Case Study: CAF extends train component lifecycle by 152% and cuts lifecycle costs with TIBCO Software

CAF Achieves Digital Transformation of Predictive Train Maintenance

CAF, a Spain-based train manufacturer that now provides end-to-end mobility solutions, faced rising infrastructure costs, market consolidation, and the need to improve fleet availability, reliability, and maintenance across diverse operating environments. The company needed a flexible, real-time analytics capability to optimize costly components (like wheels), enable condition-based decision-making, and speed deployments for a growing global customer base.

CAF built LeadMind, a cloud-native platform powered by TIBCO Spotfire and AWS that ingests onboard sensor data into 20+ analytics apps for predictive and condition-based maintenance, automated workflows, and interactive dashboards. The result: component lifecycles extended by 152%, more than 30 projects won across 12 countries (including a contract to monitor 100+ UK trains), faster customer onboarding, lower operating costs, and improved fleet availability and on-schedule performance.

CAF

Javier de la Cruz

Managing Director