It All Comes Down to the Right Signals.
Public transportation can only function effectively if signal systems and traffic lights ensure that traffic flows as smoothly as possible. For good reason, numerous cities and municipalities rely on robust, maintenance-free, durable, reliable, and therefore cost-effective poles made of glass-fiber-reinforced plastic (GFRP). With decades of experience in the field of GRP pole construction, FUCHS Europoles GRP has long been driving progress on rail and road. Our GRP products are right at home even at airports. We are all the more pleased about the numerous projects in which these poles have been used—such as those planned for 2026 in Nuremberg, Stuttgart, and Regensburg.
Tried and True Everywhere
As of this year, the Franconian metropolis has added another 22 GRP signal poles and two streetlight poles for the tram system. Designed and manufactured in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate, the poles had a very short delivery route, and the on-site installation team had an easy time installing them. Throughout the city, the signal poles come from Neumarkt’s “World of Poles and Towers.” The latest contract for the tram extension on Minervastraße in Nuremberg demonstrates that the quality has proven itself. Regensburg, too, relies on fiberglass-reinforced plastic for its numerous traffic light poles.
The state capital of Stuttgart also relies on FUCHS. This isn’t limited to the Stuttgart 21 project, for which we have produced and delivered numerous catenary poles made of centrifugal concrete in recent years. The city has now placed an order for twelve signal poles in Neumarkt, and six more are going to the SSB transit authority. “I am very pleased that we so often supply our long-standing customers with our GRP products. This shows that our clients are just as convinced of GRP and its benefits as we are. „, summarizes Alexander Buchner, Key Account Manager at FUCHS Europoles GFK.
Opposites United
Unlike steel poles, GRP poles combine product characteristics that seem almost contradictory: Because of the material they’re made of, they are relatively lightweight, yet resistant to de-icing salts and sulfates. Thanks to a special manufacturing process involving high centrifugal forces and the addition of a high-strength adhesive, the poles are very robust; however, in the event of an impact, they break without producing sparks, which is one reason they are used at airports, among other places. Additionally, the GRP material is electrically non-conductive.
Public transportation can only function effectively if signal systems and traffic lights ensure that traffic flows as smoothly as possible. For good reason, numerous cities and municipalities rely on robust, maintenance-free, durable, reliable, and therefore cost-effective poles made of glass-fiber-reinforced plastic (GFRP). With decades of experience in the field of GRP pole construction, FUCHS Europoles GRP has long been driving progress on rail and road. Our GRP products are right at home even at airports. We are all the more pleased about the numerous projects in which these poles have been used—such as those planned for 2026 in Nuremberg, Stuttgart, and Regensburg.
Tried and True Everywhere
As of this year, the Franconian metropolis has added another 22 GRP signal poles and two streetlight poles for the tram system. Designed and manufactured in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate, the poles had a very short delivery route, and the on-site installation team had an easy time installing them. Throughout the city, the signal poles come from Neumarkt’s “World of Poles and Towers.” The latest contract for the tram extension on Minervastraße in Nuremberg demonstrates that the quality has proven itself. Regensburg, too, relies on fiberglass-reinforced plastic for its numerous traffic light poles.
The state capital of Stuttgart also relies on FUCHS. This isn’t limited to the Stuttgart 21 project, for which we have produced and delivered numerous catenary poles made of centrifugal concrete in recent years. The city has now placed an order for twelve signal poles in Neumarkt, and six more are going to the SSB transit authority. “I am very pleased that we so often supply our long-standing customers with our GRP products. This shows that our clients are just as convinced of GRP and its benefits as we are. „, summarizes Alexander Buchner, Key Account Manager at FUCHS Europoles GFK.
Opposites United
Unlike steel poles, GRP poles combine product characteristics that seem almost contradictory: Because of the material they’re made of, they are relatively lightweight, yet resistant to de-icing salts and sulfates. Thanks to a special manufacturing process involving high centrifugal forces and the addition of a high-strength adhesive, the poles are very robust; however, in the event of an impact, they break without producing sparks, which is one reason they are used at airports, among other places. Additionally, the GRP material is electrically non-conductive.