The French manufacturer plans to upgrade equipment at the plant as part of its ‘Mátranovák 2030’ program, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

Alstom will expand its plant in Hungary
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The European rail manufacturer aims to significantly increase capacity at its railway bogie frame production plant in Hungary with a development program worth 6 billion forints ($16.2 million).

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The company seeks to increase production at the Mátranovák plant by 40% by 2030, including hiring nearly 150 new employees, upgrading plant equipment, and constructing new logistics halls by 2025.

The modernization and expansion program will be carried out by Alstom with the support of the Hungarian government after the company signed a contract with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó.

In an effort to train new staff at the plant, which will manufacture parts for Hungarian companies MÁV, MÁV-HÉV, and BKV, Alstom has also opened its own welding and locksmith school at the facility.

Additionally, the company will install new edge bending machines, upgrade existing plasma cutting machines, introduce a new welding robot, and install around 60 new rotators.

The Mátranovák plant has been operating for 40 years, supplying parts to operators across Europe, but was acquired by Alstom in 2021.

The collaboration between the French manufacturer and the Hungarian government for the 2030 program marks the latest partnership between them after Alstom signed a strategic cooperation agreement to strengthen the country’s railway sector in 2022.

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