COMPANY NEWS
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ombardier Transportation has signed a framework
agreement with Siemens AG to develop and supply components for up to 300 ICx high-speed trains for Deutsche Bahn.
The steel body shells for the new high-speed trains are being devel- oped in the Bombardier factory in Hennigsdorf and are being manu- factured in Gorlitz, with project management at both sites, start- ing from summer 2013.
Bombardier will also carry out the fi nal assembly of one inter- mediate coach per train at Hen- nigsdorf, and will also supply its
FLEXX Eco trailer bogies. The fi rst call-off for 130 trains is worth an estimated €1.3bn to Bombar- dier, with Deutsche Bahn plan- ning to place an additional call- off with Siemens for a further 90 trains. The framework agreement between Siemens and Deutsche Bahn also includes an option for up to 80 additional trains that could be ordered at any time until the year 2030.
Bombardier’s Stephane Ram- baud-Measson said: “The ICx will have a decisive infl uence on the future of long-distance travel in Germany and will be a showcase project.”
etherlands Railways (Neder- landse Spoorwegen) will be
supplied with more than 10,000 rugged handheld devices for tick- et control, travel information and support of workfl ow processes after Handheld Group won the tender to supply the PDAs. The Netherlands Railways European tender was the largest tender in the world for rugged PDAs in the public transportation sector dur- ing the past 12 months and one of the largest projects in the world for rugged handheld devices for all business verticals. Consisting of a technical and commercial evaluation, competition included all the major global suppliers of rugged handheld devices.
The contract was won by a consor- tium, HS Mobility, of Handheld Group and Dutch software part- ner company Sigmax B.V, which supplies mobility software for the
public transportation market.
The contract to supply more than 10,000 rugged PDAs extends over fi ve years with the majority being deployed during 2011.
Jerker Hellström, CEO of the Handheld Group, said the compa- ny is “extremely proud”, adding: “The tender and selection process has been very thorough and the competition for the contract has been fi erce. This makes it espe- cially rewarding to be declared the winner.”
The Nautiz eTicket Pro rugged PDA, designed specifi cally for payment transactions and vali- dations within the public trans- portation market, was developed in collaboration with Arcontia, a leading supplier of smart card readers for public transportation applications.
T
he largest railway contract ever to be awarded in Austria is nearing completion ahead of schedule.
The €260m, 41km section of the Lower Inn Valley (Tyrol) tunnel works forms part of the TEN 1- Axis from Berlin to Palermo.
The contract was awarded by Brenner Eisenbahn GmbH(BEG), a subsidiary of ÖBB, to the consortium Alptransit Brenner, of which Rhomberg Bahntechnik GmbH forms part. The main project works comprise a 34km section of twin-track tunnel, which includes one the longest continuous sections of mass spring slab track constructed in Europe.
This includes a joint-free, seamless section over 2km long.
The fi rst road is complete, and the second has two 17.5km sections still to complete. With completion planned for Christmas 2011, the
consortium will be laying mass spring slab track at the rate of approximately 1070m per week.
A Rhomberg spokesman said: “Rhomberg is a family business which vouches for every project
with its name, reputation and commitment.
“For over four generations this attitude has been cultivated and can be seen in the present generation by the way we nurture
close contact with our clients, partners and our employees.”
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