era-contact - Always the Right Connection

Contacts, contact and connection systems, electrical couplings and cable assemblies
Electromechanical devices for railway technology

As a technology and market leader of automatic electrical couplings and hand plugs for rail vehicles, era-contact (formerly FABEG) is the only manufacturer in the world to offer solutions for both the transmission of power and control signals and the transmission of Ethernet and fast Ethernet signals between trains.

Since the mid-1980s, alternative transmission media for the reliable transmission of signals with high data rates in demanding environmental conditions have been researched and developed. The result: era-contact is the only manufacturer of couplings in the world which can transmit high data rates in a reliable manner over the electrical coupling.

In addition to electrical couplings, era-contact offers custom-made solutions for vehicle wiring, electric control cabinets, and operator control panels. Our products are characterised by high quality and reliability, and therefore reach excellent life cycle cost (LCC) values. Adding to our quality standards by achieving IRIS (International Railway Industry Standard) is currently one of our management goals.