Spain: At the end of 2021, the volume of new CAF orders in this segment amounted to €3 bln, compared to €1.4 bln in the previous year. A significant part of it was a large-scale order on trains for suburban transportation in Paris.
After decades of globalisation in the rail industry supply chain organisations faced with the major challenge in the last two years, writes Jan Harder, Industry Expert and Strategy Consultant.
Spain: A €35 mln loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) will be used for innovative projects that the manufacturer plans to implement in the country in 2021-2024.
Russia: Mikhail Lifshitz, General Designer and Chairman of the ROTEC Board of Directors, presented estimates of the economic effect from the introduction of supercapacitors on the entire fleet of trams operated in the country.
Russia: Such plans were presented by the First Deputy CEO of Russian Railways Vadim Mikhailov. Meanwhile, the company is now discussing the possibility of raising funds from the National Wealth Fund (NWF) to increase the purchases volume.
USA: The manufacturer expects that half of the cargo shifted from road to rail will reduce 18 mln truck loads, cut fuel consumption in national economy by about 18 mln tonnes, as well as avoiding 60 mln tonnes of CO2 emissions.
EAEU: A new technical regulation, numbered TR EAEU 052/2021, was approved by Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Council and will come into force in January 2025.
Russia: Rosstandart approved the National Standardisation Program (NSP) for the upcoming year. As to NSP, the TK 045 "Railway Transport" plans to submit 13 drafts of the first edition standards, the TK 150 "Metro systems" - 10.
France, Germany: CAF is to acquire the Reichshoffen plant and the intellectual property rights on the Coradia Polyvalent platform it produces, as well as a part of the Hennigsdorf site, together with the IP rights on Talent 3 trains.
