BENEFITS OF USING PREMIUM FILMS FOR WRAPPING THE RAIL CARS

There has been a major shift in the rail market with OEMs and Maintenance companies making the move from paint to wrapping their passenger rail cars. Whether it is providing a better aesthetic finish to the Rail cars or representing their Brand identity, films offer a great degree of flexibility and options to the Rail OEM's and Operating companies across the Globe.

Rapid expansion of the Metro network across many cities in India offer a perfect opportunity for films as their speed of implementation can help the OEM's to speed up their production capacities.

(Over 1000+ kms of metro route planned and over 20+ new cities in pipeline in India.

Ref: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/work-underwayon-over-1000-km-metro-network-in-27-cities-pmmodi/ article33599514.ece)

3M offers some unique solutions for the Rail cars as below through our premium films offering. To help you find the right solution that meets your company's needs, please contact the author.

We are going to discuss below factors that should be considered for why there is a benefit to wrapping your rail cars with premium films instead of painting them.

 

1. Durability and performance

The first concern that most people ask is how durable is a film solution compared to paint? Will this product hold up to my washing cycles and maintain my brand image until the next periodic overhaul?

The answer is yes. 3M will work with you to provide our best solution for any substrate. Whether you are refurbishing an existing painted rail car or building a new coach, we have graphic films that will meet your requirements. 3M graphic film solutions are backed by our 3MTM MCSTM Warranty. The 3M™ MCS™ Warranty typically ranges on average 5 to 8 years depending on the geographical region with expected performance of up to 10 years for our premium film solutions. 3M conducts the testing to back up our comprehensive warranty to have you covered anywhere around the world. This is extremely important especially for the manufacturers that build or refurbish a rail car in one country, and it is operated in another.

Your warranty coverage will follow your rail cars wherever you take them.