Bombardier Opens New Wheel Set Centre at Siegen Site
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The centre of excellence for bogies in Siegen extends core competencies and
opens up new business fields
BERLIN, GERMANY--(Marketwire - April 4, 2011) - Bombardier Transportation is
enhancing its competence centre for bogies in Siegen with a new wheel set
centre. The production of wheel sets on site ensures an optimised and simplified
logistics chain, quality optimisations and a greater independence from external
suppliers and changes in the market. In the first operating year, around 1,700
wheel sets will be produced and this should rise to 10,000 per year by 2013. The
set up was achieved by the Siegen site team in only 10 months; the construction
of the new workshop in Dreis-Tiefenbach began in June 2010; operation started on
April 1, 2011.
"We are delighted to extend our core competencies in Siegen with the new wheel
set centre," said Dr. Klaus Baur, Chairman of the Management Board of Bombardier
Transportation, Germany. He continued: "The capability of a bogie depends
fundamentally on the components of the wheel set. By carrying out the production
ourselves in future, we can ensure ideal and simpler quality assurance and
installation processes."
The competencies of the new centre at the Siegen bogie site cover the fitting
and maintenance of all typical commercial wheel sets including the installation
of brake discs, bearings and axle housings. The technologies used enable the
wheel sets to be pressed on or shrunk on, according to customer requirements.
"As soon as production capacity exceeds our own requirements, we will offer
wheel sets from Siegen on the European market," added Bart Vantorre, Head of
Bogies Business Unit of Bombardier Transportation. "In addition, new business
opportunities will emerge in terms of services. For example, in future we will
not only be able to undertake maintenance and repair of bogies for customers,
but also wheel sets." Certification will be sought for our main customers, in
order to support their maintenance facilities at peak times.
The Bombardier plant in Siegen has been producing customised bogie solutions for
national and international rail traffic for more than 100 years. In recent
years, in-house manufacture of wheel sets was introduced. In future, all
required wheel sets are to be produced in-house.
Bombardier's FLEXX bogie portfolio provides the industry's most comprehensive
selection of technically sophisticated bogie solutions and covers the entire
range of rail vehicles. BOMBARDIER FLEXX bogies are based on decades of
experience as well as the technical expertise of the specialist engineers, who
contribute to the continual strengthening of the portfolio thanks to their
innovative developments. Alongside bogie solutions for internal and external
customers, a complete range of services is offered over the whole lifetime of a
FLEXX bogie.
About Bombardier Transportation
Bombardier Transportation, a global leader in rail technology, offers the
broadest portfolio in the rail industry and delivers innovative products and
services that set new standards in sustainable mobility. BOMBARDIER ECO4
technologies - built on the four cornerstones of energy, efficiency, economy and
ecology - conserve energy, protect the environment and help to improve total
train performance. Bombardier Transportation is headquartered in Berlin, Germany
and has a presence in over 60 countries. It has an installed base of over
100,000 vehicles worldwide.
About Bombardier
A world-leading manufacturer of innovative transportation solutions, from
commercial aircraft and business jets to rail transportation equipment, systems
and services, Bombardier Inc. is a global corporation headquartered in Canada.
Its revenues for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011, were $17.7 billion, and
its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD). Bombardier is listed
as an index component to the Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America
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Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Central and Eastern Europe:
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France:
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USA:
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