Amsted Rail

Amsted Rail builds railcar components including wheels, axles, bearings, brake systems and end-of-car energy management systems, and describes itself as the world's leading provider of undercarriage and end-of-car railcar components with facilities spanning more than 40 locations across 6 continents. It is part of Amsted Industries, a privately held, employee-owned diversified global manufacturer of highly engineered industrial components. Its offerings also include freight rail telematics through Amsted Digital Solutions and transit rail bogies, assembly systems and engineering services.

Amsted Rail's published history timeline records milestones of its corporate lineage: Griffin Wheel Company was founded in 1877; American Steel Foundries (ASF) was founded in 1902; ASF acquired Griffin Wheel in 1917; Keystone Industries was founded in 1948; Brenco was founded in 1949; wheel production converted from cast iron to steel in 1952; the company changed its name to Amsted Industries in 1962; the Granite City, IL, foundry converted melting operations to electric arc furnaces in 1970; ASF merged with Keystone to establish ASF-Keystone in 2000; the AmstedMaxion joint venture was formed in 2000; Amsted Rail launched its Digital Transformation Journey in 2001; IONX, LLC, a predecessor to Amsted Digital Solutions, was launched in 2006; the joint-venture AXIS, LLC was formed in 2006; Amsted Rail-Faiveley was formed in 2009, providing a full line of brake systems; and Amsted Rail acquired Hollube and Holland wear prevention solutions in 2011.

Amsted Rail describes itself as the world's leading provider of undercarriage and end-of-car railcar components.

• Freight rail components

  Amsted Rail builds virtually everything under the railcar, from wheels, axles and bearings to brake systems, end-of-car energy management systems and more.

• Amsted Digital Solutions freight rail telematics

  Amsted Digital Solutions is transforming freight rail logistics with its telematics platform; at its core is the IQ Series gateway, a single onboard monitoring device that delivers real-time insights into the health and status of railcars and their key components.

• Transit engineering services and testing

  Amsted Rail states it is the only transit bogie manufacturer in America with both internal modeling and dynamic simulation expertise, along with in-house testing facilities to validate.

1. 1Performance-Driven Solutions for the Heavy Haul World - Amsted Railamstedrail.com
2. 2History - Amsted Railamstedrail.com
3. 3Transit Engineering Services & Testing - Amsted Railamstedrail.com
4. 4About - Amsted Railamstedrail.com