Vossloh locomotives winning the Italian market
Vossloh Locomotives GmbH has handed over to the north Italian ACT Group in Reggio Emilia the first of six model G 2000 diesel locomotives. Set to follow are another six similar vehicles for which ACT has an option. The total contract is worth around €30 million.For Vossloh, the first of these shipments is groundbreaking. "Never before have new diesel locomotives for unrestricted use in Italy been sourced from abroad and never before has an attempt at complete certification and approval been launched. Now that we have achieved this after extensive additional tests, the Italian market is wide open to us," emphasized Vossloh AG's CEO Burkhard Schuchmann when handing over the locomotive at Reggio Emilia.
Meanwhile, two more Italian rail companies have ordered Vossloh's model G 2000 locomotives. The Swiss railways, too, have ordered exclusively for operation in Italy the same type of locomotives as the ACT's, with an output of 2,240 kW, a maximum speed of 120 km/h, plus all the special Italian equipment. Including the ACT award, the total value of the 36 locomotives is over €85 million.
Schuchmann pointed out that Vossloh Locomotives' order books were overflowing. Instead of the 122 vehicles budgeted for this year, at least 140 are likely to be built. As a consequence, sales will range around €220 million rather than the expected approximate €200 million.
Werdohl, September 15, 2003
For more details contact:
Werner Andree, Vossloh AG,
phone. (+49-2392) 52-407