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Our dedicated design and engineering division, DG8, are a creative and versatile team with extensive experience in delivering projects from concept through to implementation.

Starting from concept sketches through to final manufacturing drawings, DG8 can design bespoke or customise existing interior products, ranging from seating, tables, luggage racks and luggage stacks, to lighting modules and bike storage.
Within its industrial design department, DG8 undertake graphic design including vehicle liveries, interior and exterior signage.
DG8’s design capabilities allow them to produce a complete vehicle interior, including 3D visualisations, schedules of colours and finishes, and full colour contrast assessments, ensuring all designs meet current standards and regulations.
When an interior scheme is produced, all aspects are coherently designed; this includes the design of new textiles, including seating materials, carpets, and curtains.
DG8 provides a complete design solution for system integration and modification or installation of electrical equipment. The team offers vehicle surveys including power capacity testing, EMC investigations and fault analysis.
DG8’s talented CAD team can deliver cost effective, reliable and high-quality designs. DG8 work in compliance with all relevant standards including those imposed by manufacturers, owners, and operators.
DG8’s project engineers and technical authors have many years’ experience in the rail industry. Whether it be fault investigations, leading engineering design, or full suites of mechanical reports to support engineering design, the team can provide documents to meet many engineering requirements.
DG8’s project engineers and technical authors have many years’ experience in the rail industry. Whether it be fault investigations, leading engineering design, or full suites of mechanical reports to support engineering design, the team can provide documents to meet many engineering requirements.

Read all about our dedicated design and engineering division, DG8, a creative and versatile team with extensive experience in delivering projects from concept through to implementation.

Partnering with Network Rail, DG8 has converted several Class 153 “Sprinters” into Visual Inspection Units (VIUs).
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NEWS
24 February 2026
Icomera has announced the appointment of Ben Dunlop as the new Managing Director of its DG8 design and engineering division, effective early March. Ben...
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NEWS
17 July 2025
This year the UK Rail industry has been celebrating the bicentenary of the modern railway – 200 years since the Stockton and Darlington Railway...
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