eight channels, for individual extension of COM interfaces within a system. Minimum availability for...
SCT Europe Barber Low Ride 14.25 Delivers with WH Davis Super Low 45
SCT Europe has recently delivered its newest bogie, the Barber Low Ride 14.25 (BLR14.25), to UK wagon builder W.H. Davis. A feature of the bogie is 577mm diameter wheels that allow a wagon...
More Lifting Jacks for EDI Victoria
Railway maintenance specialists, Vector Lifting, have received an order for a further four 35t lifting jacks from Downer EDi Rail, Victoria. The four extra jacks will join eight others...
August 2008
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EKE-Electronics Receives ISO 14001 Certificate
EKE-Electronics has been certified according to the international ISO14001:2004 quality standard for environmental management. The audit was performed by Det Norske Veritas. ...
Leipzig City Tunnel Chooses RHEDA 2000 Patented Ballast-less Track Technology
Neumarkt, Germany – One more win can now be chalked up on the list of victories for the RHEDA 2000® ballastless track system: the City Tunnel in Leipzig – currently the prime...
Phoenix Contact at the InnoTrans 2008 'Reliably on Track'
We invite you to take part and experience our innovative products live and up close. Learn more about our product developments and technical highlights for the railway industry, which keep...
Schlüchterner Tunnel Upgraded with GETRAC A3
Neumarkt, Germany – An important milestone has been reached for attainment by GETRAC® A3 of the 'standard-design' (Regelbauart) classification for tunnel upgrading on the Deutsche...
Prestigious ETAG 27 Compliance for Maccaferri Barrier System
Geotechnical and erosion control specialist Maccaferri is claiming a first for its new CTR range of deformable rock-fall containment barriers. According to Maccaferri, their system is the only...
Schenck Process Voted "Top Employer for Engineers 2008"
The results of a study conducted by CRF are in and Schenck Process has been voted one of the "top employers for engineers 2008" in Germany alongside 24 other well-known companies. ...
July 2008
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Faiveley Transport Successfully Completes the Acquisition of Ellcon-National
Faiveley Transport, a company controlled by Faiveley and Sagard, confirmed today that it has completed the acquisition of 100% of Ellcon-National equity shares, a US based railway brake...
Faiveley Transport Enters Consortium Agreement with Railway Braking Systems Specialist MTZ Transmash
Faiveley Transport, a company controlled by Faiveley and Sagard, has confirmed it has entered into a consortium agreement with MTZ Transmash (Russia). MTZ Transmash is recognised as a...
Eland Cables awarded ISO 14001 Environmental Certification
Eland Cables has achieved the prestigious ISO 14001 accreditation, illustrating their current and future commitment to minimising environmental impact. The ISO 14001 international standard...
Double-Skinned Modular Flexible Outdoor Enclosures
Rittal introduce a new range of double skinned aluminium outdoor enclosures built from a series of modular sections to enable quicker delivery times and reduce purchasing costs. Centred around...
InnoTrans 2008 in Berlin: KEYMILE to show UMUX with Enhanced Functions for Migrating Dedicated Telecommunications Networks
KEYMILE, a leading manufacturer of next-generation access systems, will exhibit its latest technical developments for railway and transport companies’ telecommunications networks at the...
BERNMOBIL Chooses RockDelta Vibration Isolation Mats
RockXolid® 50 has been installed for BERNMOBIL in the Bahnhofplatz area. The solution was chosen based upon performance, unique lifetime expectancy and fast installation. BUNDESGASSE ...
Stone Wool Vibration Isolation Mats for Phase Three of the Copenhagen Metro
RockBallast® 3515 has been installed for the third phase of the Copenhagen Metro at several sections covering about 13,000m² in all. RockBallast 3515 was chosen after studies...
RockDelta Supplies Anti-Vibration Mats to ADIF High Speed Tracks, Spain
RockDelta has supplied more than 45.000m² of high-tech stone wool based anti-vibration mat solutions to several AVE high-speed track projects in Spain, including track sections...
750VDC Input DC / DC Converter for Railway Applications Delivers 300W
Absopulse Electronics has recently released the HVI 300 series, a 300W addition to its line of high input voltage DC / DC converters. The unit accepts 750VDC input voltage (525V – 975VDC...
Esterel SCADE Display™ 6.0 - Design and Development Environment for Safety-Critical Embedded Display Applications
Esterel Technologies has announced the immediate availability of Esterel SCADE Display™ 6.0, the first design and development environment for mission and safety-critical embedded...
Esterel Technologies' Eclipse-Based Applications Programming Interface for its SCADE Suite Safety-Critical Model-Based Development Solution
Nürnberg, Germany – Esterel Technologies, the leading worldwide provider of model-based solutions for the development of mission and safety-critical systems, has expanded its open...
Esterel Technologies and National Instruments' Integrated Model-Based Development and Rapid Prototyping Solution for Safety-Critical Applications
Esterel Technologies, the leading worldwide provider of model-based solutions for the development of mission and safety-critical systems has integrated its technology with the leading...
Atkins Signs 2012 Programme Agreement with Network Rail
Atkins, the multidisciplinary design and engineering consultancy, has signed a contract with Network Rail to deliver engineering management services on the 2012 programme. Under the...
Bombardier and Knorr-Bremse Conclude Framework Agreement
Knorr-Bremse has concluded a long-term framework agreement ("Long Term Supply Agreement") for braking systems with Bombardier Transportation, the world's largest manufacturer of rail...
KEYMILE Technology Makes Gotthard Base Tunnel Safer
Hannover – KEYMILE's multi-service access node UMUX is one of the key elements in the axle counter application in the new Gotthard base tunnel and makes a vital contribution to line and...
June 2008
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Official Opening of New Knorr-Bremse Rail Vehicle Systems Plant in Spain
In the presence of their Royal Highnesses Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia, Knorr-Bremse officially opened its new plant in Getafe near Madrid on June 25. Knorr-Bremse has merged the...
Global Awards for Tensar’s TriAx™ Triangular Structure Geogrids
A year since its launch, Tensar International’s innovative TriAx™ geogrid has won a hat trick of awards. Adding to its UK triumph at Civils 2007, where it was awarded the...
SMA Announces Company Name Change and Spin Out of Railway Technology
Kassel, Niestetal – SMA Technologie is now trading as SMA Solar Technology. The new name reflects SMA's strong focus on solar technology and the increasingly international scope of...
Deutsche Bahn Orders Inverters for Bistro Coaches
Deutsche Bahn has ordered 15 inverters for the air-conditioning system and 15 inverters for the kitchen supply on Bistro coaches from SMA. The order is a follow-up to the 196 inverters supplied...
Automation Products from Phoenix Contact now Certified to the EN 50124-4 Standard
Phoenix Contact has fulfilled the requirements of the EN 50124-4 standard for their automation products. This is an important railway norm for supplying the industry. Part 4 deals with emission...
New Product Catalogue for Voith Universal Joint Shafts
A completely revised product catalogue describing its line of universal joint shafts is now available from the drive specialist Voith Turbo. The catalogue contains not only technical data...
Airquick Quality System Passes LRQA Assessment and Achieves UKAS Accredited ISO 9001:2000 Standard
Airquick (Newark) are proud to announce that their quality system has recently undergone and passed an assessment by LRQA and achieved the UKAS accredited ISO 9001:2000 standard. We chose...
Railtec Trends in Theory and Practice
The International Rail Meeting has become an established professional event at Schenck Process. The third International Rail Meeting, held by Schenck Process between the 15th and 17th of April...
Automated Rail Wheel Hardness Measurement
A stand-alone Brinell Hardness measurement machines of rail wheels has been commissioned and certified for accuracy by third-party auditors. The machine automatically picks up wheels from...
Testing and Commissioning Fixed Telephony
One of the main responsibilities of Firstco recently was to test and commission the telephone and public address / voice alarm systems within the new T5 rail station and tunnels. The...
Testing and Commissioning Passenger Information Systems
Firstco has been responsible for the passenger information systems at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 rail station. This includes the PA, clocks, and four train-information display systems. ...
T5 Live Media Case Study
The advertising at Heathrow Central and T4 previously was in the form of static illuminated posters, scrolling illuminated posters and tunnel-mounted posters. The scrolling posters could only...
ContiTech Receives the IRIS Certificate
At Hanover in May 2008 ContiTech Air Spring Systems received a quality certificate according to the International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS) from the international railway industry....
May 2008
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DC/DC Converter with Five Individually Fused Output Terminals for Mobile and Other Heavy-Duty Applications Delivers 300W
Absopulse Electronics has recently released the BAP 65-5FD-24/12FT, a 300W, single-output DC/DC converter. This unit utilizes field-proven topology to provide 12Vdc at 25A, which is distributed...
EKE-Electronics to Supply Sao Paulo Metro with Event Recorders for Surveillance Video
EKE-Electronics will supply crashproof event recorders for Sao Paulo Metro in Brazil. The trains will be delivered by Alstom Transport Canada. EKE-Trainnet Event Recorders will be installed in...
InnoTrans 2008 - Visit us at Hall 26, Stand 302
We are pleased to announce that Lamifil will be present at InnoTrans 2008, the industry's top trade show which will be held from 23-26 September at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds. Our brand...
New High-Current Connectors for the Railway Industry from Phoenix Contact
The HV and UHV high-current connectors extend the product range of bolt connection terminal blocks with connectable cross-sections up to 240 mm². The terminal blocks are designed for...
Ms Riitta Ekengren Appointed Chairperson of the Board
The Board of Directors at EKE-Electronics has appointed Ms. Riitta Ekengren Chairperson of the Board. Ms Ekengren is the majority shareholder of EKE-Electronics. She also acts as Chairperson of...
April 2008
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Schenck Process Group Honoured with the Oliver Wyman Best Growth Award for Mechanical Engineering Companies
Schenck Process is the best example of the successes a good strategy process can deliver. In recognition of the successful definition and ongoing realisation of its growth strategy, the...
ESMexpress, System-On-Module Standard for Harsh Environments
With the ESMexpress standard MEN Mikro Elektronik bridges a gap in the market for system-on-modules for harsh environmental conditions and safety-critical requirements in industrial...
ESMexpress Module XM1 with Intel Atom System-On-Module Standard for Extreme Environmental Conditions
MEN Mikro Elektronik presents the first ESMexpress modules, which comply with the new, proposed ANSI-VITA 59 standard (in preparation). The XM1 is the first Intel-based member of...
Knorr-Bremske and Alstrom Conclude Framework Agreement
The French rail vehicle manufacturer Alstom Transport has concluded an extensive long term framework agreement with Knorr-Bremse for the development and supply of braking systems. The...
Perth Engineering Firm Completes Major Taiwan Rail Project
Vector Lifting, in partnership with Taiwanese companies, China Steel Machinery Company and Teco Industries, has recently completed its largest and most ambitious project since inception in...
Schenck Process Opens New TestCenter
Which feeder is best for which bulk material? In order to provide customers with accurate answers to this question, Schenck Process are now offering tests at their new, modern TestCenter...
Management Change at RAIL.ONE
Ralf Sobottka (48) has become the new Chief Financial Officer at RAIL.ONE Group. Before his move to the internationally successful manufacturer of concrete sleepers and railtrack systems,...
PortaCo's Profile Grinder
PortaCo, one of the largest manufacturers of portable hydraulic power units, tools and vehicles in the US, is pleased to present its new GP-10-29-0 profile grinder. Standard features include: ...
PortaCo Introduces the Gas Powered Flangeway Cleaner
PortaCo, one of the largest manufacturers of portable hydraulic power units, tools and vehicles in the US has introduced the new Model CF-00-F3-0 gas powered flangeway cleaner. ...
EKE-Electronics Ltd to Supply TCN Gateway Solution for Alstom Transport X61 Trains in Sweden
EKE-Electronics will supply train communication gateways for new Coradia Lirex (X61) commuter trains that Alstom Transport will deliver to Skånetrafiken in Sweden. Under the main contract,...
Knorr-Bremse Maintains Pattern of Growth
The Knorr-Bremse Group once again sustained the pattern of growth of previous years in fiscal 2007, attaining new record levels of sales, net income and incoming orders. Consolidated...
Rugged, DC/DC Converter Delivers 200W in Railway and Other Harsh Environments
Absopulse Electronics' BAP236R is a rugged DC/DC converter designed for railway and other heavy-duty applications. It utilizes field-proven push-pull topology to deliver 200W at any...
Multicore Technology with Flexible Mezzanine Card Extension
High graphics performance and flexible I/O configuration The CompactPCI SBC D9 has been specially developed for embedded systems with intensive requirements for computing and graphics...
Faiveley Transport Reinforces its Position in High Energy Braking by Completing Acquisition of Carbone Lorraine’s Sintered Brake Material Sector
Faiveley Transport, a company controlled by Faiveley and Sagard, has finalised its agreement with Carbone Lorraine and acquires its sintered brake material activity. The transaction is...
March 2008
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PADS Approved Screening Cable - Exclusive from Eland Cables
Since 2001 Eland Cables has built up a strong reputation and is proud to be contributing towards the safety and efficiency of rail networks across the UK. Eland Cables has recently been...
Best Companies Success
Eland Cables is proud to announce its inclusion, for the second consecutive year, in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Small Companies to Work For listing. This acknowledges organisations...
TK Telekom Picks KEYMILE Solution for New Telecommunications Network
Hannover - The Polish telecommunications provider, TK Telekom, has completely modernised the telecommunications network belonging to the Polish railway company Polskie Koleje Państwowe...
DC/DC Railway Converter with Wide Input Voltage Ranges in Plug-in (Eurocard) Format for 19in Rack-mount Applications
Absopulse Electronics' DCW 100R-EH Series is a plug-in dc/dc converter with wide input ranges designed for railway and other heavy-duty applications. It can be operated from 48VDC (28V to...
EKE-Electronic Awarded €15 Million Contract by Downer EDI Rail
The contract includes an electronic train information system (eTIS) for the 78 eight car sets, which are to be built by a joint venture of Downer EDI Rail Pty Ltd and Hitachi Australia Ltd....
International Manufacturer of Concrete Sleepers and Rail Track Systems Gets Fit for the Future
RAIL.ONE strengthens management for further growth Tilo Brandis will be appointed new President and CEO Neumarkt, March 4, 2008 - Tilo Brandis - previously in senior positions in Siemens...
February 2008
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Sigma Coachair Group Secures Metro Taipei Air Conditioning Contract
Sigma Coachair Group has secured a contract for the design and supply of 642 high capacity saloon air conditioning systems for Metro Railcar vehicles to be built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries...
EKE-Electronics to Supply IP-based Train Information System for Sydney Suburban Trains
DOWNER EDI Rail Pty Ltd has awarded a €15 Million contract to EKE-Electronics Oy Ltd to supply an IP-based Train Information System for Sydney’s suburban train project. The...
Metro-Boom in Growth Market India
Over the last seven years, Voith Turbo has delivered 600 final drives to India for the metro trains in Delhi. The operator Delhi Metro Railway Co. is firmly convinced of the reliability of...
Systems Approach Successful in Ghana
Voith Turbo will equip new suburban rail vehicles of the Chinese manufacturer Tanshang Locomotive with eight motor-transmission units each. The special feature of this order: the new...
50W, Encapsulated DC/DC Converter for Railway and Other Heavy Duty Applications
The RWY 50-72/48 is a recent addition to Absopulse Electronics' RWY Series of rugged, field-proven DC/DC converters. Designed for operation in railway and other harsh environments, this 50W...
January 2008
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Capacitive Keyboard Made by CENTRALP
This revolutionary keyboard in tempered glass is integrated as a synergetic man-machine interface in trains, tramways and subways. In addition to its new features in terms of design and...
Tensar Celebrates Triax Success
Tensar International has won the prestigious Civils 2007 'Product of the Year' award with its innovative new TriAx™ at Civils 2007 (20-22 November, Earls Court 2, London). ...
Sales for Knorr-Bremse Group Up 4.1% at €3.25 Billion in 2007
During fiscal 2007 the Knorr-Bremse Group continued to grow, with the company posting record results. Sales rose by 4.1% to €3.25 billion (2006: €3.12). Adjusted for currency effects,...
Controller and I/O System INLINE from Phoenix Contact Approved According to EN 50155
The highly modular controller and I/O system INLINE from Phoenix Contact conforms to the high demands of DIN EN 50155. This allows the system to be used in rolling stock under the...
Faiveley Transport Acquires Shares in NOWE Streugeräte
Faiveley Transport, a company controlled by Faiveley and Sagard, today acquired 75% of the shares of NOWE Streugeräte, a sanding systems’ company based in Hannover, Germany, on 2nd...
Faiveley Transport Increases its Presence in China in the Railway Compressor Market
On 20th December 2007, Faiveley Transport, a company controlled by Faiveley SA and Sagard, completed the acquisition of 50% of Shi Jia Zhuang Jia Xiang Precision Machinery, based in the...
December 2007
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750VDC Input, 2kW Rugged DC/DC Converter for Railway and Similar Applications
The HVI 2K-750/24 high input voltage DC/DC converter uses field-proven design topology to generate 2kW output power. It accepts 750Vdc input voltage (525V to 975Vdc range), which is the...
Kinematic Option
Even better performance in day-to-day practice with the new kinematic tool for rail surveying systems GRP1000 and GRP3000 from Amberg Technologies. GRPwin KINEMATIC is the new GRP software...
Private Railway Relies on Powerful Voith Diesel Hydraulic Locomotives
The Brandenburg-based private rail operator Havellandische Eisenbahn AG (HVLE) has ordered two Maxima 40 CC locomotives from Voith Turbo Lokomotivtechnik and thus made a systems decision in...
Boscastle Flood Defence Project Uses Maccaferri Erosion Protection Systems
Products from geotechnical and erosion control specialists, Maccaferri are being used to construct new flood defence measures in the Cornish village of Boscastle. Over 7000 sq metres...
GPS Integration for GRP 1000/3000
GRP 1000 GPS and GRP 3000 GPS are configurations of the GRP System FX. The GPS option is an expansion of the established GRP 1000 and GRP 3000 solutions. Existing systems are easily upgraded...
XMC and Conduction-Cooled PMC – New Mezzanine Cards Based on FPGA
FLEXIBLE I/O CONFIGURATION THANKS TO FPGA TECHNOLOGY The USM concept allows to realize even unusual I/O combinations on very small space for moderate volumes and at low cost. For this...
RAIL.ONE Collaborates in Upgrading the Western and Central Railway Line in the Republic of Ghana
Agreement with KAMPAC Oil Group of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for production and delivery of two million railway sleepers for this railway project in the Republic of Ghana Construction of...
Faiveley Acquires the Australian Subsidiary of the Integrian Group
Saint-Denis, France - Faiveley Transport, a company owned by Faiveley and Sagard, has today completed the acquisition of the railway assets of the Australian company Integrian, formally known...
New 2eSST VMEbus Single-Board Computer with PowerPC MPC8548
MEN Mikro Elektronik was introducing a new 6U VMEbus single-board computer at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2007 in Nuremberg. The A17 is built around Freescale's new MPC8548 with clock frequencies of up to...
Derailment Detectors Help Avoid Serious Freight Train Accidents
Knorr-Bremse demonstrates effectiveness in field test With the help of elaborate derailment tests Knorr-Bremse, the world's leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail and...
November 2007
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Atkins Awarded Gauge Clearance Contract
Atkins has been awarded a contract by Network Rail to undertake detailed design works to increase the gauge clearances on a section of the North London Line. The work, to widen the...
Firstco’s Three Peaks Challenge Nets £1,200 for COSMIC Children’s Charity
Seven members of staff at Firstco, the technical consultancy, project management and systems integration specialists - Rupert Exham, Darren Grey, Steve Haynes, Peter Laing, Stephen Nuttall,...
FCM Orders Six Tampers and One Grinder from Harsco Track Technologies
FCM recently ordered six Jackson 6700S tampers from Harsco Track Technologies valued at more than US$2.5 million. By May 1, 2005, Harsco will deliver the machines, which FCM plans to add to...
Large-Capacity Carriages for Ile-de-France Commuter Trains
In early 2008, the first of altogether 344 modern one4 couplers will be delivered to Bombardier by Voith Turbo Scharfenberg. The rail vehicle manufacturer has received a major order from...
FCM Rail CEO Donates US$1 Million to Michigan State University for Railway Management Program
Michigan State University (MSU) recently received a gift from a principal donor to establish a railway management program. Dennis J Gilstad, CEO, founder and controlling owner of FCM Rail,...
FCM Receives Order for 38 Portable Railroad Toilets
Fenton, November 2007 FCM Rail, Ltd. recently received an order from BNSF Railway for an additional thirty-eight Waterloo portable toilet system. The new order will be in addition to the...
RAIL.ONE Signs Delivery Agreement for Saudi Arabia
RAIL.ONE GmbH, successful international manufacturer of concrete sleepers and systems provider for railtrack infrastructure, will participate in the coming years in construction of a new rail...
Firstco Oversees HEx Optical Transport Network Upgrade
Firstco, the technical consultancy, project management and systems integration specialists, have recently completed an upgrade to the Heathrow Express (HEx) Optical Transport Network (OTN)...
Thales to Implement Ticketing System for Algeria’s First Metro Line
Thales recently announced that it has been awarded a contract by Siemens Transportation Systems to supply the ticketing system for the first metro line in the Algerian capital, Algiers. The...
Firstco’s Project Management Experience and Expertise Helps the Channel Tunnel Rail Link
When Union Railways North (URN), a subsidiary of London and Continental Railways (LCR), needed some experienced engineers on site to report on progress and advise on problems involved in...
October 2007
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New JAQUET High-Resolution Family of Speed Sensors
In harsh environments where non-contact speed sensing and control are required, for example to control the slip of AC induction motors, the measurement resolution is usually derived from the...
RHEDA 2000 – Ballastless Track System - RAIL.ONE Achieves Double Project Success in South Korea
RAIL.ONE Group, the leading international manufacturer of concrete sleepers, as well as systems provider for railway tracks, has further consolidated its market presence in Asia by winning...
New M-Module with 16bit Analog Inputs
With the new M-Module M36N, MEN Micro prove their long experience with complex analog technology and now present an input board for high speed, resolution and precision requirements in...
RJ45-Quickon – Industrial Plug Connectors with Fast Connection System
The VARIOSUB RJ45-Quickon from Phoenix Contact is the world's first RJ 45 plug connector for tool-free assembly in accordance with Cat 5e with eight positions. In compliance with standards,...
Rugged DC/DC Converter with Built-in RIA 12 Protection for Railway Applications
The BAR 65 is a recent addition to Absopulse Electronics' series of rugged, field-proven dc/dc converters designed for railway applications. This design meets the requirements of EN 50155...
September 2007
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Central Workshop for Voith Locomotives in Europe
Voith has entered into a new cooperation regarding the service and maintenance of its first in-house-built locomotive. With Häöfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG (HGK), an...
Westinghouse Completes North Erewash Commissioning
Westinghouse Rail Systems Limited (WRSL) has successfully completed the commissioning of Phase 1a of the North Erewash project. The project has operated under Network Rail's 'hub and...
New – Bolt Connection Technology from Phoenix Contact for Railway Applications
The RT Ring Lug Terminal product line, approved for use in railway applications through EN 50155 certification, extends the Clipline complete modular terminal block system from Phoenix Contact...
Dual-Output, DC/DC Converter Delivers 80W in Railway and Other Demanding Environments
Absopulse Electronics' DCW 152R series is a rugged, dual-output, DC/DC converter designed for railway and other heavy-duty applications. This field-proven 80W converter has two 12Vdc outputs...
Rugged, 30W DC/DC Converter for Railway Video Monitoring and Wireless Networks
The RWF 30 is a rugged DC/DC converter specifically designed for low power railway applications including video monitoring and wireless networks. It is also suitable for operation in...
New Step towards Interoperability of Rolling Stock
Munich – Schaltbau, located in Munich, has developed a new voltage and frequency analyser. It allows for the automatic adaptation of high-voltage loads of passenger coaches and freight...
New Solid-State High-Voltage Signalling Relay
Munich – Schaltbau, located in Munich, has introduced a new high-voltage signalling relay. The ZH842 H is a result of the development of the company's signalling technology. Compared to...
New Contactor / Knife Switch Combination for High-Voltage Switchgear Cabinets
Munich – Schaltbau, located in Munich, has launched a new safety contactor designed for use with control boxes. It combines the functions of the main contactor and the disconnecting...
Innovative AC Vacuum Circuit Breaker from Schaltbau
Munich – Schaltbau has introduced a special innovation for AC-driven electric locomotives and multiple units: an AC vacuum circuit breaker that can almost do without any secondary...
August 2007
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HgCapital Sells Schenck Process to Industri Kapital
Schenck Process is to embark upon further expansion with the support of Industri Kapital following two years of successful growth under the stewardship of HgCapital. Industri Kapital has signed...
Compact Surge Protection Device (SPD), Fit for All Power Supply Systems
Surge protection for power supply systems is part of a complete lightning protection system (IEC 62305). It ensures that power supplies will not be affected by surges generated by thunderstorms...
First-Generation High-Speed-Trains to be Modernised
Five years ago, Voith Turbo supplied the first cooling systems for British High-Speed Trains (HST). In total, 35 cooling systems were installed into the HSTs of the rail operator First...
20 Front-End Modules for 10 Trains – More to Come
Korea is currently in the process of building a high-speed railway line between Daegu and Busan, which is to be completed by 2010. Further such high-speed tracks are planned. The existing...
Restoring Speed and Reliability of ICE 3 Trains
High-speed trains enjoy enormous popularity throughout Europe. The ICE 3 trains of DB German Railways have been strongly frequented – and not only since the opening of the high-speed route...
July 2007
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Firstco delivers UK’s largest Allen-Bradley SIL2 ControLogix Project
Firstco, one of the UK's leading technical consultancy, project management and systems integration specialists, has just completed the customer factory acceptance testing of a ControLogix...
The Rheda City Ballastless Track System
Rail One achieves further project success with Rheda City. By now, more than 130km of Rheda City track has been laid in numerous German cities, including Berlin, Dresden,...
Germanys’ National Railway Relies on Fibre Optic Solution from Phoenix Contact
Deutsche Bahn (DB) chose fibre optic technology from Phoenix Contact to network the medium voltage power distribution when building the major north/south rail link in Berlin, Germany. In...
New Rockfall Containment System Keeps Rail System Operational During Engineering Works
Engineers were able to keep the main London to Bristol railway line operational during major repair work thanks to a new rock-fall catch fence and drapery system from geotechnical...
Dellner Launches Robust Fast Ethernet Connection
Dellner Couplers AB, world leader in coupling systems, has developed the D-REX system which makes establishing of Ethernet LAN easy and guarantees safe transmission throughout trains. It...
200W Encapsulated DC/DC Converter for Redundant Operation in Railway Applications
The RWD 200 is a recent addition to Absopulse Electronics' RWY series of rugged, field-proven, DC/DC converters. Designed for operation in railway and other harsh environments, the RWD 200...
250 Times Around the World - And Never a Standstill
On average, the Voith powerpacks that drive the diesel-hydraulic Class 185 DMUs on the Manchester Airport to Cleethorpes route have only been in operation for approximately one year, but they...
Major Order for Voith Turbo From Spanish Manufacturer CAF
The Spanish railway industry is currently experiencing a veritable boom. Over the last few years, numerous high-speed routes have been built and put into service. Additionally, large sums of...
June 2007
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Raising Living Standards in Warrington
Situated alongside the River Mersey and less than a mile from the centre of Warrington, Saxon Park is a major new residential development within commuting range of Manchester and...
Eland Cables Signs a Contract with URL
Eland Cables has recently secured a multi-million pound contract to supply a significant amount of Network Rail's signalling cable requirements for maintenance 2007/2008. The contract...
Lat-Lon Locomotive GPS Monitoring Units Installed by Short Lines
Two US short line railroads have selected the Lat-Lon Locomotive Monitoring Unit (LMU) for their fleet of locomotives. Both Iowa Interstate and Indiana Harbor Belt are equipping Lat-Lon LMU’s...
DC-DC Converter with 20kV Isolation Delivers 120W
Absopulse Electronics' DIO 122 is a dual output, high voltage isolated DC-DC converter developed for high power gate drivers and similar applications in railway, oil and gas, mining, medical,...
Lat-Lon Posts Record Wireless RailRider DPU/i Sales
Lat-Lon announced today that its solar powered Damage Prevention Unit (DPU/i) equipped with the optional an 3 axis impact accelometer hit record sales for the first half of the year. ...
New Sleeper Factory in Wagga Wagga
The contract involves the supply of a minimum of 1.25 million sleepers and fasteners for its $2 billion North-South rail upgrade project, which will be delivered over the next three years. ...
Austrak Wins Top Employer Award
At a special event in Darwin, it was announced that Austrak had won the 'top employer' award at the Northern Land Council's 2006 Employer Excellence Awards. Judges of the awards were looking...
Highly Modular Small Controllers for Decentralized Automation
The highly modular Inline controller series from Phoenix Contact has been expanded to include a powerful small ILC 150 ETH controller. This product makes it possible for the Inline controllers...
Westcode Opens New Manufacturing Facility in Galesburg, Illinois
Officials of Galesburg, IL. and guests joined owners Ed and Carol Widdowson in the recent official opening of Westcode's newest manufacturing facility in North America. "The Galesburg...
More NDT for North America
In order to serve the growing need for automated non-destructive testing technologies in the North American metal, rail, and automotive industries, NDT Systems & Services AG of...
Maccaferri Gabions Chosen for Toll Plaza on New Irish M1
GABION WALL SCREENS OPERATIONAL BUILDINGS Gabions from Maccaferri Ltd, specialists in retaining structures, soil reinforcement and erosion protection, have been specified for one of the...
Maccaferri Provides Retaining Wall Solution to Create Split Level Car Park
ANCHOR VERTICA PREFERRED FOR SPLIT LEVEL CAR PARK IN HASLINGDEN A segmental block retaining wall from Maccaferri, specialists in retaining structures, soil reinforcement and erosion...
Maccaferri's Steelgrid Used to Stabilise Railway Cutting
COMPLEX NATURE OF ROCK FACE REQUIRES SPECIALIST SOLUTION Maccaferri, specialists in retaining structures, soil reinforcement and erosion protection, has recently supplied 4,000 square metres...
Maccaferri to Co-Present Technical Seminar with Colbond Geosynthetics
PRESENTATION TO HIGHLIGHT THE USE OF POLYMERIC AND STEEL MESH REINFORCEMENT IN ROAD PAVEMENTS Maccaferri Ltd, specialists in retaining structures, soil reinforcement and erosion...
Bio-Engineering Products from Maccaferri Help Prevent Erosion at Rockingham Motor Speedway
ENKAMAT USED TO LINE BALANCING LAGOONS IN OUTFIELD Enkamat permanent erosion prevention matting supplied by Maccaferri, specialists in retaining structures, soil reinforcement and...
Maccaferri Wins Major Order to Supply Geogrid for Expansion Programme at Edinburgh Airport
65,000M² ENKAGRID MAX USED IN CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PARALLEL TAXIWAYS Edinburgh airport is one of the fastest growing airports in the UK. To improve operations at the airport and keep...
Engineered Retaining Wall System from Maccaferri Chosen for Exclusive New Development in the Staffordshire Countryside
MACWALL® USED TO CREATE SWEEPING ENTRANCE TO COPPENHALL HALL AND MEWS Coppenhall Hall and Mews, an exclusive development of just 11 new homes, is built on the site of an old dairy farm...
Maccaferri's Green Terramesh® Creates Reinforced Soil Solution for Car Park Extension Adjacent to River
12 METRE EMBANKMENT THE LARGEST STRUCTURE OF ITS TYPE IN IRELAND Moy Park Hatchery on Main Street, Donaghmore in County Tyrone is part of a multi-million pound business supplying...
Maccaferri Gabions Used to Retain Chalk Cuttings
The concept of filling baskets with stones to create 'gabion-like' retaining structures is well established, having been introduced by the Egyptians over 2,000 years ago. Today, Maccaferri...
Maccaferri Gabions Create New Water Course
STREAM DIVERTED TO ACCOMMODATE NEW SIDING AT OXENHOPE STATION Gabions supplied by Maccaferri Ltd, specialists in retaining structures, erosion protection and soil reinforcement, have...
May 2007
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Thales to Supply Security Solutions for the Fully Automated Thessaloniki Metro Line in Greece
Thales has been awarded another contract by Ansaldo STS, the company leading the consortium selected to build the Thessaloniki metro system in Greece. Thales will supply the centralised...
TagMaster Selected as RFID supplier to Bombardier for DLR Project
TagMaster, the developer of advanced RFID solutions has been selected by Bombardier Transportation to provide an innovative solution for trains on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in...
Thales Announces First SCADAsoft Project for UK Transportation Market
Tyne and Wear Metro will replace existing Traction Power SCADA metro system with Thales Thales has announced that it has been chosen to replace the existing Traction Power SCADA system for...
Rugged, DC / DC Converter Delivers 200W In Railway And Other Harsh Environments
Absopulse Electronics' BAP236R is a rugged DC / DC converter designed for railway and other heavy-duty applications. It utilises field-proven push-pull topology to deliver 200W at any...
60 Front-Ends for New High-Speed Trains
The second-generation Talgo 350 features several components by Voith Turbo Scharfenberg. Until October 2008, the first of 60 front ends with couplers and cross beams will be delivered,...
Atkins Attracts Plymouth-Based Team Of Specialists
Atkins, the largest UK consultant engineer in the rail sector, has secured the services of a Plymouth-based team of specialist engineers. The team is comprised of some twenty signalling,...
Modern ContiTech Air Springs for Indian Rail Cars
Together with its Indian partner, Resistoflex Dynamics (Pvt.) Ltd., Noida, ContiTech, the world's market leader in primary and secondary suspension components for rail vehicles, supports the...
Variable Solutions for CompactPCI Express Systems
MEN Mikro Elektronik offers an uncomplicated and cost-effective migration solution from 3U CompactPCI to CompactPCI-Express. In order to guarantee a smooth migration with existing old hardware...
Atkins Completes First Phase of Commissioning on Basingstoke Resignalling Contract
Atkins, the design and engineering consultancy, has completed the first and most critical phase of its three-year, £65 million contract with Network Rail to undertake a major resignalling...
Thales Chosen to Supply the Integrated Fare Collection and Security Systems for Cairo's New Metro Line
Thales has been chosen to supply a contactless fare collection system, as well as an integrated supervision and communication system, for the new Line 3 of Cairo's metro network. The first...
Phoenix Contact Offers D-Coded M12 Device Plugs for Cat 5 Applications
Phoenix Contact now offers D-Coded M12 device plugs for Cat 5 applications. In accordance with EN 50173: 2002, this innovative plug connector assures that transmissions of 100Mbps can be...
Sunny Outlook for OEM
OEM Technology Solutions (OEM) has opened a Brisbane office, establishing a permanent presence in The Sunshine State. The opening of the Brisbane office is the result of a steadily...
Tensar Pioneers A Triangular Revolution In Geogrid Technology
Tensar International, the global market leader in the supply and manufacture of geogrid solutions for soil reinforcement and ground stabilisation, has announced the launch of TriAx™ geogrid...