William Baker, President and CEO of Irwin Car and Equipment, commented, “This acquisition enhances our transportation product line offering.  VECOM’s product broadens our current product portfolio, providing the customer one source for all their signaling requirements.”

VECOM USA’s products include Train to Wayside (TWC) communication systems, train digital warning systems (TDSG) and an Ethernet-based passenger information system.  TWC systems include VETAG (one-way) and VECOM (two-way) Train to Wayside, VETAG/VECOM Priority and Switch Control, VETAG/VECOM Depot Management. The train digital warning system alerts traffic and passengers when arriving and departing a stop and when crossing intersections. The Ethernet-based passenger information system includes LED signs, PA/Next Stop Announcements, and emergency intercom.  All VECOM USA products are Buy America compliant.

VECOM will continue to operate at its Tampa location as VECOM USA, a division of Irwin Transportation Products.  Irwin Transportation Products is an affiliate of Irwin Car and Equipment that specializes in rail switching systems, signals, and controls and equipment for transit, trolley, mining, and tunneling applications.

Irwin Transportation Products’ T-3 Switch Machine is ideal for single and double tongue applications, can be mounted between or outside of rails depending on application, and can be actuated with DC traction or rectified AC utility voltage. The company’s signals and controls aid in the smooth flow of traffic in shared automobile and trolley applications.

For more information, contact Tim Coomer, 813-901-5300 tcoomer@irwincar.com; Ken Fitzgibbon, 724-864-8900, ext. 204, kfitzgibbon@irwincar.com; or Dave Colussi, 705-522-9005, dcolussi@irwincar.com

About Irwin Car and Equipment:

Irwin Car and Equipment engineers and manufactures custom locomotives and heavy-duty material handling equipment for underground mining and tunneling operations. The company also supplies the mining industry with a wide selection of bulk and portable rock dusters, conveyor systems, specialty mining cars, mini scoops, belt winders, electric constant tension winches, mine ventilation systems, drills, man-trips, locomotives, diesel, hydraulic, water filtration systems, replacement filter elements, mine switches, signaling devices and replacement parts. Irwin’s product line for heavy industrial manufacturing includes transfer cars, furnace cars, ladle and scrap cars, scale cars, turntables, wheels, wheel assemblies, crane wheels, rubber-tired steerable trailers, transporters and AGVs.  Irwin Car and Equipment is headquartered in Irwin, PA, just 25 miles from Pittsburgh.

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“This transaction strengthens our ability in the industrial, rail and mining markets to rebuild and repair drive trucks with traction motors, captive industrial rail cars and locomotives, as well as idler trucks,” says William (Bill) Baker, president and CEO of Irwin Car and Equipment. “By integrating TMS’s experience and production capabilities with our operations, we are able to service more than 30 types of motors. Expanding our capabilities to include repairs and rebuilds for a wider variety of rail-based applications gives us the capacity to generate new business opportunities and accelerate turnaround time.”

Irwin’s acquisition of TMS is the latest in a string of purchases that has helped the company remain a single-source supplier of rail- and rubber tire-based material handling equipment, and related products and services. Over the past 15 years, Irwin has also bought TDT, a manufacturer of rock dusters and belt clamps; Track Switch Systems from IMPulse; the Energy Products Division from Schroeder Industries; Atlas Car; Phillips Mine & Mill; HDT (AGVs); and Lubick Trailers.

For more information, contact William (Bill) Baker, Irwin Car and Equipment, at 724.864.8900, e-mail wbaker@irwincar.com or visit www.irwincar.com.

About Irwin Car and Equipment

Irwin Car and Equipment engineers and manufactures custom heavy-duty material handling equipment for a wide array of industries and applications. The company’s products for industrial applications include locomotives, transfer cars, furnace cars, ladle and scrap cars, scale cars, turntables, wheels, wheel assemblies, crane wheels and sheaves, rubber-tired steerable trailers, transporters, scrap buckets, light-rail track/signaling devices, and AGVs.

Irwin’s mining-related products include low-boy carrier cars, supply cars, roof support cars, ballast cars, belt winders, constant tension winches, mobile mine ventilation systems, rock dust systems, drills, locomotives, personnel carriers, hydraulic and diesel filter systems, filter elements and replacement spare parts. Irwin Car and Equipment has been in business for more than 120 years and is headquartered in Irwin, PA, 25 miles from Pittsburgh.

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