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Alstom's bid in February of up to 6.2 billion euros ($7 billion) for Montreal-based Bombardier's rail business has faced scrutiny from EU antitrust authorities, which have been expected to demand ...
PARIS/MONTREAL (Reuters) - France's Alstom SA has agreed to buy the rail division of Canada's Bombardier Inc for up to 6.2 billion euros ($6.7 billion) to create the world's No. 2 train ...
In February, the French TGV high-speed train maker Alstom agreed to buy the rail division of Bombardier for up to 6.2 billion euros ($6.7 billion) in a cash-and-shares deal aimed at creating the ...
Adtranz was a multi-national rail transportation equipment manufacturer with facilities concentrated in Europe and the US. The company, legally known as ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation, was created in 1996 as a joint venture between ABB and Daimler-Benz to combine their rail equipment manufacturing operations.
Bombardier Transportation had many regional offices, production and development facilities worldwide. [4] [5] It produced a wide range of products including passenger rail vehicles, locomotives, bogies, propulsion and controls. In February 2020, the company had 36,000 employees, and 63 manufacturing and engineering locations around the world. [6]
During 2001, the works became part of Bombardier Transportation. After the closure of Alstom's Washwood Heath plant in 2005, Derby works became the only passenger rolling stock manufacturer in the UK. [1] [2] During mid-2011, Bombardier announced it was to cut 1,400 out of the 3,000 jobs at Derby. In November 2019, following the awarding of ...
Quebec pension giant Caisse de dépôt et placement, which owns a 32.5% stake in Bombardier's train unit, has agreed to sell its stake to Alstom and buy a minority stake in the combined train ...
By 2010, it had received proposals from five suppliers, and on May 10, 2012, it awarded a $896.3 million contract to railcar manufacturer Bombardier (during delivery the company was bought by Alstom) with an order for 410 new cars, split into a base order of 260 cars and a first option order of 150 additional cars.