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4/1/2021



Rail News: Railroading Supplier Spotlight

Rail supplier news from Wi-Tronix, Quasar, IMC, Kaleris and STV (April 1)


Belt Railway of Chicago will equip its locomotive fleet with Wi-Tronix's Violet Edge IoT Systems.
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Belt Railway Co. of Chicago will equip its locomotive fleet with Wi-Tronix's Violet Edge IoT Systems. Full deployment of the technology will include fuel-consumption and idle-reduction monitoring, incident investigation and mechanical-health status and alerts for high coupling forces. Those features, with a connected solution, enable fast, efficient response to emergency situations or incident investigations, according to a Wi-Tronix press release.

Quasar, an end-to-end supply chain visibility platform developed by Cando Rail Services, has signed an agreement with Shell Canada to implement the full Quasar platform within Shell's sulphur business. The agreement calls for installation of Quasar Lenz sensors, as well as full access to the Quasar platform to perform visualizations, mapping and analytics.

IMC Cos. has hired Sherrie Hollis as its first chief administrative officer. She has more than 20 years of experience in commercial finance in direct client management and leading client teams. Most recently, Hollis served as senior vice president and senior relationship manager for Bank of America. At IMC, she will manage human resources, safety, facilities and driver services.

Kaleris has launched Transport Analytics, a business-intelligence offering designed to increase enterprise analytics across the supply chain. Transport Analytics visualization insights and intuitive dashboards help users analyze large data sets, aggregate key performance indicators and quickly identify and manage exceptions to improve asset utilization, inventory turns and productivity, according to a Kaleris press release.

STV Inc. has promoted Paul McIlree to senior vice president. He will continue to serve as STV's design-build director. McIlree will oversee the firm's design-build efforts and implement best practices across commercial and business-development initiatives. Since he joined STV in 2016, McIlree has helped pursue and execute design-build initiatives, including the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's $1.3 billion Westside Purple Line Extension 3 stations and tunnel fit-out project.



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