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Accessibility and Window Products

Mission
To demonstrate Ricon Corporations leadership, value and performance
in the global Personal, Commercial and Transit industry segments by
providing the most innovative, safe, and reliable vehicle accessibility
solutions and window systems.

Quality Policy
Ricon is dedicated to meeting customer expectations through customer focus,
leadership in manufacturing and technology, involvement of people and supplier
development. Ricon is committed to a quality management system that uses a
system based management process where continuous improvements support
Ricon toward a profitable and secure future.

Ricon History

Founded in 1971
Introduced Dual Parallel Arm Lift 1987
Introduced Mirage Under-Vehicle Lift 1994
Acquired All-American Transit Parts (ramps) - 1999
Acquired Stuart & Stevenson Lift Division - 2004
Acquired Transit Care Window Products 2005
Acquired by Wabtec June 2007

Worldwide Installed Base

Ricon Produces approximately 17,000 accessibility system units and 1,700
urban transit bus windows sets per year.
Personal Mobility and Light Commercial
Europe & Asia Nearly 30,000 units currently in service
North America Over 75,000 units currently in service
Urban Transit and Motor Coach
Europe & Asia Nearly 1,500 units currently in service
North America Over 10,000 units currently in service
Worldwide Rail Systems
Over 1,600 units currently in service

Personal and Light Commercial Access:

School Bus

Personal Vehicle Access

Paratransit

Adaptive Driving Aids

Transit Bus Access Solutions:

Low-floor

Coach
High-floor

Transit Rail Access Solutions:

Express Automatic Bridge Plate

Powerlift SemiAutomatic Column Lift

Mirage Cassette Lift

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Transit Windows LRV and Bus:

Hidden Frame

Conventional Frame

CAF LRV

Siemens LRV

Ricon Facilities

Principle Location in Panorama City, CA 225,000 ft2 [20,900 m2]

Subsidiary locations in Manchester, England 24,000 ft2 [2,230 m2]
And Elkhart, Indiana 12,000 ft2 [1,115 m2]
Employees 330 Worldwide

Large Projects
Year
2010
2010
2010
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2008
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2004
2000
2000
1995
1992

Operating Agency
Wisconsin DOT
Utah Transit Authority
Valley Transit Authority
Northstar
Virginia Rail Express
Cleveland Transit
Metro Transit
BC Transit
Metro Transit
CDTA (Albany)
SamTrans
San Diego Trolley
Los Angeles County MTA
Chicago Transit Authority
New Jersey Transit
Virginia Rail Express
Beijing Metro
Metra - Chicago
Joint Powers Board
New Jersey Transit
Metra - Chicago
San Diego Trolley

Application
HSR
Heavy Bus
Heavy Bus
Commuter Rail
Commuter Rail
Bus Rapid Transit
Heavy Bus
Heavy Bus
Heavy Bus
Heavy Bus
Heavy Bus
Light Rail
Heavy Bus
Heavy Bus
Heavy Bus
Commuter Rail
Heavy Rail
Commuter Rail
Commuter Rail
Suburban Coach
Commuter Rail
Light Rail

Approx.
OEM
Products
Value
Talgo
PowerLift
750,000
Gillig
Windows
539,728
Gillig
Windows
529,377
Bombardier
PowerLift
900,000
Nippon Sharyo
Mirage Lift (F9T)
320,000
New Flyer
Express Bridgeplate
360,000
Gillig
FoldOver Ramp (FR2)
656,200
Nova Bus
Windows
732,880
Gillig
Windows
1,278,400
Gillig
Windows
1,106,710
Gillig
Windows
992,347
Siemens
Platform Lift (S5005)
297,000
NABI
FoldOver (FR2)
1,231,750
New Flyer
FoldOver (FR2)
3,873,000
NABI
Windows
2,418,556
Nippon Sharyo
Mirage Lift (F9T)
1,525,000
Sifang - Bombardier Express Bridgeplate
400,000
Nippon Sharyo
Mirage Lift (F9T)
7,500,000
Nippon Sharyo
Mirage Lift (F9C)
500,000
Motor Coach Ind.
Mirage Lift (F9T)
11,200,000
Morrison Knudson Mirage (F9000)
3,560,000
Siemens
Unilite Transit
570,000

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The Ricon Difference

Proven experience in the development, application and production of

window systems for bus and rail systems
An expanding global network of engineering and manufacturing locations
Advanced manufacturing capabilities
An internationally recognized quality assurance system
Backed by Wabtec Corporation resources

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