Alstom has released its first India Impact Report in partnership with Ernst & Young, capturing the socio-economic contributions and Environmental, Social and Governance goals in the year to the end of March 2021. Alstom India bought €331m of goods and services, with 75% of orders placed with Indian suppliers. It has invested €142m locally in the last five years, and conducted 21 technology transfers. In March, Alstom had 7 634 direct employees in India, and supported 71 340 indirect and 27 770 induced jobs. It is aiming to have 28% of people in management, engineering and professional roles being women by 2025.
Holland is to expand its suite of track measurement services with LiDAR technology from Cordel. This has a range of applications including track imagery, clearance validation, line of sight measurement and condition assessment. ‘Combining Cordel’s automated LiDAR with Holland’s comprehensive track inspection services on the same vehicles delivers more efficiency and value to railroads’, said Nick Wayne, Cordel Vice-President for the Americas.
Rail.One now offers composite sleepers produced by German company Pioonier from recycled plastics. Rail.One said these are suitable substitutes for wooden sleepers on bridges and turnouts. ‘It is important to us to keep up with the current market developments and especially with the topic of sustainability. We are proud being able to offer our customers a sustainable product that is also reliable and safe’, said Gerhard Scholz, Senior Business Development Manager at PCM Rail.One.
PSP Investments and Amber Infrastructure have increased their shareholding in the UK rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains Group, purchasing a combined 51% stake from AMP Capital with PSP Investments becoming the majority shareholder. Both PSP Investments and Amber Infrastructure have been investors in Angel Trains since 2008.
Flensburg-based public transport CCTV, passenger counting, information and audio technology company r2p has acquired Canadian passenger information system supplier TG Bakers Americas.
Freight tracking technology company Nexxiot is to acquire a majority stake in Swedish technology firm MOST, which supplies sensors to monitor the humidity, temperature, light and security of containerised cargo. Danish company GlobeTracker will divest its shares in MOST, and the Resona family will be a minority shareholder.
Wagon leasing and repair company American Industrial Transport has appointed founder of Appalachian Railcar Services Kurt Higginbotham as President with effect from October 1. ‘We are changing the business to be razor focused as the best-in-class railcar leasing and services provider in the world, through the use of talent and technology’, he said. ‘We have a great and growing team that has the rare opportunity to build a dynamic business that truly partners with customers, seeing around the curve and delivering what they need.’
A partnership has been announced to bring together Nozomi Networks’ digital security technology and scale with Cervello’s rail-specific cybersecurity expertise. ‘Proliferation and utilisation of Internet of Things technology opens the door to new cyber threats and increases the rail and transport attack surface’, said Chet Namboodri, Nozomi Networks’ Senior Vice-President of Business Development & Alliances. ‘We have several joint projects underway with advanced rail systems in Europe, and this now formalised global partnership enables us to more rapidly expand our joint efforts worldwide.’
Mayank Tripathi has been appointed Chief Sales Officer at Frauscher Sensor Technology. He brings 16 years’ experience of railway signalling into his new role, and will focus on further strengthening the company’s position within the rail market and its relationships with customers, as well as developing opportunities in new markets. He will also continue to be Managing Director of Frauscher France.
