“Innovation only creates value if implemented consistently and at scale under real operating conditions”

ContiTech is the winner of the 2025 Railway Technology Excellence Awards for its hydraulic wheelset guiding bushes. ContiTech's head of Industrial Solutions EMEA, Manja Greimeier, explains in an interview how they managed to create a new generation of hydro bushes that links passenger experience, asset protection and maintenance efficiency, rather than treating them as competing objectives.