ROBEL pioneers on the track
Our access to the track
The Trailblazer.
Founding of the “Georg Robel File Factory” in Munich.
From the file to the track.
Karl Langkammerer takes over the company. The "Gleisbaumaschinenfabrik Georg Robel & Co" manufactures hand-operated track construction machines.
An idea takes off.
Successes at the first machine exhibitions stimulate production. The factory has 300 employees.
On to new greatness.
On the occasion of the "Rail and Road" exhibition, Georg Robel & Co presented a track motor vehicle, the first track-bound vehicle and stationary machines.
Safe loading.
The first ROBEL rail loading train goes into operation at Deutsche Bahn.
German Plasser group of companies
Georg Robel & Co Munich becomes part of Deutsche Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen GmbH in Freilassing.
A new generation of Robels.
The universal power wrench 30.82 sets new standards in torque and tightening torque.
Off to the railroad city.
ROBEL relocates the production of small machines to Freilassing.
ROBEL Bahnbaumaschinen GmbH
With the relocation of administration and sales from Munich to Freilassing, ROBEL is relocated - the vision and roots remain the same.
Mobile sawing.
The rail band saws 12.70 and 12.72 cut rails with low emissions, quickly and without flying sparks. An alternative to traditional cut-off grinding.
growth spurt.
ROBEL expands its assembly and locksmith shop, expands storage capacity and builds a training building. 330 employees produce around 100 models of small and large machines and deliver them worldwide.
workshop on wheels.
Safe working with an open neighboring track in the mobile maintenance unit 69.50: ROBEL supplies seven units to the Austrian Federal Railways and one to the Swiss BLS.
disruption intervention.
At the iaf in Münster, ROBEL presents a new maintenance vehicle for overhead line systems (IFO) to the international trade fair audience.
ROBEL performance show.
For the first time, the factory gates in Freilassing will be open to customers and business partners from all over the world for a week.
ROBEL can be urban.
After Munich and Nuremberg, the Kölner Verkehrsbetriebe AG is another German local transport company that has opted for a modern work and transport system from ROBEL.
large demonstration.
On the occasion of the 2nd ROBEL exhibition, visitors can experience one of the eight mobile maintenance systems for the British company Network Rail in action on the track.
Precision in large and small.
JR East is using the REX-S-1200 rail loading system for the first time on Japanese Shinkansen routes. Market launch of the precision screwdriving machine 30.73 as an exhibition highlight at the InnoTrans in Berlin: concentrated screwdriving performance meets precise documentation.
Grinding made easy.
At the iaf trade fair, ROBEL is showing the new high-frequency grinding machines 13.49 and 13.63 for rail heads and points with a patented hybrid drive solution.
ROBEL turns green.
ROBEL receives environmental certification according to ISO 14001 and achieves silver level in the EcoVadis CSR rating.
ROBEL Holding GmbH
ROBEL France, ROBEL North America and Vogel & Plötscher become part of the ROBEL Group.
Foundation of ROBEL China
ROBEL Railway Engineering Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd is responsible for sales and service of the ROBEL product portfolio in China.
The league of specialists
With its participation in Schweerbau International, ROBEL Holding enters the process of rail processing.
