Koppers signs rail joint contracts with Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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Koppers Inc. has signed long-term contracts with Norfolk Southern (three years) and Union Pacific (five years) for bonded rail joint assemblies.

 

In addition to bonded rail joint assemblies, Koppers provides various other types of rail joint bar and track component products along with treated railroad crossties and other treated wood products and services to both NS and UP. Koppers produces the bonded rail joint assemblies at its facility located in Huntington, W.Va.

“These contracts will collectively represent more than a 20-percent year-over-year sales increase in our rail joint business and are a recognition of the quality products that we supply to this market. While our core focus in our railroad business continues to be the production of high-quality wooden crossties, we will continue to look for additional ways to build around that strength with other maintenance-of-way products and services,” said Thomas Loadman, senior vice president, railroad products and services.

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