This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.
Progress Rail is now the exclusive seller and marketer of Triton Group’s composite sleepers, in an agreement which aims to combine Triton’s materials expertise with Progress Rail’s engineering capabilities and global reach. ‘Triton offers a leading composite tie backed by strong performance, predictable installation and cost advantages’, said Sam Doerr, EVP Infrastructure at Progress Rail, on April 6. ‘Adding this solution to our portfolio helps our rail customers extend maintenance cycles, improve network reliability, and advance long-term sustainability commitments.’
KfW IPEX-Bank is acting as an on-lending bank in providing its long-standing client Railpool with a KfW promotional loan worth €100m which will be used to acquire additional locomotives primarily for use in Germany to support modal shift of freight to rail.
Technotrans has won a ‘low double-digit million euro range’ order to supply high-performance battery thermal management systems for an international customer in the rail vehicle industry. The supplier said rail projects are characterised by long-term durations and high unit volumes, and the order would contribute to improved predictability and stability of revenues.
European Loc Pool has obtained the EcoVadis Silver rating for its environmental, social and governance.
Iñaki Rojo has been appointed as Managing Director of Alstom’s industrial site at Trápaga in Spain, which specialises in the development and manufacture of traction equipment for all types of trains. He has been Quality Director of the Trápaga site for the past 10 years.
