Australia’s first fully-automated rail service, the newly launched North West Line by Sydney Metro, has been made in India. The new-generation metro trains were manufactured by French multinational company Alstom in Sri City, an integrated business city located in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh, thirty-five miles north of Chennai....
Alstom Partners Indian Railways to Make Locomotives in India
The joint venture between France headquartered Alstom and State-owned Indian Railways now operates a locomotive factory on a 250 acre lot, in Madhepura, 175 miles northeast of Patna, the capital of India's northern state of Bihar. Earlier this year, the JV showcased its first all-electric locomotive constructed here -- India’s first...
GE Wins $2.6 Billion Contract to Modernize India’s Railway System
General Electric has won a contract worth $2.6 billion to supply 1,000 diesel locomotives to Indian Railways over the next 11 years. This is GE’s largest contract in its 100 year association with India. GE plans to build a $200 million manufacturing facility in the state of Bihar. France’s Alstom...
Alstom to Double its Business in India
Feeling positive about the government's Make in India initiative, French engineering and transport company Alstom of France will double its business in the country to almost $1billion in the next three years. "We love doing business in India. We are finding good business environment in India. We are looking at...
India, France Agree to Expedite Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s visit to France last month, India signed two agreements related to the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant located in the western state of Maharashtra. One of these, a pre-engineering agreement signed with AREVA, Alstom and Nuclear Power Corporation of India, aims to bring greater clarity on...
France's Alstom wins another boiler order in India
France's Alstom SA has recently been awarded a $115 million contract by BHEL to supply components for three units of 660 MW supercritical boilers of Nabinagar Power Generating Co. Ltd. NPGCL is a joint venture company of NTPC Ltd. and Bihar State Electricity Board located in Nabinagar, Bihar, India. Alstom...