No. 2 (8) September 2018 pTIMEartNerS’ corporate magaziNe of No compromise on quality UWC expands on the global market and increases its exports Towards Railcar Getting new horizons in detail on track How requirements An articulated The wide or the narrow 20 for freight cars vary 28 six-axle flat car 36 gauges: what the gold in different markets for the European market standard is 2 content No. 2 (8) september 2018 Time of UWC 1 LEADING FREIGHT WAGONS MANUFACTURER Dear Partners! nited Wagon in order to ensure success on export Company markets. now ranks As of today, UWC is the only railcar second in building company outside the European the world Union which has the right to supply freight by output cars to the European market. We earned of freight this right by passing an audit carried out by cars. We are Deutsche Bahn, which gave us Q2 quality selling our equipment on markets in North status. The audit is an important milestone America, the Middle East, Europe and in the history of the Company and it will UAfrica, and we plan to expand our horizons send a positive signal to European customers even further. Getting this far has not been gaining acquaintance with our products at easy. We have discovered just how difficult the InnoTrans 2018 international exhibition. it is – even for a major manufacturer such At the exhibition we will present a new as UWC – to enter established markets Sggrs80 articulated container flat car for the successfully. 1435-mm gauge. The railway equipment industry has a This issue contains a lot of detailed reputation for conservatism. The attitude information on UWC’s export business and towards new suppliers is cautious, and we export projects implemented to date. The online read have to work hard to prove ourselves. But issue also shows UWC cars manufactured that only makes each new export contract for various countries for the first time more significant. and tells of our experience working with We view exports as crucial to the foreign partners. future of UWC’s business. The Company is committed to continuous improvement of We hope you find it interesting! its R&D and manufacturing competencies Editorial Team 2 content No. 2 (8) september 2018 Time of UWC 3 1 COMMENT 4 NEWS ROUND-UP 18 FACT SHEET A global map of the UWC’s product sales 20 INNOVATION IN FOCUS Towards new horizons Anna Orlova, UWC’s Deputy CEO for Scientific and Technical Development Кey topic and Head of the All-Union Research and 10 INTERVIEW Development Centre for Transportation No compromise on quality Technology, explained how requirements The UWC brand is now well-known for freight cars vary in different markets far beyond Russia’s borders, and the and described projects that have been 36 HISTORY Company has set itself the long-term carried out to date Getting on track goal of 20% of revenue from exports. Early railways used a broad Maxim Kuzemchenko, UWC’s Deputy range of gauges, all of different CEO for Business Development, 28 RAILCAR IN DETAIL widths. This caused a great deal explained how the Company has won a An articulated six-axle flat car of confusion until the wide reputation as a quality supplier on the for heavyweight containers and the narrow gauges were international arena for the European market introduced as the two most common gauge types worldwide Photo by Denis Eskov Denis by Photo uniwagon Join us! 30 PHOTO STORY Rail industry on global scale The Magazine is released in participation with ЛЮДИPEOPLE High technologies, best Time of UWC. 12+ practices and modern Partners’ corporate magazine Editor-in-chief: Lilia Lavrova Bld. 16, 2, Energeticheskaya st., Moscow, Russia, 111116 production facilities Contact us: [email protected] allowed UWC to become Bld. 1, 7/11, Novokuznetskaya st., www.vashagazeta.com Moscow, Russia, 115184 CEO: Vladimir Zmeyushchenko one of the leading global Tel.: +7 (499) 999 15 20 Project Editor: Elena Ushkova manufacturers of railway E-mail: [email protected] Designers: Natalia Tikhonkova, freight cars and secure Elena Kononenko All rights reserved. Reprint by quoting link Publishing Director: Oleg Merochkin its place among the only. Circulation: 300 Photostocks: TASS, AKG, AFP TOP-3 companies in the Signed in print 20 August 2018 terms of production level “Time of UWC” is published for the information purposes. The provided information should not be considered as a guide to act. PJSC “Research and production corporation “United Wagon Company” is not liable for direct, indirect or unintentional damage caused by the use of information published in the journal “Time of UWC”. 4 news round-up No. 2 (8) september 2018 Time of UWC 5 In 2Q 2018, UWC manufactured a total of 4.8 thousand railcars (there was a year-over-year upswing of 434% UWC maintains its annual production plan at a level of 19 to 20 thousand railcars. in the production of hopper cars). The 1H production comprised 9 thousand railcars. tender audit Flat cars for heavyweight Optimal ratio United Wagon Company wins status as supplier containers to Poland for wood chips to Deutsche Bahn United Wagon Company became the winner UWC has successfully passed a assurance, warranty and service Jens Baselt, of an international tender to supply 200 flat quality audit by Deutsche Bahn to maintenance. In total, the audit Quality Engineer at Deutsche Bahn: cars for heavyweight containers to Laude act as supplier of freight cars to the covered more than 20 aspects of Smart Intermodal SA (Poland), one of the German company. Deutsche Bahn UWC’s business. The final score was We are happy to welcome UWC as our rapidly growing companies in the field of is the largest railway operator in the calculated as the sum of scores for potential vendor. DB has been seeking multimodal transportation services and European Union and the approval all criteria based on a 100-point scale partners that meet our criteria in logistics in Central and Eastern Europe. is a milestone in the development and was presented as a 360-degree terms of quality, security of supplies The equipment will be supplied in stages of UWC’s export strategy and chart. The railway holding received and pricing policy all over the world. by end of the second quarter of 2019. The expansion of its presence on scores in a range from 90 to 100 The audit conducted at UWC let us cars fitted with bogies having an increased the European market. UWC was points on 18 counts and from 80 to expand our pool of potential vendors axle load capacity of 25 t will be operating in assigned Q2 quality status based on 90 points on five counts. of freight cars and their components. the Russia-Poland-Russia transport corridor. United Wagon Company The cars will be built at the the audit results. In addition to the Deutsche During the audit, we saw a highly The 13-6851-01 flat car (40 feet long) has has signed a contract with UWC car building enterprise, The audit was carried out by Bahn audit, the Tikhvin Freight Car motivated company with modern an increased loading capacity (up to 80 tons), Kronospan, the world’s largest TikhvinSpetsMash. specialists of Deutsche Bahn, who Building Plant has successfully advanced infrastructure. I feel that which in combination with a decreased producer of chipboard, to The new gondola cars for reviewed the quality management passed certification to the EN 15085 UWC meets every prerequisite for tare weight facilitates transportation of all provide 80 gondola cars (Russian wood chip transportation have system at United Wagon Company Welding of Railway Vehicles and precise implementation of potential container sizes (20, 30, 40 and 45 feet). The Тпр (Tpr) clearance diagram) for unique technical features to and also at the All-Union Research Components European standard. projects with Deutsche Bahn. We UWC flat car is equipped with reinforced transportation of wood chips. maximise the rolling stock’s and Development Centre for The certification audit was carried wish that the existing positive center sill and stationary fitting twist locks The cars are to be delivered in cost efficiency. Optimal ratio Transportation Technology out by TÜV Rheinland, the German energy and the quality of UWC’s enabling transportation of heavyweight the first quarter of 2019. of payload capacity (70 tons) (VNICTT) and the Tikhvin Freight division of one of the world’s leading products become a solid basis for our containers. This sets the UWC car apart The car of 12-6995 model is to body space (211 m3) enables Car Building Plant (TVSZ) which certification bodies. successful partnership. from the counterparts operating within the a new product on the Russian carriage of up to 30 m3 more are both owned by UWC. The Status as a Q2 supplier to 1520-mm gauge space. The service life of the market. A prototype is now cargo compared with analogues. audit gave a high assessment of Deutsche Bahn and the EN 15085 UWC flat car is 40 years. undergoing tests for certification Hatches on the sides of the car the processes used by UWC for welding certificate create promising by “Register of Certification on make it easier to clean it after the design and production of new opportunities for UWC on the the Federal Railway Transport.” unloading. new freight cars models, quality European market. Marcin Witzchak, CEO at Laude Smart Intermodal SA: Our company is rapidly growing and moving forward with the aim of becoming the leading provider of logistics services in Central and UWC freight cars − under increased abrasive and railcar bogie with the axle Eastern Europe. That is why we focus on the corrosive wear typical of the load of 32.5 t is designed quality of our freight car fleet.