Railbeton

Specialized yet flexible

Railbeton has a clear focus on manufacturing precast products for use in transport infrastructure. This family-run business is standing its ground on the market by providing a wide product range whilst demonstrating its ability to innovate and to ­ensure utmost flexibility.

In spring this year, the public debate over the condition of the German transport infrastructure reached a new climax. In unprecedented agreement, both experts and the media considered roads, bridges and railways to be in disastrous condition. They claimed that the German infrastructure was “being run until it falls apart”. Thus, the associated competitive edge the country had been enjoying over many years was bound to vanish.

Less than six months later, at the end of July, Deutsche Bahn (DB), the state-owned German railway operator, issued a press release to comment on its consolidated...

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