Ferdinand Gross is on track for this year’s InnoTrans Fair
This year’s Berlin-set InnoTrans – a trade fair for transport technology, innovative components, vehicles and systems – will include Ferdinand Gross, exhibiting at Hall 10.2, Stand 106. Ferdinand Gross is one of the largest suppliers of fastening technology in Germany. Since 2012, the company has been the sole supplier of Deutsche Bahn AG with the […]
Optimas simplifies supply chain for new Hitachi Rail manufacturing facility
Hitachi Rail Europe’s new UK factory – the first of its kind outside of Japan – has had its component and supply chain requirements simplified by Optimas. The Newton Aycliffe-based train manufacturing facility is aimed at supporting the European market. Synergising the component and logistical demands of a facility designed to manufacture high performance trains has not […]
Bombardier wins £900 million contract
A contract worth around £895 million (€1 billion) has been secured by Bombardier – the largest ever single contract globally for AVENTRA trains. The trains, including 750 carriages, are for operation on the UK’s South Western franchise. The trains will first come into operation in 2019 and will all be in place by the end […]
Lee Springs targets rail industry with specialist springs
Lee Spring has launched a custom service for special springs on urgent demand. The company’s ex-stock 25,000-plus range of catalogue springs have long been used by rolling stock manufacturers. Standards include compression springs, torsion springs and extension springs, with application on braking systems, inter-carriage connecting systems, bogie suspensions, buffers, signalling and track actuators. Lee Spring’s custom […]