Railway supply industry news
Latest business news from the global railway supply industry, including company mergers, acquisitions and financial results.
Plasser & Theurer begins construction of €60m assembly and commissioning workshop
AUSTRIA: Plasser & Theurer held a ground-breaking ceremony for a €60m track machine final assembly and commissioning facility at its Pummererstrasse site in Linz on September 11.
Deutsche Bahn to focus on rail as Schenker logistics business sale agreed
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn’s management board has signed a €14·3bn agreement to sell international logistics subsidiary DB Schenker to Danish transport and logistics group DSV. The sale forms part of DB’s ‘Strong Rail’ strategy to focus on its core activities, and does not include the DB Cargo rail freight business.
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Hübner India’s factory in Malonagathihalli near Bengaluru has delivered its 2 000th gangway system since opening in 2023. Two major orders for Vande Bharat inter-city trains have been completed, and production is under way for metro trains for Mumbai, São Paulo and Cairo. ‘With the Namma facility we are proving ...
Leasing company opens a locomotive workshop of superlatives
GERMANY: Railpool Lokservice has opened ‘Europe’s most modern locomotive workshop’ at Hamburg Billbrook. ‘We wanted a workshop of superlatives and we built it’, said Managing Director Christoph Engel.
Siemens Mobility confirms location for $60m US high speed train factory
USA: Siemens Mobility has selected a site at Horseheads in upstate New York to produce American Pioneer 220 high speed trainsets for the Brightline West project to link Las Vegas with southern California.
Stadler is ‘on track in a challenging environment’
STADLER: ‘Despite the ongoing challenging environment, Stadler achieved a solid performance in the first half of the year, aided by a diversified product portfolio and market success with alternative drive systems’, Group CEO Markus Bernsteiner said on August 28.
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CRRC ZELC plans European production hub with Hungarian partner
Knorr-Bremse sees international signalling opportunities after $690m acquisition
Manufacturing skills centre to develop rail industry capabilities
Ganz-Mavag Europe withdraws Talgo bid
Indian and Malaysian rolling stock manufacturers announce strategic co-operation
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Spain blocks Hungarian consortium’s bid to acquire Talgo
InnoTrans 2024: ‘Wear trainers, bring snacks, touch innovation’
Global wagon market set for less dynamic growth
Kazakh locomotive assembly plant planned
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Keltbray sells Infrastructure Services business
St Rollox works revival underway
Porsche SE invests in train and coach company Flix
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Unipart acquires Australian rail bearing and axle box reconditioning business
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