VOSSLOH AG has acquired Delkor Pty’s rail fastener operations as part of its strategy to enter the Australian market.
Delkor’s rail fastener operations generate annual sales of €2·6m, and Vossloh AG Chief Executive Officer Burkhard Schuchmann said the acquisition ’has enabled us to participate in a market with good medium to long-term prospects worth over €800m.’
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.
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