Rail Power Systems
| Rail Power Systems | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 2015 |
| Seat | Munich |
| management | Michael Bernhardt, Norbert Stadhouders |
| Number of employees | 800 |
| sales | 199 million euros |
| Branch | Contact line, electrical engineering, traction power supply |
| Website | www.rail-ps.com |
| As of December 31, 2017 | |
The Rail Power Systems GmbH is a company engaged in the research and development and the design, manufacture and installation of systems of railway electrification for long-distance and local traffic. It was founded with effect from November 1, 2015 with the transfer of the equipment and rail energy supply business areas of Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH. The equipment and rail energy supply business areas are supplemented by the system technology competence area, which as a superordinate link regards the rail system as a whole.
history
In August 2016, the shares in Rail Power System GmbH (formerly Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH) and RPS Signal GmbH were transferred to Tianjin Keyvia Electric Co., Ltd (Keyvia). Tianjin Keyvia Electric Co., Ltd, founded in 2000 and based in Tianjin, has been listed on the Shenzhen and Shanghai stock exchanges since November 2014. Keyvia is active in the field of research and development as well as the planning, manufacture and installation of rail electrification systems for long-distance and local transport. Keyvia and the German Rail Power Systems GmbH have been working together as a joint venture TJBB since 2009 in the field of switchgear for DC railways for the Chinese market.
Her predecessor companies include AEG (founded 1889), ABB (founded 1988), ADtranz (founded 1996), Balfour Beatty (founded 1907), Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH (founded 2000). The company, whose name has changed several times over the years, can look back on a long tradition and experience in rail electrification.
Locations
Rail Power Systems, headquartered in Munich, has branches in Berlin, Bochum, Dresden, Ettlingen, Leipzig, Offenbach, Viernheim and Staßfurt throughout Germany.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual financial statements for the business year from 01/01/2017 to 12/31/2017 in the Federal Gazette
- ↑ System technology - Rail Power Systems. Retrieved August 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Stefan Mels: Tianjin Keyvia Electric Co., Ltd new owner of Rail Power Systems. In: Rail Power Systems. September 21, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2017 .
- ↑ 凯 发 电气. Retrieved June 13, 2017 .
- ↑ 凯 发 电气. Retrieved June 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Rail Power Systems GmbH - By tradition: part of a strong group . In: Rail Power Systems . ( rail-ps.com [accessed June 13, 2017]).
- ^ Company - Rail Power Systems. Retrieved August 7, 2019 .