Corporate Background

PANRAIL RAILWAY EQUIPMENT GESMBH began operations in 1998 when founded as a separate entity of the KOENIG GROUP, (a Vienna based high technology and metal trading company), as a joint venture with PANRAIL's management.

The initial partnership with the KOENIG GROUP, through its' subsidiary company ALU-KOENIG-STAHL, with annual sales exceeding $160 million and over 500 employees maintaining offices and operations in 9 different Central & Eastern European markets has been instrumental for Panrail´s rapid market entry.

Recently, as part of a management buyout, the management of Panrail has aquired the company in total and initiated a challenging and phased growth strategy.

From inception, Panrail rapidly expanded and accomplished several significant milestones. The company became a leader in the provision of rolling stock components in Austria, whilst also developing into the railway infrastructure market and establishing local professional partnerships in the key neighbouring territories of Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Croatia. Further expansion is taking place into Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.

As a network oriented commercial organisation, Panrail has in addition implemented supporting business partnerships in Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland, the USA, Brazil, South Africa, Jordan and the Near East, Northern Africa and Hong Kong.

Jointly with its globe spanning partner companies, Panrail disposes of a unique worldwide network related to rail transportation & technology. The next step in this evolution will consist of implemeting the network partnership as a separate corporate entity.

Panrail's rapid growth is attributed to a pragmatic business-to-business marketing development concept focussed on efficiently assisting Western, Southern and Northern European railway component manufacturers to enter the Central European market at minimum cost.