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2022-07-03T05:00:00+01:00

INNOTRANS: Tenneco is to showcase its second generation of LL wagon brake blocks, which are designed to cope with the high thermal loads and noise limits on trans-Alpine routes.

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2022-07-02T05:00:00+01:00

GERMANY: Michael Kujas, the founder of transport ticketing software company Eos.uptrade, has handed over the role of CEO to Mathias Hüske, who now runs the business with Chief Financial Officer Babette Röder.

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Alstom transfers V300 Zefiro activities to Hitachi Rail

2022-07-01T14:22:00+01:00

EUROPE: Alstom has completed the transfer of its activities relating to V300 Zefiro high speed trainsets to Hitachi Rail, which produces the trainsets in partnership with the former Bombardier Transportation business.

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2022-07-01T08:00:00+01:00

CZECH REPUBLIC: An agreement designed to end ‘frequent confusion’ around the use of the Škoda name and logo has been signed by PPF Group, which owns the Plzeň-based Škoda Group engineering business including Škoda Transportation, and Mladá Boleslav-based car manufacturer Škoda Auto which is part of the Volkswagen Group.

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2022-07-01T05:00:00+01:00

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2022-06-30T13:43:00+01:00

EUROPE: Global Infrastructure Partners and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority are to acquire a 72·55% equity interest in wagon leasing and logistics company VTG from Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners and Joachim Herz Stiftung.

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