Recycled plastic and plastic composite technologies leader AXION International Holdings announced it has received a purchase order from Edmonton Light Rail Transit, a new customer, for ECOTRAX specialty rail ties. Edmonton Light Rail Transit will utilize AXION’s composite rail ties – made from the company’s patented, 100% recycled plastic formulation – where the transit line’s rail tracks intersect with roads.
More than 150,000 pounds of plastic was removed from the landfill stream and converted into high-performance ties in filling this purchase order. Impervious to insect infestation, ECOTRAX rail ties will also not rot or absorb moisture. The ties meet and exceed all specifications of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association and are tested continuously at third-party laboratories and in track.
Edmonton Light Rail Transit will be AXION’s third Canadian customer, joining the numerous transit lines throughout the world that have installed ECOTRAX.
In contrast with traditional wood ties, ECOTRAX ties offer unique benefits and advantages for cold northern climates. Salt, which is regularly used for road safety in heavy snowfall and ice formation during winter months, can damage and reduce the life of traditional wood ties when it becomes entrapped under road crossings. ECOTRAX ties, however, are fully resistant to salt. Because they’re not porous and do not absorb moisture, ECOTRAX ties also stand up to freeze-thaw cycles, during which water gets into wood, freezes and then thaws again – resulting in the weakening and rapid deterioration of traditional wood ties. Offering longevity, ECOTRAX provides customers with a higher ROI as well as the added environmental benefits of recycling plastic waste and reducing the harvesting of trees.
“We are pleased to have the opportunity to work with Edmonton on their first purchase order of ECOTRAX ties, which are engineered to deliver high value and durability – particularly in road crossing applications in northern climates,” said AXION’s ECOTRAX Sales Manager Cory Burdick.
“We’re encouraged by the number of new customers purchasing and installing ECOTRAX,” added AXION President and CEO Steve Silverman. “The ROI metrics of our composite ties are becoming very clear to purchasing decision makers. With every purchase order, we display AXION’s capacity to consistently manufacture product to the highest specifications in the industry and deliver on, or ahead of, schedule.”
A green technology company, AXION is engaged in transforming waste plastics into structural building materials. Utilizing consumer and industrial plastics that are 100% recycled, AXION develops, markets, and sells its recycled structural composite products through its ECOTRAX composite rail tie and STRUXURE building material product lines. AXION provides tested and proven superior green solutions for infrastructure needs throughout the world – from the railroading industry to the military and global engineering firms.
For more information, visit www.AXIH.com
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