Congratulations to the PANDROL team on an excellent presentation at the PWI Technical Seminar on Affordable Track Renewals in Birmingham!
The showcased developments in sustainable resilient systems – especially the Under Sleeper Pads (USP) – clearly demonstrate how economic efficiency and ...
🔸 AFU – Advanced Fibered Urethane stands for the original high-end composite sleeper technology, first developed in Japan in the 1970s.
Produced through a tightly controlled pultrusion process with continuous glass fibers and a pure polyurethane matrix, AFU contains no cheap fillers – only precision ...
🚆 Reliability Is Built – Not Declared
In railway engineering, trust is earned over decades, not through headlines or short-term trends.
While materials, prices and competitors may change,
we’ve chosen a different path:
consistency, transparency and long-term responsibility.
Every component we deliver is
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🚆 Shaping the Future of Rail.
At @VAKO we unite decades of expertise in synthetic sleepers to deliver innovation, safety and cost-efficiency for Europe’s railways.
Always driven by customer satisfaction and a safe railway operation.
#Railway #Innovation #FutureOfRail #Sustainability #TrackSolutions ...
AFU versus composite sleepers of the same construction design – a 50-year cost estimate
Our Life Cycle Cost (LCC) estimate makes the difference clear:
When compared to composite sleepers of the same design, the difference is 0 to €27.02 per sleeper per year.
Over 50 years, this adds up to €0 to €1,351 ...
AFU versus the Lowest-Cost Composite Sleeper Design – a 50-Year Cost Estimate
When the lowest-cost composite sleeper design was first introduced in the United States in the 1990s, it was regarded as the most economical option on the market. Comparing this design with AFU (Advanced Fibered Urethane) ...
Life Cycle Costs in Focus: AFU versus New Plastic Sleepers
AFU sleepers, compared with the most recent European developments in plastic sleepers, clearly demonstrate the advantages of long-term operational experience and proven technology.
Our Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis highlights the difference:
W ...
💡 What if every AFU sleeper could save you money – every single year?
Our latest Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis shows:
With AFU sleepers, you save € 32.06 per sleeper and year compared to timber.
Over 50 years, that adds up to € 1,603 savings per sleeper.
That’s enough to buy more than 4 AFU sleepers.
Wh ...
🚄 High-Speed Rail – Made in China (and engineered into AFU)
Every day, China Railway (CR) transports over 23 million passengers on more than 40,000 km of high-speed track.
The experience is seamless:
✔️ Book your ticket online—seat or standing, everything perfectly assigned
✔️ Enter the station with ...