EuropTec USA, a part of the broader EuropTec Group owned by the Swiss Glas Tröesch Group, will make its inaugural look at APTA’s TRANSform Convention & EXPO in Chicago this October. As its first commerce present look within the US, this may in impact be the corporate’s formal introduction to an trade that’s already shopping for from it.

EuropTec USA’s Chicago operation already provides each Siemens and Stadler within the US. This work was awarded off the again of Glas Tröesch’s long-established status in Europe, which gave the fledgling US operation credibility with prospects earlier than it had constructed a home monitor file of its personal.

Purchase America necessities had pushed the 2 European-headquartered producers, each with a longtime American presence, to search for another home provider. Having a longtime relationship with the EuropTec Group, these prospects inspired the producer to arrange a US enterprise that may allow their partnership to proceed.

When EuropTec USA initially took on this work, it nonetheless needed to import items from its Swiss headquarters. Final 12 months work started on a manufacturing web site in Chicago, to which the corporate has already added devoted gross sales and programme administration, and is at the moment engaged on increasing the positioning’s footprint.

Daniel Plotnick, Vice President of Gross sales at EuropTec USA, stated:

We’re primarily a start-up should you have a look at the acceleration of our firm, however we’ve been fortunate to have a whole lot of assist from our companions.

Whereas the corporate’s US work at the moment centres on Amtrak and different commuter companies, Plotnick says the ambition is to develop into mild rail and different rail platforms over time.

Specialist Rail Glazing Options

EuropTec USA provides a variety of glazing options for the rail trade, with merchandise engineered to face up to affect and vandalism at pace. Its core power lies in delivering tailor-made options that exactly meet particular person buyer necessities, spanning windscreens, facet home windows, cab glass and inside glazing for railway autos.

Windscreens are manufactured by Glas Tröesch in Switzerland and provided to the US market via EuropTec USA, passenger home windows in the meantime, are made on the firm’s personal Chicago facility, which is at the moment its focus for home manufacturing.

Glas Tröesch’s windshield heating methods are designed to take care of operational reliability in demanding weather conditions, whereas its splinter safety applied sciences are constructed to fulfill excessive security necessities and shield practice drivers at excessive journey speeds.

Spherical bending methods enable for curved, aerodynamic front-end glazing relatively than flat panels, a key requirement for high-speed practice design, whereas framing methods are constructed to chop the time it takes to switch a windscreen, a element that issues to any operator managing a fleet towards a hard and fast service schedule. All of that is obtainable to the US market via EuropTec USA as Glas Tröesch’s American consultant.

Manufacturing additionally contains digital printing and primer utility on the glass itself, used for markings, branding and floor preparation forward of bonding. However in addition to new-build glazing for trainsets in manufacturing, EuropTec USA’s work additionally spans aftermarket provide, together with customized elements for present fleets.

At the moment this contains offering customized compressive stress (CS) elements for Siemens.

Solely Considered one of Its Form in America

EuropTec’s US rail operation is constructed round a certification that makes it distinctive within the American market: EN 17460, the European customary for structural adhesive bonding of rail autos.

Attaining this took shut to 2 years, working alongside a senior bonding knowledgeable from Siemens. Certification concerned a proper on-site audit, the place consultants from the TechnologieCentrum Kleben (TC-Kleben GmbH) spent two days assessing the operation.

Daniel Plotnick, Vice President of Gross sales at EuropTec USA, stated:

Siemens has been instrumental in us forming a world-class staff of bonders, and we’re at the moment the one firm in America that holds this bonding customary.

Go to EuropTec USA at APTA Convention

Because of the Purchase America Act and the federal cash being put into US rail, EuropTec USA is waiting for new alternatives and is at the moment evaluating and bidding for additional contracts.

Plotnick can be on the stand at APTA’s TRANSform Convention & EXPO alongside William Renz, EuropTec USA’s Gross sales and Rail Program Supervisor, plus two visiting leaders from Glas Tröesch’s rail division in Switzerland: Yves Suppinger, Director of Gross sales, and Sven Aenishanslin, CEO. Plotnick invitations anybody with an curiosity within the firm or its merchandise to cease by for an off-the-cuff chat.

The present runs from 4 -7 October at McCormick Place in Chicago, the place EuropTec USA could be discovered on stand quantity 115.

This text was initially revealed by EuropTec USA

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