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United Wagon Company and Wabtec Ñorporation sign JV agreement
12.09.2013As part of the Fourth International Rail Salon of Engineering and Technologies EXPO 1520, United Wagon Company (UWC) and Wabtec Corporation (USA), a leading global producer of railcar brake systems and related products, have signed a JV agreement to introduce the latest technology in heavy haul railway components into the Russian and CIS freight railroading market.

United Wagon Company and Amsted Rail sign agreement on railway technology cooperation
22.08.2013United Wagon Company (UWC) of Russia and Amsted Rail (AR) of the United States announce the signing of an agreement to cooperate in the area of railway equipment production.

Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant starts batch production of innovative railcars with increased loading capacity
28.06.2013Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant has started batch production of universal gondolas fitted with Barber bogie with increased axle load of 25 t. Aggregate profit of the innovative railcar operation over its service life will make up to 8,3 mln. RUB.

Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant is certified according to IRIS International Standard
29.03.2013Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant joined the ranks of national transport machinery companies, meeting the requirements of International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS).

The Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant released first mass-produced cars on innovative Barber bogies and found its way into the railway system of CIS and Baltic countries
25.02.2013At the meeting of specialists in rail car affairs from railway administration held in the town of Tikhvin, the TVSZ has been given the green light for the operation of cars on Barber bogies in the interstate transport system.