Russia: The railcar builder signed two agreements worth more than 20 bln RUR ($350 mln USD) during the SPIEF.
20 June 2022
Russia: The railcar builder signed two agreements worth more than 20 bln RUR ($350 mln USD) during the SPIEF.
USA, Germany: Knorr-Bremse entered the transport telematics market, announcing the equipment of products with technical condition monitoring sensors. Wabtec and Trinity Rail continued to introduce new telematics platforms.
The manufacturer said that its specialists have already begun work. Earlier, the authorities of the LPR reported that the Russian company would organize production at the Stakhanov Railway Car Building Works.
Evgeniy Semenov, Executive Director of the Russian Wagon Building Union (WBU), in an interview with ROLLINGSTOCK told about the situation with the supply of one of the key modern freight cars components.
Russia: In early 2022, STM handed over 162 new-generation hopper batchers to RZD, which should replace the serial railcars of VPM-770 model.
Russia: The 11-2151 boxcar, which is unique in the country, was produced by Altaivagon for the IntertransCargo company, which began its trial operation.
Russia: 113 tons of wheat were loaded into a hopper wagon during operation, which could be a world record. The railcar by UWC includes 2 bodies, however, it was also designed for a 25-t axle load.
Russia: For the planned increase in the freight cars production, KAVAZ joined the labor productivity growth national project, creates a car digital twin, and testing laboratories were merged on the basis of the parent company.
Russia: The plant's workload may grow stronger on the back of expected new order volumes. At the same time, the company faces restrictions related to the tapered rolling bearings supply.