TrackTec Focuses on Export

The extended delay in signing new contracts for railway investments has significantly impacted manufacturers of railway infrastructure products, as reported by the railway portal Railway Supply.

In the case of Track Tec SA orders, they accounted for approximately 30% of revenues, but after eight months of this year, they have grown to 42% and are primarily aimed at countries outside of Europe, says Krzysztof Niemiec, Vice President of the Management Board of Track Tec SA.

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Over the past few years, PLK’s railway investment expenditures have fluctuated around PLN 9 billion per year, according to RK. In 2021, they amounted to PLN 8.7 billion, and in 2022, PLN 9.3 billion. As a result, there are still PLN 25 billion to be spent within the perspective of 2014-2020.

This has led to a significant decrease in orders in the domestic market, but Track Tec has an advantage in systematically developing the export of its products.

“Railway sleepers used to dominate in terms of sales in the domestic market. Long-distance delivery reduced logistics costs. However, we have taken a series of actions, and our efforts have yielded concrete results. In the first 8 months of this year, we exported more than half of our sleeper production, surpassing 60% of export revenue from concrete production. We are currently in negotiations for further contracts,” said Krzysztof Niemiec, Vice President of the Management Board of Track Tec.

Track Tec expects domestic orders. Depending on their size, the company will take specific actions in terms of production organization.

However, Track Tec remembers the previous experience and the inconsistency in spending on railway investments in Poland in previously planned volumes, so it will not abandon the development of exports.

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