The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. today announced the opening of the GBSummit railcar axle machining facility. Jointly owned by Greenbrier and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, the 80,000 square foot facility in San Bernardino, California features advanced automation and performs railcar axle machining, in addition to comprehensive axle services including inspection and cleaning, finishing, machining, and downsizing.
GBSummit can currently produce up to 12,000 axles per year and deliver them to freight car owners located across North America. GBSummit will grow its axle production to 50,000 axles per year over the next 36 months.
Rick Turner, Senior Vice President and leader of Greenbrier's Wheels & Parts unit, said the new facility “supports the growth we see in intermodal rail activity, the largest of all rail loading categories, where loadings have increased steadily in 2017, up 2.4 percent year-to-date.”