Who manufacturers AEI equipment, who are the added value distributors?
The AAR, in starting the rail AEI project, selected AMTECH Logistics to be the manufacturer and supplier of AEI technology. To increase competition and speed of development, the AAR mandated that AMTECH set up a value added distributorship program. AMTECH was discouraged from dealing directly with the railroads and encouraged to participate in the development of AEI systems. Value added distributors had the responsibility to combine supporting technology with the ability to read tags to produce a wayside consist reporting system.
