21 NOVEMBER 2014Sapa Press Release
New award for Alstom’s next-generation train
Edited by : AL CIRCLE
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Sapa won its first major contract with the France-based rail transport powerhouse in 2007, and has continually increased its business with Alstom since. The latest award calls for 40 train sets, with deliveries through 2018.
Reaching speeds of 320 km/h, Alstom’s Euroduplex is the only double-deck, very high-speed train with the best capacity on the market, the highest level of comfort and a guarantee of maximum safety. The main customer for Euroduplex is the French National Railway Company (SNCF).
Sapa is providing more than half of the structural profiles used in the train’s car body shells. Its Lichtervelde site in Belgium is handling the shipments to Alstom’s manufacturing center for very high-speed trains in La Rochelle, France.
Sapa is responsible for:
• Complex/structural extrusions (up to 19 meters in length)
• Machining (short length and long length)
• Kitting (assembling items in ready-to-ship kits)
• Just-in-time deliveries, with shipment in special long-length trucks
“Alstom appreciates our integrated chain of supply and our good track record in earlier projects with them,” says global key account manager Tiphaine Lorenz of Sapa.
Sapa is providing more than half of the structural profiles used in the train’s car body shells. Its Lichtervelde site in Belgium is handling the shipments to Alstom’s manufacturing center for very high-speed trains in La Rochelle, France.
Sapa is responsible for:
• Complex/structural extrusions (up to 19 meters in length)
• Machining (short length and long length)
• Kitting (assembling items in ready-to-ship kits)
• Just-in-time deliveries, with shipment in special long-length trucks
“Alstom appreciates our integrated chain of supply and our good track record in earlier projects with them,” says global key account manager Tiphaine Lorenz of Sapa.
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