More than 130,000 visitors in four days: voestalpine Railway Systems showcases digital rail solutions at InnoTrans in Berlin

23 September 2024 |

Held every two years at the Berlin Expo Center, InnoTrans is considered the most important international trade fair in the transport technology sector. As the world’s leading supplier of complete railroad infrastructure systems, voestalpine Railway Systems will be present once again at this year’s event taking place between September 24 and 27. The Group will be presenting its entire portfolio for all types of rail transport, including mixed traffic, urban traffic (trams/metro/urban rail), high-speed traffic, and freight traffic at an exhibition stand 1,000 m² in size. The focus will be on further increasing availability, the associated optimization of life cycle costs, and the digitization of the railroad track using intelligent diagnostic, monitoring, and analysis systems for more effective planning of maintenance work, and the time and cost savings associated with this.

The exhibition stand will showcase the various product and service solutions of voestalpine Railway Systems over two levels. The voestalpine Group provides both system hardware (rails, turnouts, fastening systems, sleepers) and digital solutions for monitoring the condition of railway tracks using diagnostic and monitoring technologies under this umbrella.

With more than 130,000 visitors from all over the world, InnoTrans is a key event in our trade fair calendar. Our experts on the ground use the opportunity to engage in intensive face-to-face discussions with interested parties and customers.

Franz Kainersdorfer, Member of the Management Board at voestalpine AG and Head of the Metal Engineering Division

Intelligent diagnostic and monitoring systems

voestalpine’s appearance at the trade fair will once again be focused on digitization in rail travel. The Group offers rail operators a customizable and fully digitized diagnostic and monitoring solution aimed at supporting 24/7 route availability. In addition to the sensors integrated in the track or at checkpoints, this solution also records status data in real time, transmits this to the analysis software, and displays the results in clear dashboards without any time delay. This continuous monitoring of the system condition enables faults to be detected at an early stage and allows any required maintenance measures to be initiated promptly.

Important partner for global infrastructure projects

voestalpine Railway Systems supplies track and turnout systems, as well as signaling solutions for a large number of major international projects. As part of its largest single order to date, voestalpine is supplying 320 turnout systems with drives and rail extensions including diagnostic and monitoring software for the High Speed 2 rail network in the UK. voestalpine’s products and services are also being used in the renewal project for the German rail network. In terms of local transportation, the Group is currently implementing city subway projects, including in Vienna and Singapore. voestalpine Railway Systems generated revenue of EUR 2.1 billion in the 2023/24 business year and employed 7,700 people worldwide.

Metal Engineering Division

The voestalpine Group's Metal Engineering Division is the global market leader for railroad infrastructure systems and signaling technology with its Railway Systems business unit. With its Industrial Systems segment, the division is also the European market leader for quality wire and a global provider of complete welding solutions. Seamless tubes are also supplied all over the world from the Kindberg site in Austria. Customers come from the railroad infrastructure, energy, mechanical engineering, automotive and construction industries as well as the renewable energy sector. As part of greentec steel, the Metal Engineering Division is already working and researching intensively on various innovative, climate-friendly technologies and production processes. In the 2023/24 financial year, the division generated revenue of around EUR 4.3 billion with its Railway Systems and Industrial Systems business units, 46% of which was generated outside Europe. The division thus generated an operating result (EBITDA) of EUR 606 million and employed around 14,700 people worldwide.

The voestalpine Group

voestalpine is a globally leading steel and technology group with a unique combination of materials and processing expertise. voestalpine, which operates globally, has around 500 Group companies and locations in more than 50 countries on all five continents. The voestalpine Group has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 1995. With its premium products and system solutions, voestalpine is a leading partner to the automotive and consumer goods industries, as well as to the aerospace and energy industries. The company is also the global market leader in railway systems, tool steel, and special sections. voestalpine is committed to the global climate goals and has a clear plan for transforming steel production with its greentec steel program. In the business year 2023/24, the Group generated revenue of EUR 16.7 billion, with an operating result (EBITDA) of EUR 1.7 billion; it has around 51,600 employees worldwide.

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