Living up to its role of a leading partner to
the Indian Railways, Escorts has developed a series of new products to make
rail travel safe and faster. The new products include anti lift AARH Couplers,
Axle Mounted Disc Brakes, Brake Disc for high speed LHB coaches, Locomotive
Brake Electronics for both Electric and Diesel Locomotives, High end Dampers
for Locomotives and LHB coaches besides Air Springs. This will be aligned to
modernization of infrastructure, focus on safety and enhancing the experience of
traveling by train.
The new products were showcased during the
two-day International Railway Equipment Exhibition (IREE) 2017, which opened at
the Pragati Maidan in the National Capital today. The portfolio displayed is
the outcome of its multi-dimensional product strategy with a mix of in-house
R&D and Global Technology collaborations.
Escorts recently achieved
the coveted International Railway Industry Standards (IRIS) certification for
Design Development & Manufacturing. It aims to contribute to the Make In
India program through massive import substitution by offering frugal and value
engineering products with its deep inhouse R&D. The company further intends
to infuse capital to build the latest cutting-edge products through
partnerships with leading Global Railway
Component majors.
Dipankar Ghosh, CEO, Escorts Railway Equipment Division
(RED), said, with the
government focus on safer railway operations and the huge investments planned,
a big paradigm shift for the technology is on the anvil. We see a huge
potential in the modernization drive of the Railways in country for Railway
Component manufacturers like us. Our endeavor to make the best in
India and offer India’s best to the world has also helped us identify potential
markets in South-East Asian countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Sri
Lanka and some African countries.”
Escorts Railway Equipment
Division (RED), a division of the Escorts Group, is the supplier of new
products like Locomotive Brake Electronics,
Loco Dampers Axle Mounted Disc Brakes, Brake Disc and LHB Dampers,
besides critical railway products like brake systems, couplers,
suspension systems and Rubber and Friction Products in the past. Since 1962,
the company has been a reliable partner of Indian Railways throughout its
journey of modernization. Escorts has a presence in almost all the rolling
stock segments of Passenger Coach, Locomotive, Wagons, EMUs and Metro. Escorts
Railway Products are certified to ISO 9001:2008 and its products conform to
Indian standards such as RDSO as well as international standards such as UIC
and AAR, besides having achieved the IRIS certification.
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