Neubiberg, Vienna, October 10, 2024 – To continue their existing develop-ment cooperation, ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG and Symeo GmbH have signed a new framework agreement. The contract extends over eight years. Symeo has been supporting ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) already for twelve years with the development, delivery, and maintenance of energy measurement systems for railway traction vehicles.
The Railpower Box is a device for acquiring and transmitting energy- and position data that Symeo and ÖBB developed in accordance with the international EN 50463, TSI ENE, TSI LOC & PAS standards. With two load profiles that can be accessed simultaneously, it is used for energy billing and energy-efficiency evaluation. ÖBB successfully sells the Railpower Box in many European countries. Symeo GmbH is primarily known as a provider of industrial radar sensor solutions and has repeatedly proven its competence in device construction for difficult operating conditions and in developing custom software for complex IT landscapes. The company, whose service operations have played a major role in the achievement of more than 99-percent operational availability of the Railpower Boxes over the past twelve years, has now been commissioned by ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG to develop a new generation of the devices.
“We are pleased to continue our cooperation with Symeo as the supplier of an important component on our trains. Their quality over the past twelve years has once more stood up to the European competition in the new tender,” said Markus Lebner, Head of Energy Services at ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG.
“This deal is a huge success for us that makes us enormously proud because we have greatly valued our cooperation with ÖBB over the past twelve years and invested a lot in our quality and services. We are pleased that we can hold our own in the European competition with the continuing evolution of our components,” said Thomas Hörl-Weinhold, VP Business Development at Symeo GmbH. “The new framework agreement is an honor and an incentive for us to apply our experience in product certification for railway applications to new radar-based products.”