Monday, May 24, 2010

EMEF


We were fortunate enough to visit a center which took care of Portugal's train equipment and it's railroads. EMEF stands for Empresa de Manutencao de Equipamento Ferroviario (Company of Railroad Equipment Maintenance). This company dealt with railway vehicle & spare parts, maintenance & manufacture equipment in particular. They also spend their time developing new technologies and innovative projects to help public transportation become more efficient and safe. Their staff were extremely hospitable toward us. They had appetizers and lunch prepared so that we could eat and I thought that was a nice gesture. Of course, this is expected from the wonderful Portuguese people. After the presentation they gave us a tour of their laboratory and explained all of the complex parts instruments in which they use on a daily basis. Although this subject is not one of my key interests, I still enjoyed learning about something I never took the time to understand. Thank you to EMEF and I hope they have the best of luck with their research and development in the future.

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