Evertrak
Evertrak manufactures Evertrak 7000 GFRP composite railroad ties from recycled plastic for Class I and regional freight railroads, offering a 50-year lifespan alternative to creosote-treated wood ties. The St. Louis-based company sells directly to railroads through multi-year enterprise contracts and is the only AAR M-1003 certified composite tie producer.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2017
- HeadquartersSt Louis, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Evertrak does
Evertrak LLC is a St. Louis, Missouri-based manufacturer founded in 2017 by Tim Noonan (former Marine Corps officer and Boeing retiree) that produces the Evertrak 7000, a Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composite railroad tie made from recycled high-density polyethylene and polypropylene mixed with Owens Corning glass fiber. The product is engineered for a 50-year in-track lifespan in high-rot regions and is the only composite tie to hold the American Association of Railroads M-1003 quality certification. Manufacturing takes place at an 85,000-square-foot facility in St. Louis (5485 Brown Avenue) with current annual capacity of approximately 150,000 ties and expansion potential to 300,000 ties, using a single-screw Davis-Standard extruder with PLC-controlled batching and 100% X-ray inspection.
Evertrak sells directly to Class I and regional railroads through an enterprise field sales motion that requires internal testing, federal government test track validation (including 700MGT accumulated at MxV in Pueblo, Colorado), and customer-specific qualification. Confirmed engaged customers include Union Pacific (active deployments in Little Rock, St. Louis, Fort Worth, and Reno), Norfolk Southern, and CSX; multi-year contracts are structured around total cost of ownership (2x advantage versus wood over 30 years in high-rot zones) rather than per-unit price. The company is cash-flowing and profitable, has installed over 100,000 ties with zero claims, and in January 2025 received a strategic minority investment from Sumitomo Corporation of Americas to scale capacity. Additional strategic moves include a Karbon-X Corp LOI to monetize plastic-waste-reduction carbon credits and the build-out of a senior advisory bench drawn from former executives of Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, CSX, and Boeing.
Evertrak is a wholly owned subsidiary of NICE Holding Co LLC, employs approximately 30-50 people (many formerly incarcerated), and operates as a veteran-owned enterprise. Revenue is generated through one-time hardware sales on multi-year contracts, with growth supported by a 10-month order backlog as of early 2024, an addressable North American replacement market of 20-25 million ties per year, and tightening regulatory pressure on creosote-treated wood tie disposal.
Evertrak firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Evertrak
- Legal name
- Evertrak LLC
- Website
- https://evertrak.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2017
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Evertrak manufactures Evertrak 7000 GFRP composite railroad ties from recycled plastic for Class I and regional freight railroads, offering a 50-year lifespan alternative to creosote-treated wood ties. The St. Louis-based company sells directly to railroads through multi-year enterprise contracts and is the only AAR M-1003 certified composite tie producer.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Evertrak industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Composite Railroad Ties
- SIC
- Railroad Equipment (3743)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Composite Materials (Fiber-Reinforced Polymers & Continuous Fiber) (IMAAABAH)
Keywords
Where Evertrak is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- St Louis
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Evertrak business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Composite Railroad Tie Sales: Evertrak generates revenue through the sale of its Evertrak 7000 composite railroad ties to Class I and regional railroads. The product is sold on a per-unit basis with pricing based on total cost of ownership advantage rather than upfront cost. Revenue is one-time hardware sales with potential for repeat orders as railroads expand deployments. The company reports being cash-flowing and profitable as of early 2024.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Standard railroad tie pricing - quote-based for Class I railroad customers |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels8 records
Evertrak product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Evertrak manufactures and sells Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composite railroad ties under the Evertrak 7000 brand. Each tie is produced from recycled high-density polyethylene and polypropylene plastic blended with Owens Corning glass fiber via a proprietary extrusion process, then cast into conformal shapes. The composite ties are sold directly to Class I and regional freight railroads as a sustainable replacement for creosote-treated wood ties in high-decay zones, offering a 50-year in-track lifespan.
Product overview
Evertrak offers a single unified product: the Evertrak 7000 Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composite railroad tie manufactured from recycled plastic. This core product is designed to replace traditional wood railroad ties in high-decay zones, offering a 50-year lifespan compared to 8-15 years for wood ties. The company provides the composite tie along with supporting technical documentation including performance data sheets. The product is the only AAR M-1003 certified supplier of composite ties and has been installed with zero claims across revenue-generating roads with Class 1 railroads.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Evertrak 7000: The company's flagship product - Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composite railroad ties engineered to perform reliably in-track for up to 50 years, as strong as wood but lasting 5x longer. The number 7000 designates an MOR of 7,000 PSI.
Products and services
- Evertrak 7000 Composite Railroad Tie Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composite railroad tie manufactured from recycled plastic, engineered to perform reliably in-track for up to 50 years in high-rot regions. The tie is as strong as wood with strength and stiffness equivalent to wood, validated fatigue models showing performance at 3x the AREMA MOR standard for composite ties (MOR of 7,000 PSI). It weighs approximately 220 lbs and is fully recyclable at end of life. The product is sold to Class I and regional freight railroads as a sustainable replacement for creosote-treated wood ties.
Quantifiable outcome
- 50-year lifespan vs 8-12 years for wood ties in high-rot zones (5x longer)
- +6 more outcomes
Companies that use Evertrak
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Segments2 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
Evertrak technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature5 records
Evertrak partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Two partnerships are on record, tiered exploratory and core.
- Karbon-X CorpexploratoryEvertrak and Karbon-X Corp signed a Letter of Intent to explore developing Verra-aligned Plastic Waste Reduction Credits for approximately 200,000 composite railroad ties made from recycled plastic installed across North American railroad infrastructure. Karbon-X would serve as exclusive project developer during the evaluation phase, supporting feasibility analysis, project documentation, validation coordination, and potential commercialization. The initiative remains subject to technical review, methodology alignment, independent third-party validation, and definitive agreements.
- Owens CorningcoreStrategic partnership with Owens Corning for glass fiber supply and manufacturing process optimization. Evertrak collaborated with Owens Corning to develop an extrusion process that maintains ideal length over diameter (L/D) ratio of the glass fiber, ensuring optimal reinforcing strength in the composite ties.
Scale indicators9 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Evertrak competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Stella-Jones: Largest North American producer of pressure-treated wood railroad ties and a major incumbent in the tie-replacement market. Stella-Jones controls significant wood-tie supply capacity and procurement relationships across Class I railroads, representing the dominant alternative Evertrak must displace.
- Koppers Holdings: Global leader in wood treatment and the dominant North American supplier of creosote-treated wood railroad ties. Koppers is the incumbent Evertrak is displacing and benefits from entrenched Class I procurement relationships, making it both a competitor and a potential strategic risk if it aggressively defends its wood-tie franchise.
- L.B. Foster Company: Broad railroad infrastructure supplier offering concrete ties (via CXT), composite ties (TieTek), rail, and track products. L.B. Foster competes with Evertrak across multiple product lines and has the customer breadth and balance sheet to bundle competing solutions against Evertrak's standalone composite tie offering.
- Voestalpine Railway Systems: Global rail infrastructure provider with North American operations supplying rails, turnouts, and track components. As a deep-pocketed strategic, voestalpine could enter or acquire into composite ties as the substitution opportunity grows, representing both a competitive threat and a potential exit pathway for Evertrak.
- Nortrak (voestalpine Railway Systems): Major rail infrastructure component supplier including specialty track products, switches, and related materials. As part of voestalpine's global railway systems business, it serves North American Class I railroads with bundled track solutions and represents a broad incumbent that could expand into composite ties.
Emerging players
- CXT Inc. (L.B. Foster): Manufacturer of concrete railroad ties and other rail infrastructure products. Concrete ties are the primary non-wood, non-composite alternative competing for the same tie-replacement demand Evertrak targets, especially in heavy-haul and high-rot applications.
Others
- Owens Corning: Strategic supplier and process-development partner for Evertrak, providing the glass fiber reinforcement used in GFRP composite ties. Owens Corning is comparable as an enabling materials partner and infrastructure-adjacent supplier; it also illustrates the kind of strategic relationship that could either remain a partnership or evolve into vertical integration by Owens Corning.
Direct peers
- IntegriCo Composites: Direct competitor manufacturing composite railroad ties from recycled plastics. Like Evertrak, IntegriCo targets Class I railroads with a recycled-plastic composite alternative to wood ties, making it the closest direct comparison on product, customer, and business model.
- AXION (Ecossential): Manufacturer of recycled structural composite (RSC) railroad ties and other infrastructure products from post-consumer and post-industrial plastic. AXION directly competes with Evertrak in composite railroad ties and shares the recycled-plastic feedstock model and Class I customer focus.
- TieTek (L.B. Foster): TieTek is a composite railroad tie product line now under L.B. Foster's rail products portfolio. It competes head-to-head with Evertrak's 7000 in the composite tie category and has been installed in track for years, providing a direct benchmark on field performance and pricing.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Evertrak social profiles
Digital presenceEvertrak compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance2 records
Evertrak financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Evertrak leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Evertrak funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors2 records
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Evertrak M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Evertrak
What does Evertrak do?
Evertrak manufactures and sells Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composite railroad ties under the Evertrak 7000 brand. Each tie is produced from recycled high-density polyethylene and polypropylene plastic blended with Owens Corning glass fiber via a proprietary extrusion process, then cast into conformal shapes. The composite ties are sold directly to Class I and regional freight railroads as a sustainable replacement for creosote-treated wood ties in high-decay zones, offering a 50-year in-track lifespan.
Is Evertrak a public or private company?
Evertrak is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Evertrak founded?
Evertrak was founded in 2017. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Evertrak based?
Evertrak is headquartered in St Louis, United States, in the North America region.
How does Evertrak make money?
One revenue line is on record: composite Railroad Tie Sales.
Who are Evertrak's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Stella-Jones, Koppers Holdings, L.B. Foster Company, Voestalpine Railway Systems and Nortrak (voestalpine Railway Systems). CXT Inc. (L.B. Foster) is listed as an emerging player. Owens Corning is listed as an others. Direct peers are IntegriCo Composites, AXION (Ecossential) and TieTek (L.B. Foster).
Does Evertrak have an API?
No public API is recorded for Evertrak.
What industry is Evertrak in?
Evertrak's product category is Composite Railroad Ties. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAAABAH, Composite Materials (Fiber-Reinforced Polymers & Continuous Fiber). Its SIC code is 3743.