Poland: This was announced by Radoslaw Banach, CEO Stadler Polska, in an interview with Rynek Kolejowy. According to him, the company’s workload has recently increased by 30%, which means that the number of employees will have to increase from 1,000 to 1,300 this year.
Siedlce is one of the main sites to which Stadler moved production after the closure of its Fanipol plant in Belarus. The plant is now involved in projects such as the assembly of trains for Azerbaijan.
The current project is the production of 25 five-car FLIRT EMUs for the regional operator Koleje Mazowieckie. The plan is to build one train per week to deliver the entire order by the middle of next year.
The company is not considering any expansion of the production area. According to Mr. Banach, the Siedlce plant has a reserve capacity of around 15–20% and it could start work on the next major order in 2027. This could be a contract for the supply of 72 double-decker EMUs to the national railway company PKP Intercity, if Stadler wins a tender.
Stadler Polska exports around 70% of its production. As Banach told Tygodnik Siedlecki, the plant has produced a total of 980 trains since it opened in 2007. A total of 287 of them were delivered to for the Polish market. The plant also manufactures electrical equipment and carries out the final assembly of trains from car bodies produced at the Stadler plant in Hungary.