[4] Plasser & Theurer has long sought to integrate emerging technologies into its track maintenance products, particularly rapid developments made within the IT sector.

[6] The company has a dedicated R&D division that builds and tests prototypes, as well as continuously assessing various technologies from outside of the traditional rail sector.

[6] During the 2000s, Plasser & Theurer delivered numerous maintenance vehicles, including the high output track renewals plant, to the recently-created British railway infrastructure company Network Rail.

[13] In the late 2010s, Plasser & Theurer underwent restructuring, orientating itself towards the core business of designing and producing track maintenance machines.

[15] During the early 2020s, Plasser & Theurer commenced deliveries to the Austrian Federal Railways of 56 electric-battery modular maintenance vehicles.

[17][18] The company has routinely custom-built hardware to meet an individual customer's requirement, such as to fit within restrictive loading gauges.