Rail & Trucking Equipment Manufacturing Industry Competitors

Nippon Sharyo keeps chugging along. The company has three main segments; its largest manufactures trains, including cars for the shinkansen (the world-famous Japanese high-speed bullet train), and other transportation equipment such as railway freight cars, light rail vehicles, and subway trains....

You won't find A & K Railroad Materials next to B&O Railroad on a Monopoly board, but you will find the company's products all over the railroad. A & K Railroad Materials sells a multitude of railroad supplies, including steel and wood railroad ties and tie plugs, landscaping railroad ties (reclaimed), frogs (supporting plates used to guide rail wheels at crossings), guard rails, switches and switch components (braces, clips, and plates), rails, and rail tools....

No traffic, no driving, no waiting, no parking headaches, and no crowded trains. That just about sums up the promise of ULTra, the commuter system from Advanced Transport Systems (ATS). ULTra -- which stands for Urban Light Transport -- will use four-person cars to carry passengers non-stop any place on a guideway network....

American Railcar Industries doesn't make the little engine that could or the little red caboose -- just the cars that go in between. The company is a leading manufacturer of covered hopper cars, used for dry bulk commodities, and tank cars, used for liquid and compressed bulk commodities....

Balfour Beatty Rail Inc., formerly Marta Track Constructors, is the US unit of the UK's Balfour Beatty Rail Limited (which itself is a subsidiary of UK-based Balfour Beatty plc) Balfour Beatty Rail Inc....

Business is always tanking for China International Marine Containers (CIMC). The company is the world's largest tank container manufacturer and also makes trailers and other road transport equipment and airport ground-handling equipment for global shipping and leasing companies....

Coal keeps FreightCar America in the black. The company designs and makes railroad freight cars, more than 95% of which are aluminum-bodied coal-carrying cars. FreightCar America claims leadership in the North American market for coal-carrying cars. Other products include coil steel cars, flatcars, intermodal cars, mill gondola cars, and motor vehicle carriers....

Some Great Danes have an all American heritage. Great Dane is one of the largest manufacturers of truck trailers in North America. The company makes standard dry freight trailers, refrigerated trailers (reefers), and platform, or flatbed, trailers. Great Dane has manufacturing plants in the US and sales, parts, and service centers across the US, Canada, Mexico, and South America....

Hyundai Translead is content to trail behind. The Hyundai Motor subsidiary manufactures refrigerated (reefer) and dry-freight van trailers and domestic containers, as well as container chassis. Hyundai Translead containers are made per the specifications of customers....

Don't look for car batteries here. Through its subsidiaries, Illinois Auto Electric (IAE) distributes industrial, railroad, and trucking equipment and small engines. The company's IAE Power Products unit supplies industrial and railroad power equipment from a variety of manufacturers; it also remanufactures and sells locomotive components....

If you have a regal cargo to haul, Load King Trailers may be parked in your driveway. The company, a division of heavy duty vehicle manufacturer Terex Corporation, makes trailers for industrial customers. Its trailers include bottom dump and a whole host goosenecks (folding tail, rail, walking beam suspension, tag, and custom varieties)....

For the gas and oil industries, this company is the real McCoy. Through its Farr Canada subsidiary, McCoy manufactures and distributes hydraulic power tongs for use on drilling rigs. Its Scona Trailer Manufacturing unit makes lowboys, flat decks, step decks, and oilfield floats....

Everyone knows it's hard to stop a train, but that doesn't discourage New York Air Brake. The company makes brakes and related train-control equipment; it also provides repair services and replacement parts. New York Air Brake is a unit of Germany's Knorr-Bremse, a major manufacturer of braking systems for both trucks and trains....

Polar believes there's something cool about trailers. Through its Polar Tank Trailer subsidiary, the company makes tank trailers used to haul chemicals, construction materials, dry bulk goods, food, petroleum, and specialty items. The company's Polar Service Centers unit provides parts and service and sells used trailers through a network of centers located in the eastern US....

Portec Rail Products wants to stay on the right track. The company operates through four main product groups: Railway Maintenance Products (railroad track components and friction management products), Shipping Systems (railroad load securement systems), Portec Rail Nova Scotia (rail anchors, spikes, and friction management products for Canadian railroads), and Portec Rail Products (UK, material handling and railway friction management products)....

When the big doors close on a commercial trailer or shipping container, Powerbrace wants to be there. The company makes heavy-duty door-securing products, including lockrods and compression latches, hinges, and related parts such as cams and keepers. (A lockrod -- you've seen them, even if you didn't know what they were called -- runs from top to bottom on the back of a trailer and, together with a compression latch, secures the door to the frame.) Powerbrace products are sold through distributors in the US, Mexico, and Germany....

If "progress" means moving forward, then Progress Rail Services keeps North America's railroad industry on the progress track. Progress Rail Services provides such services as rail and trackwork components, rail welding, rail flaw detection, grade-crossing safety devices, railcar and locomotive repair and leasing, new and reconditioned railcar and locomotive parts, and railcar dismantling....

Singamas makes the stuff that delivers all the stuff other people make. From its factories in China and Indonesia, the company makes shipping containers and container parts. It also operates container depots and terminals as well as a mid-stream operation (unloading ships mid-harbor) and logistics company....

Standard Steel makes wheels and axles for the railway industry. Its products are used on freight railcars, locomotives, and passenger railcars. Customers include Class I railroads, freight car manufacturers, railcar and locomotive maintenance providers, as well as Amtrak....

Trailmobile wants to be the trail boss of your next long-haul trip. The company is a leading manufacturer of dry van trailers. The company's Trailmobile Parts & Service unit also distributes an extensive line of trailer parts through two distribution centers in the US and Canada....