Plasser & Theurer is an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n manufacturer of rail track maintenance and track laying machines. It is the world's largest in its segment, accounting for 6% of Austrian exports of the machinery and iron and steel construction industry.

History

The company was established in 1953 by a group of nine people. It is a privately owned company with 30% being held by Josef Theurer, 30% by his daughter Elisabeth Max-Theurer, 20% each by Dorothea Theurer and Hans-Jörg Holleis. Currently the company is active in over 100 countries. The rail tracks for the high speed records by the TGV

TGV

The TGV is France's high-speed rail service, currently operated by SNCF Voyages, the long-distance rail branch of SNCF, the French national rail operator....

 were built by it.

Products

Plasser & Theurer also manufactures machines for the installation and maintenance of overhead wires and the associated equipment. Other products include railway bridge inspection and repair vehicles.

• ATP 500-C flash-butt welding machines.

Rivals

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• Matisa
• Kershaw Manufacturing Company  Speno
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   Loram
  LORAM Maintenance of Way, Inc.
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