{"id":4030,"date":"2026-04-01T10:32:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/?p=4030"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:59:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:59:32","slug":"strategic-exchange-on-the-future-of-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/blog\/2026\/04\/01\/strategic-exchange-on-the-future-of-rail\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Exchange on the Future of Rail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p class=\"ffb-id-pk3copb fg-paragraph text-center    fg-text-dark\"><\/p><style><\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2ski5oak fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2ski5oam fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-6 fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"ffb-id-2ski7208 fg-paragraph ff-richtext text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Graz, Martin Joch (CEO of PJ Messtechnik) recently met with Andreas Matth&auml; (CEO of &Ouml;BB) and Andreas Schaller (CEO of Boom Software).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The discussions focused on automation and digitalisation as key levers for addressing the shortage of skilled workers and ensuring more efficient, safer rail freight transport.<\/p>\n<p>Another central topic was the INFRATRACK Solutions project: since autumn 2025, the site of the Mellach power plant has been successfully used as a modern test environment for rolling stock. This \"Green Project\" highlights the innovative strength of Styria as a business location and the sustainable use of existing infrastructure for the mobility of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo from left to right: Martin Joch (CEO PJ Messtechnik), Andreas Matth&auml; (CEO &Ouml;BB), Andreas Schaller (BOOM Software)<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-86c3slst fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-6 fg-text-dark\"><a class=\"ffb-id-8smuotg6 responsive-image-wrapper fg-text-dark\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HWL3MkI9YZ4\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Martin_Joch_Andreas_Mattha_Andreas_Schaller.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/freshizer\/742d0d395496f44ad2f2a49e6fb32af2_Martin_Joch_Andreas_Mattha_Andreas_Schaller-320-c-100.jpg 320w, https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/freshizer\/742d0d395496f44ad2f2a49e6fb32af2_Martin_Joch_Andreas_Mattha_Andreas_Schaller-768-c-100.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/freshizer\/742d0d395496f44ad2f2a49e6fb32af2_Martin_Joch_Andreas_Mattha_Andreas_Schaller-992-c-100.jpg 992w\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"  class=\"fg-image  img-responsive full-width\"  src=\"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Martin_Joch_Andreas_Mattha_Andreas_Schaller.jpg\"  alt=\"Martin_Joch_Andreas_Matth\u00e4_Andreas_Schaller\"  title=\"\"   =\"\" ><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-86c3slst{ padding-bottom: 20px;}@media (min-width:768px) { .ffb-id-86c3slst{ padding-bottom: 20px;}}@media (min-width:992px) { .ffb-id-86c3slst{ padding-bottom: 20px;}}@media (min-width:1200px) { .ffb-id-86c3slst{ padding-bottom: 20px;}}.ffb-id-8smuotg6{ padding-bottom: 20px;}@media (min-width:768px) { .ffb-id-8smuotg6{ padding-bottom: 20px;}}@media (min-width:992px) { .ffb-id-8smuotg6{ padding-bottom: 20px;}}@media (min-width:1200px) { .ffb-id-8smuotg6{ padding-bottom: 20px;}}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[584,588,210,310,605,591,398,586,106,555,589,51,110,587,601,604,606,322,479,443,39,539,554,590,607,67],"class_list":["post-4030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-accredited-test-enter","tag-acoustic-measurements","tag-acoustics","tag-aerodynamics","tag-andreas-mattha","tag-brake-tests","tag-calculation","tag-connecting-railway","tag-construction","tag-dynamic-track-tests","tag-emc-measurements","tag-engineering","tag-fatigue-strength","tag-instrumentation","tag-magazine-eisenbahn-ingenieur","tag-nafems","tag-obb","tag-optimisation","tag-pantograph","tag-pj-messtechnik","tag-pjm","tag-static-tests","tag-test-center-according-to-iso-iec-17025","tag-testing","tag-trends-eisenbahn","tag-vehicle-dynamics","post-wrapper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4032,"href":"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030\/revisions\/4032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pjm.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}