Alstom has installed a new aluminium welding line in its rolling inventory in Wroclaw, Poland.
The new, lighter aluminium line, which is part of the company’s sustainable mobility strategy, has replaced the heavier and more complicated metal line.
Planned to create around one hundred new jobs at the Wroclaw site, the new aluminium welding line was installed with an investment of around 10 million euros.
The budget was allocated to new equipment and machinery, in addition to adapting the infrastructure of the plant to new technologies and training of workers.
This investment in the Wroclaw plant to win new projects and manufacture aluminum bodies for regional trains for European markets.
Wroclaw is engaged in the manufacture of locomotive and passenger car bodies, adding high-speed exercise bodies.
The plant also manufactures bogie chassis for rail vehicle types.
With more than 1,000 employees, the site’s ongoing assets are valued at around €700 million.
Slawomir Cyza, President and CEO of Alstom Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic States, said: “Alstom is at the forefront of the aluminum welding generation in rolling stock production in Poland and will continue to expand and popularize this generation, which is more effective and environmentally friendly than traditional steel.
“Aluminum has many benefits over stainless steel in exercise construction. Aluminum ensures a decrease in exercise weight, which contributes to less force to force exercise and thus reduces CO2 emissions.
The use of aluminum on the rails will extend the life of the cars to about 40 years.
Last month, Alstom launched a new production line for its TGV trains at the La Rochelle workshops in France.