Wherever possible, we strive to provide customers with quality equipment that delivers the best value for their business, while striving to maintain a circular flow of materials, energy, and water throughout the manufacturing process.
Remanufacturing
We aim to keep our products in circulation for as long as possible through processes that reduce waste, extend the life of equipment and drive costs savings for our customers. Remanufacturing is at the heart of these efforts and focuses on returning end-of-life components, engines, and freight and passenger locomotives to same-as-new condition.
Today, remanufacturing brings roughly 296 million pounds of end-of-life material back to global remanufacturing facilities annually, which is then reused or remanufactured (79 percent), and recycled (20 percent), with less than one percent waste.
Modernizations
Wabtec’s locomotive modernization program updates aging locomotives with customized solutions that range from simpler changes like control system upgrades, to complex restorations such as the comprehensive transformation of a DC locomotive into an AC locomotive outfitted with state-of-the-art digital technology. These modernizations of older locomotives result in up to a 25 percent improvement in fuel efficiency, more than a 40 percent increase in reliability, up to a 55 percent increase in haulage ability, and up to a 20 percent reduction in maintenance, repair, and overhaul expenses.