ÖBB and Symeo sign new eight-year framework agreement

To continue their existing development cooperation, ÖBB Infrastruktur AG and Symeo GmbH have signed a new framework agreement for over eight years. Symeo of Neubiberg, Germany, has been supporting ÖBB already for twelve years with the development, delivery, and maintenance of energy measurement systems for railway traction vehicles.

The Railpower Box is a device for acquiring and transmitting energy- and position data that Symeo and ÖBB developed in accordance with the international EN 50463, TSI ENE, TSI LOC & PAS standards. With two load profiles that can be accessed simultaneously, it is used for energy billing and energy-efficiency evaluation. ÖBB successfully sells the Railpower Box in many European countries.

Symeo is primarily known as a provider of industrial radar sensor solutions and has repeatedly proven its competence in device construction for difficult operating conditions and in developing custom software for complex IT landscapes. The company, whose service operations have played a major role in the achievement of more than 99% operational availability of the Railpower Boxes over the past twelve years, has now been commissioned by ÖBB Infrastruktur to develop a new generation of the devices.