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Knorr-Bremse Chairman visits UK
July 31, 2017
Klaus Deller, Chairman of the Knorr-Bremse Executive Board, with responsibility for the Rail Vehicle Systems Division, visited the Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems Melksham headquarters facility recently to see for himself the success being enjoyed by the UK operation.
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Klaus Deller, Chairman of the Knorr-Bremse Executive Board, with responsibility for the Rail Vehicle Systems Division (centre), pictured on his recent visit to Knorr-Bremse Rail UK Melksham. Mr Deller thanked Mike Hopper and June Little who were both retiring after long service on the day of his visit. Mike worked for the company for 45 years and June for 31 years.
Knorr-Bremse Rail UK has seen huge growth in the last few years winning major contracts including equipping the new Hitachi high speed trains with its braking system and also for building and installing the platform screen door system for the prestigious Crossrail (Elizabeth line) project in London.
The company also recently celebrated the production of its 50,000th EP2002 Distributed Brake Control valve at the Melksham facility. The revolutionary valve was designed at the Melksham site and is exported around the world to deliver precise brake control on metro trains. In March this year, Paul Maynard MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Transport commenting on EP2002 said, “Companies like Knorr-Bremse are leading the way in bringing new thinking to the industry and as a result are also exporting British designed and built systems around the world.”
Knorr-Bremse Rail UK, part of the global Knorr-Bremse Group, now has six rail facilities around the UK. The company is involved in developing new innovative products and manufacturing them and supplies and supports the entire Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems portfolio of Connected Systems. Under its RailServices brand, Knorr-Bremse Rail UK also provides specialist overhaul, maintenance and modernisation services for train builders and operators.
During his visit to the Knorr-Bremse Melksham, Wiltshire site, Mr Deller, who is based at the Knorr-Bremse Group headquarters in Munich, met with many of the 400 plus employees based there. The employees’ roles range from research and development, design and engineering, customer support and manufacturing to overhaul and project management.
Mr Deller commenting on his time at Melksham said, “It was great to visit the Knorr-Bremse Melksham site and to see the good work that is going on there. Most importantly though it provided an opportunity for me to meet and chat with a wide range of employees who are contributing so much to the site’s success story.”
Paul Goodhand, Managing Director of Knorr-Bremse Rail UK added, “It was a great honour to have Mr Deller visiting us here in the UK, recognising and taking an interest in our business activities. People here really appreciate our Chairman taking time out to come and see for himself what we’re involved in here at Melksham and in the UK and global rail industry.”
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Klaus Deller, Chairman of the Knorr-Bremse Executive Board, with responsibility for the Rail Vehicle Systems Division (centre), pictured on his recent visit to Knorr-Bremse Rail UK Melksham. Mr Deller thanked Mike Hopper and June Little who were both retiring after long service on the day of his visit. Mike worked for the company for 45 years and June for 31 years.
