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Production
Reduced capital expenditure by Deutsche Bahn AG has affected Pfleiderer track systems’ domestic
business. However, production in the German plants during fiscal 2004 was also used in
international projects in Taiwan and the Netherlands, as well as for ongoing domestic business.
Production capacity in the plants in Romania and Hungary is fully booked up for around 15 months
following an order taken to modernize rail links in Turkey.
A plant has been set up with a local partner in Taiwan to produce around 125,000 rail sleepers
as part of the Taiwanese high-speed project. As this project has since been completed. The
plant involved has been dismantled and will be used elsewhere in the region for other projects.
The Business Center track systems produced around 1.2 million track sleepers and around
300,000 meters of rail turnout sleepers at its German production plants in Coswig, Langen,
Neumarkt, Gernsbach and Kirchmöser.
As of December 31, 2004, order books for Germany and abroad were full for the next 6 months.
Quality Management
Maintaining constant high standards of quality for all our products is of fundamental importance,
especially for the rail traffic segment. For many years now, Pfleiderer track systems has been
applying a quality management system to ensure uniform high quality standards for all its products.
The quality management system itself is also subject to continual monitoring and improvement.
Productivity and the quality of work processes are constantly enhanced as a result of
continual improvement monitoring. The quality management system for central units and production
plants in operation for Pfleiderer Infrastructure Technology is certified according to DIN EN
ISO 9001, documenting the high quality standards of our products. Products from Pfleiderer track
systems have an excellent reputation internationally.
Deutsche Bahn AG regularly subjects its goods in to product qualification. Our new plant in
Kirchmöser, Brandenburg, which started production in 2003, has now also received Q1 supplier
status. This matches all Pfleiderer track systems’ other German plants.
Only proven and extensively tested materials subjected to pre-testing from certified suppliers
are used in production by Pfleiderer Infrastructure Technology. Independent accredited organizations
also test our products, in addition own product monitoring performed at various stages
of production.
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