Westermo, headquartered in Sweden, specializes in designing and manufacturing industrial data communication products for mission-critical systems operating in harsh environments. Their offerings include industrial Ethernet switches, routers, and extenders, which are integral to the reliability and efficiency of social infrastructure sectors such as transportation, water, energy, and process industries like mining and petrochemical. Westermo's products are renowned for their robustness and security, ensuring seamless data communication in demanding applications. The company's commitment to quality and innovation positions it as a trusted partner in the realm of industrial networking solutions.
Westermo Eltec and Eviden have partnered to create advanced security solutions for railway systems, utilizing crypto-agile operational technology and IoT devices for critical data communication in railway systems.
Westermo contracts for three-year, 85 million SEK contract, providing Viper switches for train control, management, and passenger information systems onboard data networks.
The Pilatus-Bahnen railway was built over 130 years ago and is still the world’s steepest cogwheel railway. The train climbs the path from Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm, with passengers able to view flowering alpine meadows, striking rock formations and snowfields.
Stadler has awarded Westermo a contract to provide networking solutions for a new fleet of trains for Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Westermo will supply data communication technology for hundreds of new generation single-decker FLIRT Evo multiple unit trains that will replace old rolling stock.
ELTEC Elektronik, a subsidiary of Westermo Network Technologies, introduces an access point with integrated antenna, developed in cooperation with HUBER+SUHNER, which revolutionizes Wi-Fi installation in rail carriages due to its compactness and enables railway operators to provide significantly higher data throughput per passenger for a better on-board Wi-Fi experience.
Westermo has introduced a new 10Gb industrial Ethernet switch designed to meet increasing demand for greater bandwidth, enabling modern, large-scale data communication networks to transmit more information than ever before. The RedFox 7528 provides outstanding network performance, reliability and security, making it an ideal solution for mission-critical rail trackside, energy and process industry applications.