Invensys Rail Becomes the New Name for Westinghouse Rail Systems
02 September 2009
Westinghouse Rail Systems has announced that from 1st September 2009 it will change its name to Invensys Rail.
For many years, Westinghouse has been one of a number of companies comprising the Invensys Rail Group (IRG). With IRG's headquarters firmly established in Chippenham, the group also includes Safetran Systems in the United States, Dimetronic Signals in Spain and Westinghouse Rail Systems in Australia. During this time, the companies have worked closely on the development of innovative signalling and control solutions for rail operators across the world, sharing skills and experience to bring to high-performance products and systems to the market.
The decision to bring these market-leading businesses even more closely together reflects the success of these collaborative relationships, and as a result, over the coming months, Invensys Rail will become the new name for each company, starting with Westinghouse in the UK.
The launch of Invensys Rail marks a major milestone in the evolution of the Westinghouse business. With an enviable track record of successful innovation and delivery, spanning over 150 years, the company brings an exceptional heritage to Invensys Rail together with an absolute commitment to continue to meet the needs of evolving markets.
Commenting on the announcement, Alistair McPhee, Managing Director, said: "This is an important and tremendously exciting change for the business, and a clear reflection of our commitment to keep pace with the needs of our customers. Throughout its history the business has been known by a number of different names, and the change to Invensys Rail brings together even more closely three of the strongest names in rail signalling across the world - with the new company sharing and building on the skills, expertise and experience of each. Whilst our company name will change, 'Westinghouse' will live on, the name being retained for many of our products and solutions.
Naturally, our focus will continue to be on our core UK customers as well as specific regional markets overseas, but we recognise that we are increasingly operating in a global environment and bringing together businesses of such pedigree under one banner will considerably add to the breadth and depth of resources at our disposal.
There are many examples of how well these companies have already successfully operated together, albeit less formally, at both a product and project level. FUTUR, our ERTMS solution is the result of a great deal of collaborative development work which has been driven by Dimetronic and Westinghouse. Similarly WESTeX, our level crossing predictor system has benefitted from the core development work carried out by Safetran Systems in the States, which was then taken on by our own level crossing development team in the UK to meet the specific requirements of our customers.
We will see more examples of this in the future, as well as technologies being brought through the wider Invensys group. We aim, for example to explore the use of technologies developed by Invensys in the power generation and energy sectors to identify opportunities where this may benefit rail operating companies".
