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Ben Dunlop, Managing Director, DG8

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Icomera Appoints Rail Industry Leader Ben Dunlop as Managing Director of DG8

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 brings more than 30 years’ experience across the UK rail sector. His career began with British…

SVR Exhibition Train

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DG8 Brings Inspiration to Life with Railway 200 Exhibition Train

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 opened in 1825 – through a cross-sector campaign called Railway 200. On the 26th June, a…

Icomera’s DG8 Office  

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Derby MPs Catherine Atkinson and Baggy Shanker Visit Icomera’s DG8 Office  

15 April 2025

Catherine Atkinson and Baggy Shanker Visit Icomera’s Office of its Derby-based design and engineering division, DG8.

Portrait photos of Mark Hoptroff and Angelo Marasco

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Today’s Toughest Questions Answered: Design and Installation Continuity

20 June 2024

With insights from industry leaders Angelo Marasco, Transportation Director of Plan Group, and Mark Hoptroff, Director of Icomera’s design and engineering division, DG8, we confront the toughest questions on how installation and operations are incorporated into every design decision.

A technical design of the Hyrdroflex train

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Time Travel: Taking Old Rolling Stock into the Future

22 June 2022

It is upgrades of older vehicles that will have a greater impact on supporting the transport industry’s goals in a sustainable way.

Porterbrook Hydroflex Train

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Icomera Connects 5G-Enabled HydroFLEX Train to COP26

26 October 2021

Icomera are supporting Network Rail and Porterbrook in showcasing the ground-breaking HydroFLEX train at the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow.

HydroFLEX on mainline

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DG8 Plays a Key Role in the Launch of HydroFLEX, the UK’s First Hydrogen-powered Train

3 November 2020

DG8, a division of Icomera, has supported the project to design, build and commission HydroFLEX, the UK’s first hydrogen-powered train.

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Icomera Strengthens Its Mobile Connectivity Offering by Acquiring DG8 design and engineering

16 July 2019

Icomera announces that it has completed the acquisition of DG8 design and engineering through its own subsidiary Icomera UK. Founded in 2008, DG8 is a well-established and widely respected design and engineering group based in Derby, UK.

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