Two Projects in Brazil - Alstom Wins a Major Signalling Contract in São Paulo and Announces the Creation of a New Hydroelectric Equipment Factory
LEVALLOIS PERRET, France--(Business Wire)--
Regulatory News:
Patrick Kron, Chairman and CEO of Alstom (Paris:ALO), visited
Brazil on 3 and 4 July and announced two new projects for Alstom
Brazil in the transport and energy sectors: the construction of a
hydromechanical equipment plant, located in Rondônia, and a contract
for a fully automated control system for the São Paulo metro lines.
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In the transport sector, Alstom has been selected by the
government of the State of São Paulo, to supply a fully automated
system for lines 1, 2 and 3 of the São Paulo metro. The project is
worth around EUR 280 million and concerns the complete renovation of
the existing train control system. This contract is the largest metro
signalling project ever won by Alstom.
Alstom will equip the lines with Urbalis, a complete train control
and telecommunication system based on a CBTC (network integrating
radio technology). This solution allows more efficient operation and
makes it possible to increase train frequency and transport capacity.
Delivery of the system is scheduled to start in 2010 and service will
not be interrupted during the upgrade of the system.
Alstom was responsible for Singapore's driverless metro system,
the world's largest automatic metro, as well as the driverless
networks of Lausanne (M2), Beijing (line 2) and Shanghai (line 10).
The Urbalis train signalling system has also been installed in other
major cities such as Milan, Delhi, Santiago, Istanbul, Cairo, Seoul
and Madrid.
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In order to support hydroelectric projects in the northern region
of Brazil and supply hydromechanical and lifting equipment for
projects in the Amazon region, Alstom Hydro has joined forces with
Bardella, a Brazilian capital goods company, to create a 50/50 joint
venture called Indústria Metalúrgica e Mecânica da Amazônia (IMMA).
IMMA will invest around EUR 35 million to build a plant located in
Porto Velho, in the State of Rondônia, northwest of Brazil. This
plant, operational at the end of 2009, will employ around 300 people.
IMMA will supply hydromechanical equipment for the Santo Antônio
hydroelectric plant, one of the Madeira River projects (the Madeira
river is one of the Amazon's main tributaries). Alstom and Bardella
are members of the EPC Consortium, led by Construtora Norberto
Odebrecht, which was selected to build the Rio Madeira power plant.
The Santo Antônio plant will be built on the Madeira river in
Rondônia, with an installed capacity of 3,150 MW. Alstom will supply
the project with 19 bulb turbines, recommended for lower water head
and reduced environmental impact.
Websites : www.alstom.com, www.power.alstom.com,
www.transport.alstom.com
Press Contacts
Philippe Kasse, Stéphane Farhi (Corporate)
Tel +33 1 41 49 29 82 /33 08
philippe.kasse@chq.alstom.com,
stephane.farhi@chq.alstom.com
or
Mary Varkados (Power)
Tel +33 1 41 49 27 13
mary.varkados@power.alstom.com
or
Cécile Dodat (Transport)
Tel + 33 1 41 66 91 48
cecile.dodat@transport.alstom.com
or
Investor Relations
Emmanuelle Châtelain
Tel + 33 1 41 49 37 38
investor.relations@chq.alstom.com
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