(Mar. 27th) – The Italian Factory of Alstom in Bologna will produce in Kazakhstan the first 1500 switch gear (equipment essential in signaling systems for railways) for Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the company that run the national rail network of the former Soviet republic. This is the first batch of an order that provides for the supply of 10 thousand switch gears in 10 years, for a total value of more than 90 million euros, which also involves SCM Group – Fonderie SCM as a supplier of raw components for equipment on which the operation of the rail networks depends. A commission that should be repeated in 2014. “We will do everything possible,” said Alfredo Aureli, CEO of SCM Group, “to continue our partnership with KazElectroPrivod (Joint Venture between Alstom and Kazakh partner Kamkor for the production of switch gears) even when the production will be moved from Bologna to Almaty, in Kazakhstan, starting from 2015”. (red)
