A key focus on energy savings and environmental sustainability in the compressors technology, combined with the continuous research for improvements in quality and performance, convinced the Czech company CZ Loko, Europe’s second largest locomotive supplier, to choose Mattei as partner.
CZ Loko accounts for more than 750 employees in Europe, most of them in the production plants in Česká Trebová and Jihlava, whilst they also have branches in both Italy and Poland. “Our collaboration with Mattei began with the modernization of the 753.7 locomotive series for our Italian customers – explains Jan Kutálek, business and purchasing director at CZ Loko – so we were looking for a local, reliable compressor supplier. We came across Mattei and since then, the growth in the collaboration has been exponential and has increasingly strengthened, as the Mattei compressors continue to prove themselves and are able to adapt perfectly to our every need”.
The rise in the share of the European railway market started when the company showed how the quality of rotary vane technology outperformed the most common screw compressors in the sector’s applications, enabling for example the pneumatic systems to be ready to use much quicker than they would be using a screw compressor on-board.
Among the principal factors that persuaded CZ Loko to chose to rely on Mattei were also the low operating speeds, the simplicity of design, along with the ease of maintenance. These characteristics allowed the manufacturer to design solutions to meet varying requirements: mechanically driven or using auxiliary hydraulic circuits, and especially nowadays in the field of electric motors. Last but not least: “The added-value from Mattei comes from the employees, both from a professional and personal point of view – concludes Dočkal -. That’s why we’re so happy to be able to work with the Mattei staff, who with their expertise and friendliness enriches us not only technically but also personally”.