Strukton Rolling Stock and AmePower have signed a cooperation agreement to develop the U.S. market for power electronics for public transport companies to refurbish their fleet or build new rolling stock. Strukton Rolling Stock specializes in power electronics for rolling stock while AmePower supplies components like IGBTs and GTOs, building assemblies and repairing services for propulsion inverters.
“The U.S. has great public transport systems, both light rail and heavy rail,” said Martien Janse, managing director at Strukton Rolling Stock. “We can deliver experience built up during our long history of rolling stock refurbishment projects to guarantee a long life-span of the many fleets in operation in the U.S.”
AmePower’s managing director Luis Contreras stated, “We know the U.S. market and have 20 years of experience in power electronics, but Strukton Rolling Stock brings additional experience in the specialized field of railways. And they are particularly good at bringing flexibility and sustainability through a cutting edge and modular technology and best of all, Buy America Act compliant.”
The two companies have worked together for several years, bringing Strukton's experience in GTO to IGBT conversion to the U.S. market. The cooperation with AmePower is one of the first steps of Strukton Rail in the North American market. Based in Columbia, Md., Strukton Rail North America has officially opened its business and will serve as a gateway to Strukton Rail, one of Europe’s full-service and technology providers for rail systems.
Strukton Rail North America offers maintenance services for rail and rolling stock, asset condition monitoring systems, information systems and technologies. The company also delivers propulsion and auxiliary (related) systems for all types of rolling stock.
AmePower is a DBE, MBE, WBE and WOSB certified engineering company that supports OEM designers as well as end-users and repair centers worldwide. The company’s headquarters are based in Miami, Fla. AmePower’s main market is traction inverters for the mass transportation and the mining industry.