Lucchini Sidermeccanica
Among the Companies of Lucchini Group, Lucchini Sidermeccanica is an internationally recognised brand name in the design and manufacture of a full range of railway products including solid and resilient wheels, axles and wheelset subassemblies complete with axle boxes, brake discs and gear unit to suit the most challenging applications. Headquartered in Brescia, with main workshop in Lovere, Lucchini Sidermeccanica has an international manufacturing presence with production facilities in Manchester (Lucchini UK), Surahammar (Lucchini Sweden) and Varsawa (Lucchini Poland).
By means of the total control of the production processes, from initial concept to finished products and long term maintenance, through steel making, hot/cold processing plants and full scale testing, Lucchini Sidermeccanica is able to provide integrated system solutions to the fast-developing railway technology. Lucchini Sidermeccanica contribution to help railways in their efforts to cut wheel noise is substantiated in the development of web damped solid wheels, resilient wheels and tailor made absorbers for urban, freight, and high speed operations.