The Czech company is the preferred bidder for both the (problematic) Talent and the (local) Polyvalent product ranges – which both come including their building locations, Bombardier’s Hennigsdorf site, and Alstom’s Reichshoffen factory respectively. These changes offer great opportunities for other manufacturers to step into new markets and according to the latest rumors, Škoda Transportation is going to be the company that will bring new competition to the French and German markets. It is the end of the Bombardier Talent range, no more Alstom Coradia Polyvalents, and also the Zefiro V300 product line will be discontinued. But other types of trains will be discontinued – also because Poupart-Lafarge offered them as a change to the EC to get the green light for the main deal. There are products such as Bombardier’s TRAXX locomotives and Alstom’s high-speed trains that have no serious counterpart within the new company. The integration of Bombardier into Alstom will have various consequences for the products here in Europe. Alstom TRAXX and the rise of Škoda?īack to the here and now. The rail manufacturing market is expected to grow at a 2.3% CAGR by 2025. Despite the pandemic, recent stimulus announcements clearly confirm the development of sustainable mobility and more specifically of rail as a long-term priority. The rail market is supported by fundamental growth drivers, such as accelerated urbanisation, public investment strategies, and the worldwide push for green and digital transformation of transport systems. 75,000 employees worldwide in 70 countries.ĭespite the current pandemic and consequentially the growing safety concerns among public transport users, the new Alstom is confident about the near future:.Combined proforma revenue of around €15.7 billion.He had the advantage that in Europe the product portfolios of Alstom and Bombardier were more complementary, compared to the earlier proposed Siemens-Bombardier combination, which could have become too dominant in the markets of signaling and high-speed rail. He got the EC on board, and he managed to get some impressive discounts too. Henri Poupart-Lafarge, for us as outsiders it went relatively fast, and without any serious delays or concerns.
And it is active in only one market, the rail market, as all other Alstom-divisions were sold during the past decade. Yes it is doing great, it has a proper backlog and successful products, for its size, but it was a relatively small player in a market that has been globalizing rapidly. The EC had too many concerns regarding EU market monopolies of the Siemens-Alstom combination, and it did not share the companies’ worries regarding the ever-growing Chinese competitiveness (in Europe).ĭon’t forget that Alstom has been quite vulnerable during the past years. It is also not the first time we see a big merger in Europe – Alstom first tried to join forces with Siemens – but the European Commission killed the creation of a new ‘European Champion’.
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Today, they have officially joined the workforce of Alstom.ĭuring the past years, Bombardier Transportation’s financial problems became bigger and bigger – the company was bleeding money as the result of several large problematic rail projects – plus it was tied to Bombardier’s aerospace division which was facing bankruptcy after it tried to grow into the market for larger commercial passenger planes (C-series). Security for Bombardier – stability for Alstomįor Bombardier’s employees, the deal means the end of a very uncertain, restless period. While Alstom was already well-established in France, Italy, Spain, India, South East Asia, Northern Africa, and Brazil, Bombardier Transportation will bring strong customer proximity in strategic markets such as the United-Kingdom, Germany, the Nordics, China, and North America.
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Bombardier’s website shows an Error 404, Alstom’s marketing team goes full speed ahead, with aspirational videos and impressive figures. A day with optimism, and a day with melancholy. Alstom has completed the take-over of Bombardier Transportation.
A lot has been written today, about THE deal (of the decade?).
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