Quality and continuous development have been at the heart of our business activities for more than 20 years.
Future-oriented action is the aim of M&MR Trading Polska sp. z o.o., to be achieved through planning needs, developing competences and optimising the offer.
We listen to the needs of our customers as well as our Business Units. TransComfort and Phoenix Xtra Print Polska are committed to achieving the highest product quality, specialist and innovative technologies, comfortable solutions and expert service.
The synergy between TransComfort and Phoenix Xtra Print Polska, functioning under one brand name while operating as autonomous Business Units, is the result of acknowledging the many years of operation of both Units in the Polish market. We use their potential to meet and exceed the expectations and needs of our customers, with a broad range of rail, infrastructural, automotive, industrial and printing solutions. We strive for more, better and faster.
TransComforts aim is to be faithful to this fundamental need in the companys everyday operations by the continuous development of the products and maintaining the highest quality.
TransComfort is a commercial and consulting company specialising in the distribution of technical products for rail, automotive and construction industries throughout Poland. Thanks to the many years of market experience and know-how in the field, TransComfort is able to provide comprehensive solutions for safety and comfort. TransComfort offers products from renowned, world-class manufacturers to ensure the highest standards of perceivable and technological quality.
Thanks to experience drawn from many projects completed by TransComfort, we remain directly involved in creating new designs as technical advisor and coordinator between contractors and manufacturers. We offer comprehensive support from the stage of selecting the correct product for the task to providing technical data, advice and implementation of solutions.
TTM Media Transfer Technology promotes innovative solutions in the field of loading/ unloading equipment, industrial hoses and fastening fittings, flexible air transport systems, conveyor belts, pumps, design, service and consulting services. We are faithful to the standards of brands recognized and reputable on the international market. Offered products and services are made in accordance with applicable standards, in close cooperation with TDT, WDT, UDT or DNV surveillance units, and their quality certified by certificates.
The new business unit has evolved from one of the existing TransComfort industries, which was the Industrial Hoses Department, Fluid Systems. TTM Media Transfer Technology integrates those elements that together build the highest quality – a guarantee of long-term operation, comfort and safety which directly transfer into a significant reduction of costs of possible breakdowns, exchanges and stops. We have a technical team, qualifications and experience to offer a tailored product, complete services and professional support in the field of media transfer.
The motto Your Needs First has underlined the companys operations from the very start. The operational values of the products, rapid response, comprehensive services and state-of-the-art equipment are key elements for the existence of Phoenix Xtra Print Polska in the Polish market.
PHOENIX Xtra Print Polska in Gdynia was established in 2001 to supply printing companies in Poland. The group collaborates to solve individual and complex issues, offering advice on-site concerning the original Phoenix Blankets printing blankets as well as the broad range of other products to be found in the portfolio today.
To meet the customers demand, Phoenix Xtra Print Polska expanded the products it offered in 2013 to include engraved elastomer forms for flexographic printing along with investments in state-of-the-art technology for the direct engraving of forms at the companys site in Gdynia. The successful development of the companys activity in the printing industry translates into investment plans for new projects in the nearest future.
In the rail vehicle industry, new or technically improved vehicles are increasingly appearing, and in infrastructure, especially in the city, investments are being implemented to facilitate and safe functioning of all road users.
The search for new solutions in the state-of-the-art technology development is the everyday life of not only designers and producers, but also research centers.However, there are questions: How to effectively modernize the rolling stock and infrastructure?How to solve construction, operation or maintenance problems?And finally, how to ensure safe, fast and comfortable travel?
TransComfort, BU M&MR Trading Polska Sp. z o.o., develops its offer and adapts to customers who, especially now, are looking for safe, timely and just-in-time solutions. That is why the TC portfolio includes i.a. axle box for freight wagons with reduced weight and rail vehicles air cleaning systems from bacteria and viruses (including COVID-19).
TransComfort, BU M&MR Trading Polska Sp. z o.o., assumes that by following new technologies and searching for innovations it can achieve the goals of the idea of sustainable development, and also ranks among the industry leaders.
The 19th century Austrian printing machine Helbig & Müller in Wien was put into operation for the first time in over 60 years at the Muzeum Drukarstwa [Printing Museum] in Nowy Targ. CONTI LaserLine CML 1.72 mm elastomeric plates and calibrated papers from PHOENIX Xtra Print Polska, BU M&MR Trading Polska Sp. z o.o. helped by the revitalization.
The historic quick press from the Schnellpressenfabrik Helbig & Müller in Wien factory was constructed by Christian Leo Müller in the first half of the 19th century. It is a flat, single-turn, alloy-cylindrical machine for letterpress printing. It is referred to as the "Rolls-Royce of printing".
In the rail vehicle industry, new or technically improved vehicles are increasingly appearing, and in infrastructure, especially in the city, investments are being implemented to facilitate and safe functioning of all road users.
The search for new solutions in the state-of-the-art technology development is the everyday life of not only designers and producers, but also research centers.However, there are questions: How to effectively modernize the rolling stock and infrastructure?How to solve construction, operation or maintenance problems?And finally, how to ensure safe, fast and comfortable travel?
For answers to these and other questions, please visit the website of the Inzynier Budownictwa magazine [Civil Engineer]:
TransComfort, BU M&MR Trading Polska Sp. z o.o., develops its offer and adapts to customers who, especially now, are looking for safe, timely and just-in-time solutions. That is why the TC portfolio includes i.a. axle box for freight wagons with reduced weight and rail vehicles air cleaning systems from bacteria and viruses (including COVID-19).
The BA386 axle box for freight wagons with a reduced weight and possible load of up to 25 tons is a revolutionary product – the weight of the finished product has been reduced to 65 kg which translates into a significant reduction in rail wear. The slim design and lower weight contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions by up to 10%. The axle box is completely customizable for the branding and color required. Due to the technical, economic and environmental benefits, the axle box will replace the previously offered BA182 axle box.
TransComfort, BU M&MR Trading Polska Sp. z o.o., also responds to the current market needs that result from the pandemic and offers air purification systems in rail vehicles that effectively eliminate (almost 100%) the possibility of the spread of viruses, microbes and bacteria. They use HEPA filters, RPCO technology and UV-C radiation not only for air purification, but also for disinfecting surfaces thanks to the automatic process of ozonation of harmful factors – viruses (including COVID-19), bacteria, allergens, animal hair, dust, mold, paint pigments and even radioactive particles. The system works during the journey as well as when the vehicle is parked. Thanks to this, passengers can move around in the disinfected vehicle and breathe clean air.
Another novelty is the commencement of cooperation with the Italian company Marini Impianti Industriali.The manufacturer offers solutions in the field of telecommunications, measuring devices and diagnostic systems – for the railroad and overhead contact line. His portfolio includes, among others secure data transmission system (TDS) based on a fiber-optic medium, which ensures the SIL-4 safety integrity level, system for measuring vertical loads (SMCV), sensors of the rail connector (CGM), sensors for measuring rail temperature (MTR), digital interfaces for diagnostics of a trackside railway traffic control devices, a diagnostic system (DIAG-TE) and a continuity control panel (QCC) ensuring the safety of maintenance works in tunnels in the field of 3kV DC or 2x25kV AC networks. Data from diagnostic equipment can be collected in a Centralized Diagnostic System (SDC) – software entirely designed and developed by Marini Impianti Industriali. The system monitors the most important electrical parameters of devices on an ongoing basis, thanks to which their condition can be diagnosed using appropriate algorithms. The above solutions have already been tested and approved in Italy and Slovenia (SMCV system). Currently, preparatory certification works of Marini systems for the Polish market have begun – their widespread use will definitely increase the safety of rail cargo and passenger transport as well as facilitate the process of diagnostics and maintenance of railway infrastructure elements.
In addition, in recent months TransComfort, BU M&MR Trading Polska Sp. z o.o., has introduced traction motors with reduced energy consumption for trams, wheel sets with noise suppression systems, profiles for the rail foot equipped with piezoelectric fibers or a system that allows cyclists to move along the built-up track (VeloGleis). Together with the manufacturers, it has also designed rubber-metal suspension elements for rail vehicles that fully comply with the stricter non-flammability requirements according to EN 45545.
TransComfort, BU M&MR Trading Polska Sp. z o.o., assumes that by following new technologies and searching for innovations it can achieve the goals of the idea of sustainable development, and also ranks among the industry leaders. At the moment, it is additionally working on a full range of shock absorbers, complete wheelsets with a gears, weight-reduced ventilation ducts or repair kits for tram wheels.
The 19th century Austrian printing machine Helbig & Müller in Wien was put into operation for the first time in over 60 years at the Muzeum Drukarstwa [Printing Museum] in Nowy Targ. CONTI LaserLine CML 1.72 mm elastomeric plates and calibrated papers from PHOENIX Xtra Print Polska, BU M&MR Trading Polska Sp. z o.o. helped by the revitalization.
The historic quick press from the Schnellpressenfabrik Helbig & Müller in Wien factory was constructed by Christian Leo Müller in the first half of the 19th century. It is a flat, single-turn, alloy-cylindrical machine for letterpress printing. It is referred to as the "Rolls-Royce of printing".
The history of the machine is very turbulent. In 1898 it was bought from the printing house of Aleksander Słomski in Krakow by Antoni Borek and moved to the printing house in Nowy Targ. It was disassembled, moved and reassembled several times. It survived World War II and the time of communism in Poland. Finally the machine found its way to the Drukarnia Podhalańska [Podhalańska Printing house], where, probably in order to protect it from destruction or scrapping, its full name was camouflaged by covering the ink-pot plaque with a thick layer of glass putty. Currently, the machine can be admired at the Muzeum Drukarstwa [Printing Museum] in Nowy Targ – the Polish company Sotilo disassembled it, transported it, rebuilt the mechanisms and reassembled it in accordance with the art of printing. There are two more specimens of this machine in the world – in the Deutsches Museum in Munich (fully restored and operational) and probably in the Armenian Museum in Jerusalem (information not yet confirmed).
At the Muzeum Drukarstwa [Printing Museum] in Nowy Targ, more than 60 years after the last operation of the machine, the first attempts to restart and print it were carried out. The arduous revitalization of the machine was carried out by specialists – Janusz Karpiński (owner of the Polish company Sotilo) and Eryk Woźniak (a technologist and production manager of LIBRA-Print in Łomża), together with the team of local workshops and craftsmen-handicraftsmen. The first prints were made using the 1.72 mm CONTI LaserLine CML elastomer form from PHOENIX Xtra Print Polska, engraved in Studio Flekso PXP in Gdynia. It took a long time to find a suitable material compatible with the historical machine – the material had to imitate the one used in 19th-century printing. It is therefore an absolute phenomenon that CONTI LaserLine plates, designed for the latest generation devices and production, also work well in more than 170-year-old machines. It is on the CML plate from PHOENIX Xtra Print Polska that a work will be created to complete the entire revitalization work, printed during the ceremonial inauguration of the machine connected with the official opening of the Muzeum Drukarstwa [Printing Museum].
Eryk Woźniak: “The essence of Leo Müller's innovative invention consisted in the use of the drive of the form table modeled on the drive of steam locomotives, where the torque is transmitted by means of an arm to a road wheel. Leo Müller turned the principle around and in the printing press the torque is transferred from the gear to the arm that drives the form table and further on the other parts of the machine. In order to stabilize the sliding movement of the form table, he designed idler wheels which, in a very flexible and stable way, guided the heavy lead form along the machine foundation. It should also be noted that in this solution, Müller used the muted operation of the printing cylinder in the form of special rails coated with leather, stabilizing the rotational movement, which had a positive effect on the stability of the reproduction of the printed drawing or text. All printing machines constructed later by competing companies based on the revolutionary solution of Leo Müller and they are successfully used to this day. The preserved machine is one of the first machines built by the Schnellpressenfabrik Helbig & Müller in Wien company – this is evidenced by the fact that its design is devoid of the patented solution with intermediate wheels. Many parts of the machine are made by hand. For example, in a 1300 mm long and 43 mm wide blade there are 78 hand sawn teeth.The toothed bar has individual teeth, their height, width and a dividing line.The mating gears are equipped with teeth made of ash wood, also sawn and fitted by hand.During the works, it was possible to read the year of production of the machine – 1848, and its serial number 162”.
Renovation and reconstruction of the historic Helbig & Müller in Wien machine is possible thanks to EU funds from the Polish-Slovak project "Technical monuments connect us", implemented by the Muzeum Drukarstwa [Printing Museum] in Nowy Targ and the Handmade Paper Museum in Ludrova, and co-financed by the European Development Fund Regional as part of the Interreg Program VA PL-SK 2014-2020.The renovation works of the machine were completed in December 2020, however the official inauguration of its return to operation (and the official opening of the Muzeum Drukarstwa [Printing Museum] as well) is unfortunately still unknown due to the coronavirus pandemic – it is initially planned for May 2021.
We would like to thank Mr. Janusz Karpiński and Mr. Eryk Woźniak for their help in preparing this material.The history of the machine was presented on the basis of a conference paper prepared byMr. Eryk Woźniak:
https://www.nowytarg.pl/images/inwestycje/2017herza/unikalna_maszyna_drukarska.pdf.
