Railways are increasingly embracing new and smart methods to maintain their assets, which is placing new demands on suppliers. Members of Voestalpine’s management team explain to Kevin Smith how the company is responding by redefining its role in the market.

Voestalpine Signaling Sainerholz has developed a range of modular and compact point machines which can be laid on top of concrete sleepers or slab track and in the centre of the track gauge. CEO Holger Puetz explains how the new machines should be more reliable and need less maintenance than traditional point motors.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: Voestalpine demonstrated for the first time its interactive life-cycle cost tool for rails which will enable infrastructure managers to choose the ideal rail for their particular application.