Brazil: The Brazilian Association of the Railway Industry ABIFER and the Interstate Union of the Railway and Road Materials and Equipment Industry SIMEFRE have issued a statement to this effect.
Romania: Since 2022, a consortium of the Chinese manufacturer and Romania’s Astra Vagoane has been contesting its withdrawal from a tender for the supply of up to 37 trains.
Germany: This is evident from a recently signed collective agreement between the manufacturer and the IG Metall trade union.
Israel: The country’s Ministry of Finance forwarded a corresponding order to Dania Cebus and Dan, part of the JTrain consortium.
Romania: Greenbrier's European subsidiary has announced the cessation of production at the plant, laying off 699 out of its 777 employees by July.
USA: The US House of Representatives is considering a bipartisan bill to provide tax credits for the purchase of new domestic freight cars and the upgrade of tank cars, the Freight Railcar Act.
USA: Tariffs on imports adopted by the second Trump administration will affect all economic domains, including rolling stock. Though, further development of this domain in the USA today depends above all on the preservation of the extensive government support.
Russia: The news of the deal was revealed by the Izvestiya newspaper, citing the minutes of the 3 April meeting of the Russian Government Commission on Monitoring Foreign Investment, and confirmed by the German manufacturer.
Germany: The Leipzig-based company has applied to the district court for external administration.
