Company History

The||STRAIL||Success Story

From the first STRAIL Press (panel) to this date, STRAIL has a track record of successes spanning more than 30 years:

Company History

: First installation in Recklinghausen

1976

First STRAIL Press
First STRAIL installation at Recklinghausen, Germany

1980

HiRail version for the Americas

1989

Dedication of the home-designed STRAIL production plant

1993

First use of STRAIL on a bridge (Oxberg Bridge, Sweden)
Chemnitz, Germany: Project with 25 m minimum track radius
Corundum surface

1994

Kawasaki, Japan: Container Seaport

: Low ground green track profile

1997

pedeSTRAIL named Product of the Year
Rail Filler for green tracks– first installation in Berlin, Germany
STRAIL Locking System

1998

Europe's largest STRAIL track covering, Wels, Austria
Rail filler for green tracks named product of the year
1st prize of the FkuR awarded to the STRAILprofile

: Terminal in Wels, Austria

1999

STRAIL domain Chemnitz
First installation of multi-chamber filler profiles in Augsburg, Germany
STRAIL Testbed
First STRAIL Info Letter
Installation of STRAIL in Austria, Container Terminal Wels

2000

Internet www.strail.com

: TGV Paris-Marseille

2001

Second STRAIL production plant
First track cover on a high speed line (TGV Paris-Marseille)

: Elastic rail profiles for green track in Milan

2002

Izmir Interurban
Green track element and pedeSTRAIL in Milano, Italy
First installation of STRAIL railway crossing systems in Serbia

2003

STRAIL on the "Train capitale" exhibition on the Paris Champs Elyssees
Installation of innoSTRAIL (wide gauge) in Ireland
First innoSTRAIL installation in Japan
New CNC milling machine
Subsidiary STRAIL France established

: Tram

2004

New refrigerated racked storage
STRAIL products LGA approved
Capacity expansion press 10
STRAIL buys tram through ebay

: Belgrade Fair Ground in Serbia

: Gdansk in Poland

: Storebelt tunnel in Danemark

: Zammertunnel in Austria

2005

STRAIL 2005 (1-tongue/groove, new surface design, better edge protection)
New method cold bonding STRAIL (for special panels such as Intervia, Radius, Sidings)
First innoSTRAIL railway crossing in Africa
Installation of STRAIL on the Belgrade Fair Ground in Serbia
Installation of STRAIL in Gdansk in poland
Great STRAIL cossing before the Storebelt tunnel in Danmark
Installation of a STRAIL/pedeSTRAIL combination in Belgrade
Zammer Tunnel - installation of STRAIL as a rerailing point for Road-Rail Vehicles

: STRAILastic green track systems in Belgrade

: STRAILastic green track systems for the Swiss Glattalbahn line

: Danzig, the Polish "STRAIL City"

: The highest pedeSTRAIL crossing

: The project "Vattenfall"

2006

pontiSTRAIL (outer panels system for high loads)
veloSTRAIL (inner panel system without flange grooves)
STRAILastic systems (green track elements and multi-chamber fillers) in Belgrade, Serbia
STRAILastic green track systems for the Swiss Glattalbahn line
Danzig is the Polish "STRAIL City"
The highest pedeSTRAIL crossing in Switzerland is at 3,089 meters altitude (Matterhorn)
STRAIL celebrates 30th anniversary
A floating locomotive. The project "Vattenfall"

: Longest veloSTRAIL crossing

: STRAIL project in Lovosice

: STRAILastic_USM in the Viadukt

: First STRAIL level crossing in Brazil

: First installation STRAILedge

2007

Longest (48 m) veloSTRAIL crossing in Salzburg, Austria
Project installation of STRAIL in the Terminal of Lovosice
Installtion of STRAILastic_USM in the Viadukt Sembranche in Switzerland
first STRAIL railway level crossing in Brazil (Rua Pinto de Moura)
Platform edge "Marseille", later renamed STRAILedge
Developement of a test bench with the companie Bomag

: STRAILastic marketing campaign

: STRAILastic_R in Berlin

: STRAILastic_P in Bremen

: STRAILastic_R Glattal project

: pedeSINGLE on the Mosel bridge

: The world longest veloSTRAIL level crossing on the Kattwyk bridge

: First installation in Moscow

2008

Relaunch www.strail.com
The new universal deflection plate
STRAILastic marketing campaign
Installation of STRAIL for rail-road vehicles
Installation of STRAILastic_USM, Zillertal Railway
Installation of STRAILastic_R in Berlin
Installation of the new grooved rail track insulation system STRAILastic_P in Bremen
Installation of STRAILastic_S in Serbia and Oslo
Installation of STRAILastic_DUO and STRAILastic_S in Glattal project
Test installaion of STRAILastic_A, the "Noise Absorber"
STRAIL installed for a heavily used level crossing in Montpellier, France
New measurement for STRAILastic
First installation of pedeSINGLE on the Mosel bridge in Koblenz
Installation of a rack rail in Swizerland
First installation of veloSTRAIL in Italy
Installation of the 1,200 mm veloSTRAIL panel in Hamburg on the Kattwyk bridge
First installation in Moscow

: The new 1.200 mm plate

: First installation of veloSTRAIL in New Zealand

: Test installation in connection with a grooved rail

: 3-rail track in Swizerland

: First installation of pontiSTRAIL in Belgium

2009

Market launch of the 1.200 mm plate of STRAIL and veloSTRAIL
First installation of veloSTRAIL at AUDI Györ in Hungary
First installation of veloSTRAIL in New Zealand
veloSTRAIL test installation in connection with a grooved rail in Geneva, Swizerland
First installation by a 3-rail track in Swizerland
First installation of pontiSTRAIL in Mechelen (Belgium)
First installation of STRAIL in Hanoi (Vietnam)
First installation of pontiSTRAIL in Italy

: First installation of STRAILastic_A in Köppern

: STRAIL road marking

: Road marking spraycan

: Or products for the new DIN standard 45673

2010

EBA (Eisenbahn Bundesamt) approval for STRAILastic_A
First installation of STRAILastic_A in Köppern, Swizerland
Market launch of STRAIL road marking and road marking spraycan
New DIN Norm 45673, STRAILastic covers all areas with STRAILastic_P, _S, _L
EBA approvals for the 1,200 mm STRAIL inner panels