About us
The IFB Institut für Bahntechnik GmbH is a specialised engineering company, which provides a wide range of services in terms of consulting, design, engineering, research and development for modern railway systems.
Team
We at the IFB have 40 experts from the most varied specialist fields. Our mentality and working methods are strongly multidisciplinary. We are aware of: Our success is based on our employees’ deep understanding of railway technology. Due to our high requirements on quality of results and flexibility when carrying out project work, we at the IFB have achieved stable business development over 30 years. We have also earned an excellent reputation among our clients.
Management
The institute is headed by Managing Director Prof. Arnd Stephan and Sven Körner, two well-known experts in railway technology.
Prof. Arnd Stephan is an electrical engineer and has worked as Professor since 2002. Since 2008, he has been the Chairman of Electric Railways at the Institute of Railway Vehicles and Railway Technology at the Technical University of Dresden. Since 2012, he has been the Managing Director of the IFB Institut für Bahntechnik GmbH, Dresden and Berlin, as well as the Director of the competence centre for high-performance rails and magnetic rail systems at the Technical University of Dresden.
Dr. Sven Körner studied Transport Engineering at Technical University of Dresden. He started his career at IFB Institut für Bahntechnik GmbH in 2013. In 2019 he was given proxy, and since 2022 he is working as Managing Director at IFB.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arnd Stephan
Managing Director
Dr.-Ing. Sven Körner
Managing Director
Jennifer Bieß
Commercial Manager
Cooperation partner
Shareholders
In its shareholder structure, the IFB provides advantages that can be found nowhere else in the railway technology sector. This structure ensures a maximum of objectivity and independence, an important consideration for collaboration for clients in the railway industry, suppliers, railway operators, maintenance staff, local communities, districts, countries, politics and associations.
Network
IFB Institut für Bahntechnik GmbH stands for close exchange with its partners from science, society and industry. Collaboration in regional, national and international networks is a matter of course for the company in order to further advance the railway industry.
Contact
The IFB is represented at two locations: After being founded in Berlin in 1984, the branch in Dresden was opened in 1991. The IFB’s exclusive shareholder structure, supplemented by university partnerships in Berlin and Dresden, ensures that the IFB has extensive networking in the industry.
Please feel free to send us an email or call us. We will answer your questions as quickly as possible. We look forward to hearing from you and to the next project.
Head office Berlin
IFB Institut für Bahntechnik GmbH
Carnotstr. 6
10587 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30 / 39 99 24 – 0
Fax: +49 (0)30 / 39 99 24 – 90
E-Mail: ifb-berlin@bahntechnik.de
Contact
Dr.-Ing. Tobias Herrmann
Office manager
Branch office Dresden
IFB Institut für Bahntechnik GmbH
Wiener Str. 114 – 116
01219 Dresden
Tel.: +49 (0)351 / 8 77 59 – 0
Fax: +49 (0)351 / 8 77 59 – 90
E-Mail: ifb-dresden@bahntechnik.de
Contact
Dr.-Ing. Jörg von Lingen
Office manager