Operations
DLRR's services include repair and modernisation of locomotives, shunters, diesel and electric multiple units and passenger rolling stock, as well as repair of equipment and production of spare parts. Its metalworking services include foundry work, machining, welding, forging, heat treatment and related production services.
In 2017, The Baltic Course reported that DLRR had won a Polish order to overhaul and modernise TEM2 locomotives for PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa. The report described the contract as part of the company's reorientation after a fall in Russian-market orders.
In February 2022, Latvian Public Broadcasting reported that DLRR had invested €500,000 in production modernisation in the previous year and planned another €1 million in investments in 2022. The report described the company as developing new markets and services.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 affected DLRR's operations. In March 2022, LSM and Baltic News Network reported that DLRR and three subsidiaries had notified the State Employment Agency of a collective dismissal affecting 240 employees, citing the impact of the war and unpaid debt connected with Ukrainian customer Metinvest Group. By September 2022, LSM reported that the company had signed six new contracts with partners in Poland, Czechia, Hungary, Romania and Croatia, with a combined value of about €4.5 million, in a recovery and export-diversification effort after the disruption caused by the war.
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In 2026, LETA reported, citing the company, that DLRR had provided services in 14 markets in 2025, including rolling-stock repair, modernisation, engine and generator overhaul and metalworking, and that its clients included Deutsche Bahn. In Latvia's Most Valuable Enterprises TOP101 for 2025, prepared by Prudentia and Nasdaq Riga, the company was listed in 47th place with a reported value of €123.5 million.
Tramcar production
In October 2022, Daugavpils municipal transport company Daugavpils Satiksme contracted DLRR to supply four low-floor tramcars by the end of 2023. LSM reported that the contract was worth €7.4 million and that the trams would be assembled in Daugavpils. In October 2023, LSM reported that DLRR had manufactured and delivered the first two of the four tramcars to Daugavpils Satiksme in cooperation with Czech company Pragoimex, and that the project had created 30 jobs at the plant.
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