Railway test & Research. (World Market).

From: International Railway Journal | Date: April 1, 2001 | Copyright information

Sulzer-Escher Wyss, Germany, has won a DM 13 million ($US 6.1 million) contract to supply thermal equipment for Railway Test & Research's new Vienna facility designed to study the st...

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