Strukton Rolling Stock and AmePower have signed a cooperation agreement to develop the US market for power electronics. The aim is to help public transport companies refurbish their fleet or build new rolling stock in the most sustainable, flexible and efficient way.
“The US has great public transport systems, both light rail and heavy rail. We can deliver experience built up during our long history of rolling stock refurbishment projects to guarantee a long life-span of the many fleets in operation in the US,” Martien Janse, managing director at Strukton Rolling Stock, said.
Strukton Rolling Stock specialises in power electronics for rolling stock. AmePower specialises in supplying components like IGBTs and GTOs, building assemblies and repairing services for propulsion inverters.
The two companies have been working together for several years, bringing Strukton’s experience in GTO to IGBT conversion to the US market. Among the highlighted projects are a high power electric locomotive upgrade and the refurbishment of the propulsion system of the A650 heavy rail trains of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), which Talgo was recently awarded.
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