Vossloh opens Sannahed switch plant with capacity of 900 a year

Vossloh inaugurated a new switch plant at Sannahed, between Kumla and Hallsberg, on 20 May 2026, where it uses an automated assembly line with robot-assisted sleeper laying for the first time; capacity is up to 900 switches a year. The plant replaces the Örebro site, where switches for the Swedish and Nordic networks had been made since 1914, and infrastructure minister Andreas Carlson called it Sweden's first new switch factory in over a century; the report gives no investment or employment figures. (LOK Report, 20 May 2026) Update (20 May 2026): Vossloh has commissioned its new switch plant in Sannahed, Sweden, replacing the Örebro site. (LOK Report, 20 May 2026)