ALSTOM signs cooperation agreement with Chinese Locomotive
Manufacturer Datong

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Participating in the signing ceremony were Cui Dianguo,
president of China Northern Locomotive and Rolling Stock
Industry (Group) Corp., and Shi Xiaoding, president of Datong.

Representing ALSTOM were Philippe Mellier, president of
ALSTOM Transport, Alain Berger, country president for ALSTOM
China, and Marc Chatelard, ALSTOM Transport’s senior vice
president for the Asian region.

ALSTOM and Datong have agreed on cooperation in order to
compete in future calls for tender for locomotives in China.
The partnership will manufacture PRIMA locomotives derived from
those ALSTOM has built for the SNCF. In a first phase, the
partnership will build locomotives for heavy freight, and in a
second phase for regular freight and for high-speed passenger
service.

With more than 35 product lines and a presence in more than
60 countries, ALSTOM's Transport sector offers complete
products and services for new rolling stock, signaling, and
electrical and mechanical infrastructure as well as maintenance
and rehabilitation services to four distinct types of
customers: urban transit authorities and operators; intercity
passenger rail operators and rolling stock owners; rail freight
operators; and intercity railway infrastructure owners.
ALSTOM's Transport sector, with sales of 4.9 billion euros
in financial year 2003-2004, is among the world's leading
suppliers to the railway industry.

Press information:

Helen Connolly

Tel. +33 (0)1 41 66 91 43

helen.connolly@transport.alstom.com