From today Didier Pfleger is a new Chief Executive Officer of Škoda Group and Chairman of the Board of Škoda Transportation. Didier Pfleger (57) is an accomplished executive with a proven track record in leading global industrial businesses and driving innovation. Coming from global industry leader Alstom, Didier Pfleger assumes his new position today. Working…
The high-speed lines (VRT) to Brno and Ostrava have a greater economic benefit than the amount of the planned investment. This was shown by feasibility studies approved by the Central Commission of the Ministry of Transport. Specifically, this concerns the VRT Prague-Brno-Břeclav and (Brno)-Přerov-Ostrava. Together with the already approved feasibility study from the end of…
Třinecké železárny plans to invest CZK 1.6 billion this year. Another nearly 70 million will be invested in environmental projects. The largest modernisation projects using new technologies will increase the added value of the products of the Trinec ironworks. “This year we intend to move forward with projects related to the reduction of CO2 emissions.…
Mike Niebling (55) has become the new Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Member of the Board of Directors of Škoda Transportation. One of the leading European manufacturers of public transport vehicles thus continues to strengthen its TOP management and sends a clear signal that Škoda wants to focus even more on selling its…
The new period of pig iron production in Třinec steelworks started on Sunday of 17th October. The BF # 6 has again blown out after 60 days of downtime. The reconstruction and overhaul of one of the two primary technologies was succefully completed. It has been the largest investment of this year in Třinec železárny.…
SKD TRADE, a.s. has been renovating 15T trams for Prague Public Transit Company for several years now. The design of the wheel is characterized by insertion of elastic segments between a wheel hub and a rim which ensures the transmission of driving and braking torque, the transmission of forces arising from the dynamic effects of…
ETCS (European Train Control System) stands for European Train Control System, which will gradually replace about 20 different national train protection systems and enable comprehensive safety assurance on Europe’s main lines. Operation of the system is provided by two main parts, track-side and vehicle. The vehicle part of the ETCS system consists of the central…
In 2009, Kontron Transportation s.r.o. started to build a very advanced solution for powering radio communication equipment for the operation of the GSM-R system in the Czech Republic. It was an island photovoltaic system, which does not need external power supply via cable connection for its operation. The construction was carried out as part of…
AŽD presented the first public ride of an autonomous train on a digital railway on Švestková dráha (Plum Railway line). A railway vehicle without the driver’s intervention reacted, for example, to a broken-down car standing at a level crossing. AŽD is working intensively on the introduction of advanced autonomous technologies into practice, thus creating space…
Adhesive bonding joints are an integral part of rail vehicle design. Part of our development activities in AV R&D are deals with both partial tests of adhesive bonding joints in the AV R&D Testing Center and the development of special test equipment for testing adhesive bonding joints in accordance with DIN 6701. Laboratory tests of…