Wabtec Corporation, the international rail technology company, has landed a $157m (£123m) order from the mobility business of Siemens India Private Ltd.
Wabtec, which has its headquarters in the USA but operates in 50 countries around the globe, will be supplying brake systems for 9000HP locomotive for Indian Railways.
Employing the latest technology, the new line of 1,200 electric locomotives will use the Wabtec components to provide improved operating performance and excellent reliability, along with efficiency and improved safety. The high-performance brake system will also require reduced maintenance intervals.
Indian Railways, as well as metro projects around the country, already use Wabtec products.
The company's Indian transit business is capable of building major subsystems, including not only brake systems but also pantographs, couplers, air-conditioning systems and passenger access doors. They have a large engineering presence in Hosur and Bangalore can provide technical and service support. The new order will see Wabtec supplying Siemens with brake systems from the Hosur plant for 11 years and maintenance services for 35 years. Siemens will assemble the locomotives at the Indian Railways factory in Dahod, in the state of Gujarat, India.
Gunjan Vakharia, Head of Mobility Business, Siemens Limited, said: “Siemens is firmly committed to transform rail and mobilize India with cutting-edge technologies and solutions. We are excited about our partnership with Wabtec, who also shares a similar vision of creating a green and world-class railway network.
“Wabtec is committed to the delivery of high performance and safety critical products for the Indian market,” said Sujatha Narayan, Senior Vice President and India Region Leader, Wabtec Corporation. “The ILS series of braking system is a product ‘Made in India', which is designed and developed by the India-based engineering team.”
