The main activity is the development and production of rail construction and setting devices for tram transport. Pražská strojírna a.s. provides complete service of setting devices such as tram switches
Pražská strojírna a. s. is a company with a long tradition of engineering production since the beginning of the 19th century, when the Thomas brothers built a factory for steam and work machines in the building of a former spinning mill in Švábky in Libeň.
In 1850, another entrepreneur, Joseph John Ruston, an experienced manufacturer of ships and steam engines, acquired the machine works. Under Ruston’s leadership, production continued to expand and his river boats and steam shovels were gradually exported to Russia, Turkey, Romania and Germany.
Present time
The main activity is the development and production of rail construction and setting devices for tram transport. Pražská strojírna a.s. provides complete service of setting devices which is complemented by additional complements, such as tram switches with flexible switch blades in various modifications according to customer requirements, heating of switches, track drainage and other engineering production. Its own development team is thus ready to solve even the most complex problems in the field of urban and suburban rail transport and, with a fleet of mobile welding workshops, is able to solve various repairs and replacements directly in the field.
Pražská strojírna a.s. supplies these products for the needs of its parent company to Prague Public Transit Company, which is its main customer, but also to other transport companies in the Czech Republic. However, the export market, which has expanded considerably in recent years, is also important. The products of Pražská strojírna a.s. can be found in Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Australia, Russia, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Slovakia, Hungary, Estonia, Denmark and other countries.