Wabtec Opens First European Transit Performance Optimization Center in Derby, UK
August 09 2022 - 07:00AM
Business Wire
Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) celebrated the grand opening of
its first Transit Performance Optimization Center (TPOC) for
Europe. The new center, located in Derby UK, was created to help
transit sector customers improve operational performance and reduce
service costs and lost productivity through real-time monitoring
and analytics.
The TPOC is a major step in Wabtec’s expansion and growth into
transit asset analytics and condition monitoring. Across Wabtec’s
global optimization centers, technicians monitor roughly 10 million
pieces of data per day on the health status and performance of
transit systems globally. This allows potential train/sub system
failures to be predicted before they occur, and maintenance
scheduled without passenger or train disruption.
“We are thrilled to open this new center, which will provide
next generation service solutions for our customers in Europe,”
said Garry Mowbray, Wabtec Vice President of Regional Services “The
combination of our inherent experience in global asset management,
access to monitoring technology, analysis platforms and maintenance
capabilities provide a winning combination for our customers.”
Customers are already placing their trust in Wabtec’s UK TPOC.
Porterbrook Leasing is the first UK rail business to utilize the
TPOC services across their fleet of 4,000 passenger rolling stock
assets. The TPOC will help deliver enhancements for three key
Porterbrook projects that include Class 170 powerpack “power by the
mile”, Class 158/9 & 168 oil analysis, and Class 172 powerpack
analytics.
“This is a welcome investment from Wabtec and we look forward to
the benefits that the new TPOC in Derby will bring to the
industry,” said Ben Ackroyd, Chief Operating Officer at
Porterbrook. “Better performance controls and analysis will help
Wabtec and asset owners such as Porterbrook jointly provide more
dependable whole-life asset management capabilities to passenger
and freight operators. It will drive improved and more consistent
performance and give us the opportunity to further leverage
technology in our mission to deliver a safe, reliable and
sustainable railway.”
The TPOC builds upon Wabtec’s well-established expertise in
fleet performance monitoring in the freight rail industry. Wabtec
has four Global Performance Optimization Centers located in the
U.S., Brazil, and Kazakhstan that monitor more than 18,000 assets
(freight locomotives, Marine Engines, OHV Systems) 24 hours a day,
7 days a week.
About Wabtec
Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) is focused on creating
transportation solutions that move and improve the world. The
company is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital
solutions and value-added services for the freight and transit rail
industries, as well as the mining, marine and industrial markets.
Wabtec has been a leader in the rail industry for over 150 years
and has a vision to achieve a zero-emission rail system in the U.S.
and worldwide. Visit Wabtec’s website at www.wabteccorp.com.
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