Origins of global producer

The starting point of the KLW history  was over seventy years ago when the first railway wheel was produced at Interpipe NTRP mill.

The key dates in our history

1935 The first wheel rolled off the production line

1970 Ten millionth railway wheel produced

1972  New production line for railway wheels and tyres was launched

1979  Wheels under KLW brand started to be supplied across Easter Europe

1984  A major modernisation programme at railway wheels shop was introduced  

1990 The first supplies of KLW wheels in India and China

1999 Sales company KLW Wheelco was found in Switzerland

2000 Interpipe recognized as the largest railway wheels exporter

2002 - 2008 Interpipe implemented a full programme of significant investment to increase production capacities at the Interpipe NTRP mill

As a part of strategic investment program, Interpipe installed full profile railway wheel machining line of German company Hegenscheidt and automated non-destructive testing line.

The automated line includes four RQQ machines, the complex of inter-machine equipment (systems for loading and unloading of wheels) and manipulator.

The automated non-destructive testing line includes systems for loading and unloading of wheels, geometry control, mechanical hardening, ultrasonic, magnetic and hardness testing, bar-coding system.