Under Control
UniControls, headquartered in Prague, supplies control systems and electronic equipment for the railway sector and industry applications. The company has just signed a framework contract with the Austrian Federal Railways for the delivery of energy meters, in line with its ambition to become a leading, internationally recognised supplier in its line of business. Romana Moares reports.
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rom its foundation in early 1991, UniControls has focused on providing comprehensive system solutions for the most demanding of customer requirements – first in the area of industrial automation, later in the railway sector. In the mid-1990s the company became a supplier of the Train Control and Monitoring System for the renovated trains of the Prague underground and continued to grow. The beginning of the new millennium was the time when UniControls managed to penetrate export markets on a larger scale, not only in Europe but also overseas. “We have become a member of a number of international associations and co-created the new industry standards applied today in the railway sector,” says UniControls CEO Antonín Felber. “And we, of course, have continued to develop our products in line with these standards as well as with the latest trends.” This focus on innovation was internationally recognised in 2015, when UniControls was awarded the Ruban d‘Honneur prize as the most dynamic innovative company in Europe, within the European Business Awards. The company has an in-house R&D facility and production sites in Prague and Zlin. It owns two major subsidiaries: UniControls–Tramex based in Blansko and ZPA Industry in Karlovy Vary. Overall, the company employs about 230 people.
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