The Škoda Group has achieved significant success in the field of electric drive and motor supply. In addition to main production for its own vehicles, it also works for a number of large customers around the world: with key components from Škoda, the global company Wabtec (formerly GE) is building a fleet of locomotives for Kazakhstan. The engines will be part of the locomotives for the line maintenance of the Italian company Tesmec, and the traction motor components will be used in locomotives or S-Bahn vehicles manufactured by Alstom in Hamburg, Germany. Since the beginning of the year alone, the Škoda Group has signed new foreign contracts worth more than 20 million Euros.
“The development and manufacture of electrical equipment and components is one of the strong pillars on which our Group is based. In addition to the main delivery area of Škoda Group products, the aim is to significantly increase the order volume for external customers, both in rail and urban transport,” says Jaromír Šilhánek, Head of Electrical Systems and Components, Škoda Group.
Increasing interest from foreign customers
For Western customers, overseas deliveries are becoming more and more important. Among the newly completed orders for external customers outside the Škoda Group, one of the most important is the long-term cooperation with Alstom (formerly Bombardier) for the supply of traction motors and parts for the entire range of rolling stock, eg. S-Bahn for Germany or modern Traxx locomotives where the total delivery volume will exceed hundreds of sets of traction motor components. The new project for the supply of complete electrical equipment for special locomotives used mainly for the maintenance and diagnosis of railway lines is of particular interest; The customer is the Italian company Tesmec.
An important and equally important reference of the Škoda Group is its cooperation with the engineering giant Wabtec, where it is currently working on the production of mechanical drives, including traction motors for locomotives, in Kazakhstan. The group has already supplied the American company with equipment for more than 50 locomotives. The current contract foresees the delivery of 26 more locomotives. The Škoda Group also cooperates with the former Bombardier (now Alstom) in the supply of traction motor components for locomotives. “In addition to the aforementioned work area for rail and rail transport vehicles, we are actively working on innovative traction systems solutions for e-buses, trolleybuses and hydrogen buses,” says Jaromír Šilhánek.
Production reached 100 pieces of electrical equipment per month
In the first half of this year alone, the Electrical Systems and Components Division has produced about seven hundred sets of electrical traction equipment and hundreds of more spare parts and components. The production portfolio is dominated by various variants of RegioPanter suburban units for the Czech Republic, Latvia and Estonia, as well as the most advanced equipment designed for Škoda trams for Germany (Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg and Bonn) and the Czech Republic ( Pilsen, Brno and Ostrava) and other European cities.
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