L.B. Foster completed the acquisition of Portec Rail Products, Inc. in mid December, 2010.
The company is now pleased to announce the rollout of a new business team focused on enhancing its global leadership position in wheel/rail interface solutions.
Under the direction of Kostas Papazoglou, Vice President, Global, L.B. Foster Friction Management, the new organisation will combine the talents of the personnel of former Portec Rail Products, Inc. businesses located in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, China and Australia into a single, worldwide team.
According to Mr. Papazoglou, “This team will rely on its world class wheel/rail interface expertise as a leading edge to create innovative, value based solutions to a growing global rail customer base, supported by industry recognised problem solving capabilities and applications specification and design competencies.
“It will drive these solutions with products, technologies, project management and performance verification to promote profitable revenue growth for L.B. Foster.”
