On July 1 Slovak rolling stock supplier ZOS Vrútky bought a majority stake in the ZOS Nymburk loco maintenance and overhaul workshops in the Czech Republic for KC85m. Declared bankrupt in January 2004, ZOS Nymburk employs 290 people and turnover in 2004 was KC152m.
Anti-vibration and suspension component maker Trelleborg Industrial AVS has appointed São Paulo-based company Magral Equipamentos Hidr
EUROPE: The EU Agency for Railways has launched ERA Railway Factsheets, giving what it calls ‘a comprehensive overview of the rail sector across European countries with one-click access’. Covering aspects such as transport statistics, railway organisations, rolling stock, infrastructure, safety, market structure, and the legal framework, ...
UK: ‘We in the rail sector must be objective and honest about what we are good at’, Network Rail Chief Executive Andrew Haines told a conference in Birmingham on October 3, as he reflected on how the industry can plot its way through the uncertainty of the post-Covid period.
EUROPE: Senior figures from across the UK rail sector came together at the Rail Partners with Ukraine event to hear how national railway Ukrzaliznytsia is keeping trains running under wartime conditions, and to raise money to fund food parcels for Ukrainian railway workers and their families. ...
