Stadler has set up a welding plant in Salt Lake City for manufacturing aluminum bodies of train and tram cars, and this will add to localization, reduce lead times of dispatches, and provide new employment opportunities.

This is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

Stadler opened a new welding shop in Salt Lake City
Photo: Stadler

Stadler reinforces production in USA

The new 4,600 m² plant is made of high-tech and is intended to create twenty jobs by 2026 year-end. It allows production of aluminum train and trambody in the USA directly.

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Earlier, car bodies were imported from Europe, but it will now speed up assembly and less foreign supply chain risk. This reinforces market presence and makes it more competitive to Stadler.

Experienced experts from the competence center in Szolnok educated workers from this region. Such knowledge transfer guarantees a high tech-level and higher product quality in the American plant.

Stadler and strategic localization

The firm is already localized to 80% and aims to further lower localization of imported units. Supply chains are analyzed by Stadler because it aims to minimize risk and maximize business resilience.

U.S. customers insist on highly localized projects, so this new investment serves as a reinforcement of mutual trust among authorities of municipalities and partners. This move also reveals new opportunities of expansion into North America.

Welding shop is a core element of the approach: it is cost-saving, it helps to speed up deliveries, and it shows that all players are prepared to make long-term investment in the USA.

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What is Stadler and what does it produce?

Stadler is a Swiss locomotive and tram builder busily increasing production in America and Europe.

When will Stadler finish creating jobs in the new plant?

The firm will create some thirty positions by the end of 2026.

Will Stadler make further production in the U.S.?

Indeed, the business is analyzing supply systems as it investigates further measures to strengthen localization and lower imported parts.

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