Mexico: The railcar producer has completed a shift of production from the US to Mexico, that resulted in significant cost savings as production level rises. Now Freight Car America continues to scale up new production.
31 March 2022
Mexico: The railcar producer has completed a shift of production from the US to Mexico, that resulted in significant cost savings as production level rises. Now Freight Car America continues to scale up new production.
Belarus: The manufacturer notes that this is a forced measure, as the site will face a shortage of electronic and electrical products due to EU sanctions against Belarus amid the situation in Ukraine.
Russia: Ural Locomotives received EU certificate for the relevant assembly technology, and also initiated the development of a domestic standard as part of the UIRE standardization program.
USA: In first years, the site will produce metro cars in order to deliver it to Washington. The volume of investments should be to $70 mln USD.
India: Medho Servo Drives announced the completion of a plant in Telangana, which will specialise in the production of electric trains, locomotives, metro cars and monorail.
Germany: The company's strategy is aimed at the development of additive manufacturing to provide spare parts for repair depots in all countries. Since 2013, Siemens Mobility has already produced over 13,000 parts by 3D printing.
Russia: This was announced by Felix Vinokur, President of PC Transport Systems, in an interview with the Expert magazine. Also, the manufacturer is negotiating supplies to India.
Russia: The IT company Optimacros has developed the software that should allow UWC to optimize the planning of production processes, as well as improve the accuracy of calculations and forecasts.
Russia: Ust-Katav car-building plant (UKCP) plans to invest 958 mln RUR ($12 mln USD) in the construction of a new workshop for the trams production. The company explains its plans with a growing portfolio of orders.