more than 50 years of history

1961 Foundation of the EKE Group in Finland

1986 EKE Group acquires KLT Electronics Oy, later renamed EKE-Electronics, an engineering company specialized in databus, robotics and automation. A young engineer joins EKE after leaving the Finnish Railways and recognizes the potential of using EKE automation technology in trains. The company starts to develop the EKE Trainnet® product range together with the Finnish Railways.

1987 The first EKE Trainnet® railway compliant gateways are developed.

1990 First international projects with the London Underground Central Line (TMS system) and cooperation with Bombardier Transportation. Today international projects represent more than 90% of EKE’s activities and Trainnet® systems are in in more than 30 countries.

1992 First Event Recorder and Speedometer deliveries.

1995 First tilting train system project

1996 First IEC 61375 standardized TCN trainbus gateway developed

1999 First system with online train-to-wayside connection (GSM)

2002 First Event Recorder delivery to high-speed trains

2004 First project with Alstom Transport

2005 ISO 9001 Certification

2007 First fully Ethernet-based TCMS worldwide delivered by EKE. The first project with Siemens Transportation took place the same year.

2008 First Event Recorder with Rugged Memory Module for Video and first TCN gateways with integrated Passenger Information Controller are delivered. First deliveries of Linux-based CPU-platform for improved system openness and performance.

2009 First project with Škoda Transportation.

2010 First IRIS Rev.02 Certification. First projects with Patentes Talgo.

2011 First Optical Ethernet Network for Metro Trains. First project with Vossloh.

2012 First SIL project competed and certified (EN50128). First deliveries of ETB (Ethernet Train Backbone) node solution.

2013 First SIL-2 certifications for EKE monitoring systems. Shanghai office opened.

2014 Mobile HMI and mobile PIS made available.

2016 Onboard Mobile Gateway with integrated LTE (3G, 4G), WiFi and GPS.

2016 Largest order to date from London Underground for DTS system.

2017 Partnership agreement signed with Sella Controls in United Kingdom.

2018 Downer-CRRC High Capacity Trains Melbourne project.

2019 Acquisition of Humaware, the UK-based predictive analytics company.

2019 Patentes Talgo Tren Hotel project.

2019 Cooperation agreement with VR FleetCare for development of bogie and track condition monitoring.

2020 Patentes Talgo DB project.

2020 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation makes strategic investment into EKE-Electronics Ltd.