Aerial view of colorful freight trains at sunset.

Inspired by technology, motivated by safety

We believe integrated technology is essential for enabling transportation companies to improve operational efficiency, service reliability, and safety.

Continuous improvement for the world’s railways

2004

Wi-Tronix is founded by Larry Jordan and Michael Heilmann when the two began to work in Larry’s basement in the Chicago suburbs.

2005

We launch our first product, the Wi-PU. Fun fact, it wasn’t originally purple! The Wi-PU is installed on our first Class I customer, BNSF.

2006

Wi-Tronix relocates from Larry’s basement to our first facility in Bolingbrook, IL.

2007

An innovative year: our team releases Emergency Brake Alerts, Low Fuel Alert, Real-Time Engine Fault Data, Diagnostic Logs, and more.

2008

Still a customer favorite, our team unveils the Digital Video Recorder with On-Demand Video & Snapshots.

2009

While turning five years old, we ship our 1,000th Wi-PU and acquire our first passenger rail customer, Amtrak.

2010

Building on the DVR release a few years prior, our team releases Auto Event Recorder and DVR Downloads for Alerts.

2011

Wi-Tronix relocates to our current Promenade facility, all while releasing several highly utilized alerts.

2012

What a time to remember: we host our first ever User Conference.

2013

While working on product innovations such as EOT Data Integration and DVR Download by Location, Congressman Bill Foster visits Wi-Tronix.

2014

We turn ten years old! This same year, we unveil our Mobile Phone Detection Alert.

2015

Our Product Team releases In-Cab Audio, Train Trip Summary, Fleet Summary (Mobile View), and Auto Data Sharing.

2016

Our Violet IoT Platform is launched. At the time, this Violet is actually purple!

2017

Siemens becomes a minority investor in Wi-Tronix, and we celebrate our first Light Rail Vehicle installation with Atlanta Streetcar.

2018

Our team implements Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise (SAFe); we also release Camera Obstruction, Chain of Custody, and more!

2019

We’re 15! We achieve SOC 2 Type II certification, launch our Offline Viewer, online Community, and mobile-optimized Live Signals.

2020

Despite the pandemic, our team releases Data Sharing, One-Click Video Download, LNG Energy Monitoring, and our CDS/TOD!

2021

We become ISO 9001:2015 certified and ensure compliance to the upcoming Transport Canada LVVR Regulation.

2022

Noted rail leaders Ed Harris and DJ Stadtler join our Board of Directors and we install the Violet on its first hydrogen locomotive!

Safe, efficient, reliable rail creates a sustainable future

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Innovators and advocates in modern transportation

Wi-Tronix’s seasoned experts know that rail is at the center of the world’s economies and infrastructure. For the past 15 years, we’ve been using technology to make rail networks — and the globe — safer and more sustainable.

Panel of men talking about disruption to power and protect rail

Meaningful disruption to power and protect rail

Our team members collaborate and challenge each other to solve the problems facing rail today and prevent the issues of tomorrow.