After the successful conclusion of negotiations and the first revisions of passenger reclining wagons of the Bvcmz type, ŽOS Trnava, a.s. signed a contract under which such revisions will be carried out for the German company RDC Asset GmbH at the guaranteed extent of 10 of these wagons per year.
Ing. Peter Tóth, Director of the ŽOS Trnava Passenger Wagon Division: “Bvcmz sleeping cars are designed mainly for the transport in Western Europe. The project is in line with the ŽOS Trnava long-term strategy in the segment of revisions of passenger cars and expansion of its operation to the other foreign private customer’s market. At present, several other projects in the field of revisions and modernizations of passenger cars for domestic as well as foreign customers are in the sales department of ŽOS Trnava at various stages of negotiations.”
ŽOS Trnava is successful in German-speaking countries. ŽOS Trnava and Waggonbau Niesky, signed the contract in March 2021, in which upper platforms and bottom skeletons for dozens of 4-axle Laaers freight wagons intended for car transport will be manufactured in Trnava. These car wagons will operate in Deutsche Bahn colours.
In April 2021, ŽOS Trnava similarly won a contract from the Austrian ÖBB. ŽOS will produce 90 new Faccns 4-axle freight wagons for almost 14 million euros for the ÖBB.