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transport infrastructure ZUE, a capital group from Krakow, is one of Poland’s leaders in public transport infrastructure construction. It is focused on the railway and urban rail and energy sectors, bringing together companies with design, trade, production and implementation capabilities.
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UE Group is a general contractor whose main scope of activity is focused on designing and delivering comprehensive tram line and railway construction systems. It also executes the whole accompanying infrastructure including the earth works, railway beds, drainage systems, as well as engineering and building stations. The group provides complete services in terms of the construction and modernisation of power systems for the entire tram line infrastructure, as well as the construction and modernisation of the tram and train catenary network. The scope of the ZUE Group’s business also includes the provision of services for the maintenance of city infrastructure systems (tracks, catenary, powering systems, lighting).
A story of success ZUE Group is a private business which was founded in 1991. Initially, the company operated in the electronics and radio communication industry. The extension of its activities into the field of power electronics, energy and traction works took place in 1994. Two years later, ZUE established a cooperation agreement with SIEMENS AG, based in Vienna. 80 Industry Europe
As a result, new technologies (such as modern WS90E tram driver switches) have been introduced into the Polish market. In 1997, ZUE saw its first major success with the design and construction of a catenary section made entirely using Western technology. ZUE was the first company in Poland to accomplish such a task. Following this, the company built Poland’s first underground power supply substation for tramways. In 2000–2001, it acquired shares in a track and road maintenance company. In 2014 it entered a new business segment: the design and construction of power transmission lines. Together with its Croatian partner, ZUE carried out the construction of a 400 kV line with a total contract value of PLN 469 million (more than €100 million). In the same year, ZUE and its Slovakian partner acquired a contract in Kosice, Slovakia, worth more than €33 million. Today, ZUE Group consists of five companies: ZUE SA, the parent company; Biuro Projektow Komunikacyjnych (Communication Design Office) in Poznan; Railway Technology International; Railway Technology International Germany GmbH, and Railway gft Polska. In 2017 the group’s revenues exceeded PLN 465 million (€110
