Company Profile

SMA Railway Technology GmbH has been your dependable partner, providing innovative and high energy solutions for railway vehicles, for more than 20 years. Behind the SMA Railway Technology GmbH is a highly motivated team with many years' extensive experience in the field of railway technology, developing high tech products with a high degree of innovation that meet your specific demands - quickly and reliably.

The product spectrum ranges from individual devices such as battery chargers or climate control inverters through to complete power systems for railway coaches and multiple units. The latest innovative technology and outstanding robustness ensures that the systems have a high reliability.

Local and long distance rail-based transport systems are equipped with our technologically outstanding power electronic components and systems. Whether you think of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, the TGV or the São Paulo metro – today more than 4,000 railway vehicles worldwide are in operation that use systems from SMA.

Do you want customized solutions of high quality - and this all from one source? With our modular product platform and an experienced research and development team, we are happy to take up the challenge. With the aid of modern tools, we can plan the power supply of railway carriages and whole trains virtually, and then configure customised innovative solutions. Naturally enough, close coordination and communication with our customers are an integral part of our partner projects.

SMA Railway Technology GmbH grew out of the Bahntechnik (railway technology) Division of SMA Solar Technology AG, and it has been operating as a 100 % subsidiary since June 2008. The parent company, with thirteen international branch offices on four continents develops and distributes solar inverters and currently employs more than 5,000 staff.

SMA is particularly proud of its many national and international awards for outstanding corporate management. The high level of employee satisfaction is reflected in the extraordinary quality of SMA products – both in the field of solar technology, as well as railway technology!

Facts and Figures

Headquarters: Kassel

Founded: 2008 (spin-off of the Railway Technology Division of SMA Technologie AG)

Number of Employees: 230


Turnover: 30 Mio. Euros (2009)

Product areas: Railway Technology, innovative auxiliary power supply for rolling stock

General Management:
Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Berger
Dipl.-Ing. Birgit Wilde
Dipl.-Ing. Dirk Wimmer