Overview
US rail equipment and technology. Freight locomotives, brakes, and digital solutions. Public company (NYSE: WAB).
Reality check
Segments (company-claimed)
Freight (Equipment, Components, Services, Digital Intelligence) and Transit (Equipment and Aftermarket Services).
Scale (company-claimed)
$11.2B in 2025 revenue, operations in 50+ countries and about 31,000 employees (over 27,000 in other page copy).
Installed base (company-claimed)
More than 24,000 locomotives in the global installed base.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Wabtec has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
Most recent
- Wabtec x Vale (PTC Railway Signaling)2026-07-16with Valeoperating
- with Rajantoperating
Wabtec on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Rafael Santaro CEO
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Wabtec.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Wabtec in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names Wabtec.
People (1)
Partnerships
5 total · 5 operating
Every company Wabtec has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Wabtec x Vale (PTC Railway Signaling)2026-07-16with Valeoperating
- with Rajantoperating
All 5 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Wabtec x Penn State (Railway R\u0026D Partnership)withPenn State Universitydevelopment—operating
- wabtec x nvidiawithNVIDIA132technology—operating
- technology—operating
- deployment2026-07-16operating
- technology2018-07-31operating
Timeline
Every recorded move in Wabtec’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipWabtec x Vale (PTC Railway Signaling)
2026-07-16Vale and Wabtec signed an agreement to implement Positive Train Control (PTC) signaling technology on the Carajas and Vitoria-Minas railways in Brazil. The project involves approximately R1 billion investment with phased implementation through 2031 using Wabtec I-ETMS technology.
PartnershipWabtec x Rajant (Wireless Rail Technology)
2018-07-31Wabtec made a minority equity investment in Rajant and formed a strategic partnership to accelerate wireless mesh networking technology for the global rail industry. The partnership leverages both companies resources to bring secure communications to rail operations.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
Wabtec logo
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Wabtec.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Wabtec from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Rail supplier news from Siemens, L.K. Comstock, Wabtec, HDR and Intramotev
Robot railcar tech firm adds former Wabtec CEO
The Hitmaking Harmonies of Wabtec in the Czech Republic
Latest locomotive procurements and supplies: Stadler, Wabtec, Windhoff, Kambarka plant
A Future With Autonomous Trains?
Wabtec completes $1.78B acquisition of Evident's Inspection Technologies Division
Wabtec Debuts New Rail Technology at Railway Interchange 2025
Wabtec tests autonomous rail vehicle Maverick
Wabtec unveils prototype of battery-powered autonomous locomotive
Pittsburgh-based Wabtec is transforming freight trains
Wabtec Transforms Freight Rail with AI and Autonomous Technology
Wabtec shows off what could be rail products of the future
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/wabtec.md
- RSS feed: /companies/wabtec/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/e548c176-2548-4a3f-8ace-38652609e0b0
- Revision history: /companies/wabtec/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Video
In the latest episode of Cutting Chai Stories, our guest speaker, Kopal Sarin Raj, Vice President, Information Technology, CIO, Wabtec, shares the experiences,
Heat Index
Serious60/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Wabtec draws attention at the 73rd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 3, 2026