SWEDEN: Systra announced its acquisition of signalling and telecoms design, planning and project management company Dalco Elteknik on March 3.
Founded in 1987, Dalco Elteknik has 52 staff at nine offices throughout Sweden and has managed more than 1 200 projects for clients including Trafikverket, Stockholm County Council and equipment manufacturers.
‘Systra is working on the Ostlänken high speed railway project, and Dalco Elteknik specialises in signalling for conventional railways’, said Pascal Mercier, Systra’s Senior Vice-President for Northern Europe. He added that the acquisition would provide Systra with the resources needed to become a leader in railway engineering systems in Sweden and the wider Scandinavian market.