Simmons Machine Tool Corporation

Specialties

Simmons Machine Tool Corporation manufactures specialized machine tools and automation for railway wheel set maintenance and production. Founded in 1910 and based in Albany, New York, Simmons, together with partner companies within the NSH Group (Niles-​Simmons-​Hegenscheidt), has been Keeping the World on Track for Over 100 years.

History

Established in 1910.

Simmons is based in Albany, New York, and has the broadest product line of machine tools for railway wheel set maintenance and production.

In 1984 and 1986 respectively, Simmons acquired the Stanray underfloor wheel truing machine product line and the Farrel Railroad product lines. Both product lines were successfully integrated into the design and production capabilities of Simmons.

In 1992 Niles-​Simmons Industrial Equipment GmbH was founded which gave Simmons access to European machine tool and railway technology. Both Simmons and Niles-​Simmons combined efforts to develop new turning, milling, and turn-​mill technology for underfloor wheel profiling applications.

In 2000 Hegenscheidt was acquired and Niles-​Simmons-​Hegenscheidt GmbH, or the NSH Group, was founded. The acquisition of Hegenscheidt added state-​of-​the-​art underfloor wheel lathe technology to the group as well as high tech laser-​based measurement of wheel sets in service.