Frauscher Poland: the story of success continues
Frauscher has had its own location in Poland for more than 20 years. Today, the market puts great trust in the company's products. This successful course is now to be pursued even more intensively with a number of innovations.
"In our country, rail transport is an important component of the entire transport system. Comprehensive modernisation projects offer a lot of potential – and a number of exciting challenges," explains Andrzej Bartnik. He has been Managing Director of Frauscher Polska Sp. z o.o. since September 2018. Prior to that, he spent almost 22 years at Bombardier, where he held various positions up to the management level. He took part in the development of various products, such as line block systems, object controllers or level crossings. Additionally, he was active as Product Owner for axle counters. In 2012 he took on the role as Manager of the Wayside Products R&D department in Katowice, Poland and Plymouth, UK, before entering the world of Frauscher.
As Managing Director, Bartnik follows Janusz Mikolajczyk, who was appointed in 1998 by company founder Josef Frauscher as head of the Polish company representation and has since retired. "Poland has always been an important market for Frauscher. This is also reflected in the fact that this was the first location to be established outside Austria. The first office was in Warsaw. Today we can be found in Katowice - the Polish Silicon Valley. Janusz had a great instinct for the local railway market. He has put Frauscher Poland in a stable position," Andrzej is convinced and says: "This gives us a perfect starting point to further improve our standing in the market. Not only the approval for the use of the Frauscher Advanced Counter FAdC but also new products like the Frauscher Tracking Solutions FTS and the SENSiS system will help us. The contacts that Janusz and his team have made over the years also form a solid basis for further growth".
