Scheidt & Bachmann

Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH
Company typePrivate
IndustryTransportation
Technology
Founded1872 (1872) Mönchengladbach, Germany
Headquarters
Mönchengladbach
,
Germany
Websitescheidt-bachmann.de

Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH is a German multinational diversified manufacturing company, based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. It produces railway signalling systems, ticketing and fare collection equipment for public transport, parking facility management systems, and fuel retail equipment.

Scheidt & Bachmann was founded in 1872 and has its own production plants where a great amount of products are manufactured in-house.

History

Friedrich Scheidt and Carl Bachmann founded Scheidt & Bachmann in Mönchengladbach in 1872,[1] initially manufacturing steam engines and textile manufacturing equipment.[2] In 1875, production expanded to create mechanical signals for railroad systems.[2][3] 1896, Scheidt & Badmann was granted its first patent for a "drive device for barriers". The company relocated to a larger facility in Rheydt (now part of Mönchengladbach) in 1914. In 1932, it took advantage of the favourable market situation, and expanded into the manufacture of tank systems and petrol pumps.[3]

In 1936 the company was transformed from a general partnership (Offene Handelsgesellschaft or 'oHG') into a public liability company (Aktiengesellschaft or 'AG'). During World War II, the main factory was almost completely destroyed prompting reconstructuion efforts after the end of the war.

In the 1950s and 60s, Scheidt & Bachmann AG operated an iron foundry and produced equipment such as tank systems, compressors, gas and petrol pumps, and signaling devices.[4][5] In 1956, the company pursued a licensing agreement with a U.S. firm to manufacture oil burners.[4][6] During this period, a significant portion of its products was sold to the German Federal Railway and various international oil companies.[4][6]

In 1963, Scheidt & Bachmann AG changed its legal status from a public limited company to a limited liability company (GmbH). By 1966, the company began designing and producing systems for multi-storey car parks, launching its parking management division and incorporating emerging microprocessor technology. Around the same time, Scheidt & Bachmann developed parking fee-collection systems featuring barriers at parking lot entrances, where users could obtain magnetic tickets or use credit cards to enter and pay at self-service or staffed cashier stations, with fees calculated upon exit.[3] In 1970, the company expanded this concept to include fare collection systems for public transportation. The business was further expanded in 1974 to include systems for leisure centres, followed by the establishment of a fare collection systems division in 1978.[3] In 1990 the company acquired Verkehrselektronik GmbH, which became the first wholly owned subsidiary.[2]

Over the years, the company has become a system supplier of intelligent mobility solutions and has been able to expand its market share. In 1995, the first subsidiaries were set up in the USA and Slovakia. Numerous other subsidiaries were established worldwide in the years that followed. In 2017, Scheidt & Bachmann began to offer cloud solutions, because faster data lines made cloud-bass systems feasible.

Controversies

In 2008, Scheidt & Bachmann ticket machines on the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Railroad in the New York metropolitan area were highlighted in the media after US$800,000 worth of tickets were dispensed for free and fraudulently resold. A glitch in the ticket machines dispensed free tickets when debit card transactions from certain banks were supposed to decline. The glitch had been present since 2001, and was exploited by a group of three people who resold the tickets for over three years.[7][8]

A 2012 audit of the CharlieCard system on the MBTA in Boston, maintained by Scheidt & Bachmann, found a discrepancy of US$101.7 million in fare revenues over five years. The audit also found that ticket machines and fareboxes had been unable to communicate with the MBTA's accounting systems since the CharlieCard system's 2005 installation.[9][10]

Products

Fare collection

Scheidt & Bachmann's Fare Collections Systems division focuses on public transport. This division produces account-based farecard systems,[11] fareboxes,[12][13] ticket vending machines,[14][15] fare gates,[16] and data management products.[17][18]

Notable products include the Ticket XPress series of ticket vending machines.

Railway signalling

Scheidt & Bachmann's Signalling Systems division offers a wide range of products and services for railway infrastructure. These include digital interlockings and level crossing technology. Signalling Systems supplies a training system for operating and interlocking simulation, as well as operations management and information systems for local and long-distance transport.[19][20]

Parking management

The Parking Solutions dividsion develops hardware and software for parking facilities. Its hardware includes barriers, pay-on-foot machines, monitoring devices and cameras. In the software field, the Parking Solutions business unit offers applications for parking space management and car park administration, as well as smart payment systems.[21][22]

Fuel dispensers

Scheidt & Bachmann's Energy Retail Solutions division (formerly called Fuel Retail Solutions) produces products used at fuelling stations and charging stations, including fuel dispensers,[23][24] payment terminals,[25][26] software, and advertising systems.[27][28]

Subsidiaries

Scheidt & Bachmann now has numerous subsidiaries in many countries around the world. This includes, among others: Slovakia, USA, Tunisia, Canada, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Sweden and Spain. [29]

References

  1. ^ Traffic Engineering & Control. Vol. 40. World Touring and Automobile Organisation. Printerhall. 1999. p. 122.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ a b c "Scheidt & Bachmann SB | Project Suppliers". projectsuppliers.net. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  3. ^ a b c d Burrows, Kate (June 2007). "Family Legacy: U.S. Business Review". U.S. Business Review. 9 (6): 102–103.
  4. ^ a b c Commerce, United States Department of (1956-12-24). W. German Firm Seeks Oil-Burner License: Foreign Commerce Weekly. U.S. Department of Commerce. p. 13.
  5. ^ Machinery Market. Machinery Market Limited. 1960. p. 38.
  6. ^ a b West German Firm Seeks Oil-Burner License: Investment Opportunities Abroad. U.S. Department of Commerce. 1956. pp. 5–6.
  7. ^ Neuman, William (2008-08-13). "M.T.A. Vending Glitch Let Hundreds Get Free Rail Tickets Since 2001". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  8. ^ "Trio headed to jail after reselling Long Island Rail Road tickets they got free from faulty machine". New York Daily News. 2010-07-16. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  9. ^ Bump, Suzanne M. (2012-09-27). "Official Audit Report: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Automated Fare Collection System, For the period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2011". Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the State Auditor. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  10. ^ Weir, Richard (2012-09-28). "Auditor: MBTA's Charlie dropped the $ ball". Boston Herald. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  11. ^ Phillips, Tom (2023-04-27). "Utah Transit Authority to install new ticketing system that supports both closed and open loop payments". NFCW. Retrieved 2026-02-12.
  12. ^ Harrington, Adam; Cramer, Matthew (2024-02-08). "CTA to introduce new, more modern fareboxes on buses". CBS News Chicago. Retrieved 2026-02-12.
  13. ^ Blazina, Ed (2025-10-19). "Pittsburgh Regional Transit denies challenge to a $21.9 million contract for new fareboxes". Pittsburgh Union Progress. Retrieved 2026-02-12.
  14. ^ Lisinski, Chris (2019-12-09). "MBTA Hitting Reset On Automated Fare System Rollout". WBUR. Retrieved 2026-02-12.
  15. ^ "Scheidt & Bachmann rethinks the ticket machine". Railway Gazette International. 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2026-02-12.
  16. ^ Spurr, Ben (2018-03-16). "TTC suspends Presto fare-gate installation due to mechanical, software problems". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2026-02-12.
  17. ^ "Scheidt & Bachmann Fare Collection Systems GmbH". Fare Collection Systems. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  18. ^ "Fare Collection Systems - Solutions". Fare Collection Systems. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  19. ^ "Scheidt & Bachmann Signalling Systems GmbH". Signalling Systems. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  20. ^ "Signalling Systems - Products & Solutions". Signalling Systems.
  21. ^ "Scheidt & Bachmann Parking Solutions GmbH". Parking Solutions. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  22. ^ "Parking Solutions - Products". Parking Solutions. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  23. ^ "Fuel station equipment". Times of Malta. 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  24. ^ "Scheidt & Bachmann increases profitability of petrol stations by introducing the virtually attended petrol station". Mobility Plaza. 2015-06-09. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  25. ^ "Scheidt & Bachmann debuts self-checkout kiosk at fuel station". Retail Customer Experience. 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  26. ^ "ChargePoint launches charging terminal with Scheidt & Bachmann". Electrive. 2024-06-07. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  27. ^ "Scheidt & Bachmann Energy Retail Solutions GmbH". Energy Retail Solutions. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  28. ^ "Energy Retail Solutions - Products & Solutions". Energy Retail Solutions. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  29. ^ "Global presence of Scheidt & Bachmann". Global presence. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
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