Dellner


Dellner is a Swedish manufacturer of rail vehicle and other industrial components including couplers, dampers and brakes.

History

Dellner was founded in 1941 by Jan Dellner, who established a factory in Sweden making automatic couplers.
In 2009, the company acquired UK train gangway coupler manufacturer Woodville. In 2019, it was purchased by EQT Partners.

Company Structure

The group's subsidiary are held by Dellner Invest, and as of 2015 includes Dellner ; and Dellner Components ; and a 'Dellner Industrial' subholding including : Dellner Dampers ; Dellner Brakes ; Dellner Woodville.

Railway coupling

Dellner manufactures a version of the Scharfenberg coupler, connecting vehicle, pneumatics and electronics at the same time. The patented energy absorption D-BOX technology allows coupling at speeds of up to with no structural damage, and up to with deformation but with the vehicles remaining on track. The patented D-REX system provides Ethernet high speed data connection at speeds of 100 Mbit/s.