Company news
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RAEX (Expert RA) Assigns UWC Rating А
Expert RA noted UWC’s high-anticipated liquidity and the successful refinancing of the Company’s credit portfolio. The agency regards the Company as highly competitive in the freight car market and gives a positive outlook for the sector as a whole.
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United Wagon Company to enter The Railway Supply Institute
Membership in RSI gives the holding the opportunity to actively represent its interests and to promote the Russian products in the North American market.
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UWC to open two additional freight cars servicing centers, based on customers repair resources
Relevant agreements have been signed with Uralchem-Trans and Uralkali. Servicing direction of UWC as of today is represented by a network of 6 training and 57 servicing centers in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
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United Wagon Company is ready to manufacture box cars
Box car of model 11-6874 is a new type of rolling stock in RPC UWC product line. The combination of the box car technical characteristics is the most balanced in the market.
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UWC corporate magazine wins Silver Threads contest
Vremya UWC has made its debut in two categories at once: “the Best Corporate Magazine in Machine Building” and “from Winner to Winner».
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Bashkir soda company purchased TikhvinChemMash tank cars for chemical freights
Within the agreement by the end of 2016 BSC will obtain more than 70 tank cars (model 15-6900) fitted with bogies with axle load 25 tf. Tank cars will be operated for the transportation of hydroxide sodium (liquid caustic) from Caustic (BSC) to consignees across the Russian Federation and abroad.
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RPC UWC: economic efficiency is the only criterion of freight car innovativeness
Alexey Sokolov, First Deputy CEO for Strategy and Product at United Wagon Company: "Shipping should be economically efficient for everyone involved in the process".
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BUSINESS ALLIANCE to increase its own fleet of freight cars
Leasing company “BUSINESS ALLIANCE” and the railway holding United Wagon Company concluded the third agreement for the supply of 730 universal gondolas manufactured by Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant. The supply of gondolas is to be made by the end of this year.
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Titran-Express Assembly Plant has obtained the confirmation of its management system compliance with IRIS standard requirements
According to the audit data, the maturity level was 60%, which confirms the effectiveness of the business management system of Titran-Express. Apart from the IRIS certificate, the company obtained the certificate of conformity with the requirements of international ISO 9001:2008 and interstate GOST ISO 9001-2011 standards.
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United Wagon Company and Industrial Investors Group to promote heavy-haul rail shipments
United Wagon Company reports the successful completion of the first stage of its acquisition of a shareholding in “First Heavy Haul Company” established by Industrial Investors Group. UWC sold to First Heavy Haul Company its 100% participatory interest in Vostok1520, a railway operator. At the next stage, the Holding is to acquire a 19.9% share in First Heavy Haul Company in exchange of the interest sold in the railway operator.