Annual Report 2012 - Knorr-Bremse AG.

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Market successes // Rail vehicle systems
The E7 and W7
Shinkansen trains are
also to be equipped
with Knorr-Bremse
systems.
Knorr-Bremse receives further high-speed orders from Japan
Knorr-Bremse has already supplied systems for Japan’s Shinkansen E5 and E6 high-speed trains. Clearly
impressed with this equipment, operator JR East placed a further order with Knorr-Bremse in the year
under review. At the time of the InnoTrans fair in September 2012, JR East and Knorr-Bremse signed a
contract for the supply of bogie equipment for the Shinkansen E7. The order received by Knorr-Bremse
includes brake discs, ultra-compact, weight-optimized brake calipers and high-performance ISOBAR
sintered brake pads for all motor cars for 17 trainsets. Each 12-car trainset comprises 10 motor cars and
2 driving trailer cars. The first trains are scheduled to go into service in the spring of 2015 on a new
high-speed route between Tokyo on Japan’s east coast and Kanazawa in the west.
Shortly after signing the contract with JR East, Knorr-Bremse received a further major order from Japan
as operator JR West opted also to equip its new W7 Shinkansen trainsets with bogie equipment from
Knorr-Bremse. In this case the order covers ten trainsets, each also with ten motor cars.
Knorr-Bremse achieves market successes with locomotive CCB systems in India
In the year under review, Knorr-Bremse India was able to secure two substantial orders for Computer-Controlled
Brake (CCB) systems for different types of locomotive. Electro Motive Diesel (EMD), the
world’s second-largest locomotive builder, placed an order with Knorr-Bremse India for 259 CCB systems
for diesel locomotives, almost 200 of which had been delivered by year-end. In addition, EMD
ordered a further 106 CCB systems which Knorr-Bremse tailored to the customer’s specifications. Together,
these two orders give the company a 100% share of the Indian market for such systems.
Knorr-Bremse India also notched up a noteworthy success in the electric locomotive sector in 2012.
Shortly after being accredited as a tier-1 supplier to OEM Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW),
Knorr-Bremse received an order from CLW for 68 CCB systems for electric locomotives. To qualify for
the prestigious status of preferred supplier to CLW, Knorr-Bremse India first had to obtain certification
from the Research Design & Standards Organization (RDSO) of India’s national rail operator, Indian
Railways.