Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Kazakhstan: The news was reported to ROLLINGSTOCK by Boris Ziganshin, General Director for the TexolTrans company belonging to the TEXOL Group.
Russia: At the exhibition in August, UWC and RM Rail premiered a number of new cars, and Altaivagon presented rolling stock that was certified in 2022–2023.
Russia: The Trust Non-Core Assets bank has sold its 93.6% stake in the car manufacturer.
Before the upcoming IRAN RAILEXPO 2023 United Wagon Company (UWC) published in-depth features of its current stature and operations in Time of UWC online magazine.
Russia: United Wagon Company made several announcements during the TransRussia international trade fair on April 15-17.
Russia: The railcar builder signed two agreements worth more than 20 bln RUR ($350 mln USD) during the SPIEF.
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: 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.