Hitachi to acquire Omnicom rail asset monitoring technology business – Railway Gazette

By Railway Gazette International2025-01-17T15:00:00+00:00
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INTERNATIONAL: Hitachi Rail has agreed to acquire Balfour Beatty’s rail asset monitoring technology business Omnicom. Hitachi said this would form a ‘key strategic pillar’ of the Hyper Mobility Asset Expert platform launched at InnoTrans 2024.
Derby-based Omnicom provides hardware and software for surveying, inspecting and monitoring rail infrastructure assets. Its monitoring systems can be installed on trains, and it uses edge computing and machine learning to provide near real-time anomaly detection on tracks.
‘Plugging Omnicom’s pioneering track monitoring tools into our digital asset management platform will further strengthen our global offer to optimise customers’ rail services and the surrounding infrastructure’, Hitachi Rail CEO Giuseppe Marino said on January 17. ‘New technological solutions such as our HMAX platform demonstrate the power of AI to enhance the performance of our railway infrastructure and systems.’
Managing Director of Balfour Beatty’s UK Rail business Mick Rayner said ‘in order to capitalise on its unique technological solutions to the rail market, Omnicom requires an owner with a truly global reach and a complementary culture. Hitachi’s acquisition will further enable Omnicom to leverage its capabilities and apply its expertise in the rail and digital technology sectors in both the US and European markets.’
2024-10-04T11:00:00Z By Railway Gazette International
INNOTRANS: Backed by a partnership with processor specialist Nvidia, Hitachi Rail has launched its HMAX condition monitoring suite, which has a strong focus on using revenue-earning vehicles to collect data and edge computing to process it rapidly. Nick Kingsley spoke with Hitachi Rail’s Koji Agatsuma when the product was launched at InnoTrans.
2016-09-30T11:23:00Z By Railway Gazette International
UK: Balfour Beatty announced its acquisition of video and laser infrastructure asset inspection specialist Omnicom Engineering on September 30. Omnicom Engineering’s products include OmniVision, which combines high resolution on-train cameras and pattern recognition software capable of operating at up to 160 km/h to replace manual track inspection. At InnoTrans 2016 …
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