Kazakhstan: Stadler is moving into the next phase of developing its Astana plant, putting more than KZT 14 bln ($30.7 mln) into welding and painting shops for aluminium carbodies that are now under construction.
India: The INNOPROM series of large-scale industrial exhibitions continues to expand its footprint. Having already visited Riyadh, Tashkent and Minsk, one of the sector’s biggest event brands arrives in New Delhi on 9–11 September.
Final assembly of the Swiss manufacturer's locomotives is set to move to Canada, while in the US the company has already finished expanding its Salt Lake City plant.
South Africa: The decision follows contracts secured this spring for 2,235 freight wagons and 30 diesel locomotives. The rolling stock, worth $430 mln, is destined for local freight operators.
Russia: RZD is piloting the world's first large-scale digital railway station at Chelyabinsk-Glavny marshalling yard, integrating diagnostics, planning and operations into one unified digital model to transform train marshalling control.
Russia: Wagon designers from Russia's Ural region, where the plant is located, have long led the way in wagon-building technology, and UVZ's engineering school is internationally recognised. That breakthrough, innovative streak hasn't faded — it's still driving the plant today.
Kazakhstan: TEXOL Group has opened an Independent Research and Testing Centre (INTC) within its Texol Industrial wagon-building cluster in Atyrau.
UK: Green Signals podcast host Richard Bowker visited the site of the UK's last remaining independent wagon builder.
Russia: Rail vehicle manufacturing remains the DM-185's main proving ground, and it's a core business of Sinara Transport Machines.
