Pandrol

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Pandrol Ltd

Company type	Private company
Industry	Manufacturing
Headquarters	Colombes, France
Products	Rail fastenings, aluminothermic welding, equipment and electrification
Net income	£60.9 million[1]
Parent	Delachaux Group
Website	pandrol.com

Pandrol is a global railway infrastructure equipment and technology company. It is presently a member of the Delachaux Group and based in Colombes, France and has 1,700 employees globally in over 40 locations. Pandrol has sold its various products to over 400 railway systems around the world.

The company was founded as the Elastic Rail Spike Company (ERS) in London during 1937 to produce and sell an innovative rail fastening developed by the German engineer, Max Rüping. In the subsequent decades, it focused on the development and manufacture of such fastenings for securing rails to railway ties, being awarded numerous patents for this work. During the 1950s, the Norwegian railways engineer, Per Pande-Rolfsen, designed the Pandrol clip. This product became so successful that, in 1972, the business was renamed Pandrol.

Over time, the company had branched out into other product lines and activities, including maintenance personnel training, and the design and manufacture of tooling and other equipment to make the construction and maintenance of railways easier and more efficient.^[2] In 2003, the company was acquired by the French conglomerate Delachaux [fr]. On 17 November 2017, all entities under Delachaux were unified under the Pandrol identity. During the 21st century, it has expanded considerably in Asia, a large portion of this growth coming from the Pandrol Rahee Technologies joint venture with the Indian railway manufacturer Rahee.