IMMA begins the qualification course for handicapped people

IMMA Indústria Metalúrgica e Mecânica da Amazônia, the first on-demand capital goods industry in Brazils North region, the result of a joint venture between Alstom and Bardella, held last Monday, November 12, in Porto Velho, the inaugural class of the course  for Production Assistant, whose participants are handicapped.

The course, which is called Special Guaporé, is part of Guaporé Project, an initiative organized by IMMA since 2009, and offers general information about several areas in industry and commerce. In this first group, 31 students with hearing and physical impairment, aged between 16 and 26 years, will be hired by the Young Apprentices program held by Senai (brazilian entity that develops technical courses in partnership with companies).

The project´s objective is to provide more opportunities and training for these new professionals. Through the course, we hope to provide the technical basis for what they intent to work", says Karina Lapido, Human Resources Manager at IMMA.

The course has the duration of 12 months and the project classes are taught in Senai building. The training includes lessons on areas such as Planning, Marketing, Management, Quality Management and also has moments of interaction between students and professionals from different areas of IMMA.

About IMMA
With the purpose of subsidizing hydroelectric projects in Brazils northern region, through the provision of hydromechanical and lifting equipment for the undertakings of this sector in Amazonia, Alstom, world leader in power and transport infrastructure, has associated to Bardella, a traditional domestic capital goods company with on-demand engineering, for the construction of Indústria Metalúrgica e Mecânica da Amazônia - IMMA.  With an investment of R$ 90 million, the works, delivered in March 2010, are located in Porto Velho, State of Rondônia, and have 235 thousand square meters of total area and 33 thousand square meters of built-up area. Equipped with operating machines, boilermaking area, gritblasting and painting, the factory has a lifting capacity of 130 tons and production of 12 thousand tons a year.

About Alstom
Alstom is a global leader in rail transport and power generation and transmission infrastructure, and is at the forefront of innovative technologies that respect the environment. Alstom builds the fastest train and the automated metros with greatest capacity in the world. It supplies integrated turnkey plants and associated services to a wide range of power sources, including hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind, and offers several solutions for power transmission, focused on smart grids. The Group employs 93,500 people in over 100 countries and registered sales of 20.9 billion in 2010/11.

About Bardella
Ever since its foundation, in 1911, Bardella S.A. Indústrias Mecânicas has been present and participated in all phases of Brazilian development. Always in a pioneer fashion and turned to the market, the company was able to adapt to and many times anticipate the needs of a market under growing evolution and strong competitiveness.
This way, Bardella built, along the years, a portfolio with renown clients at the national and international levels, which clearly shows its technical and managerial capacity in the provision of its products and services.

Press Contacts
Karina Lapido (IMMA) - + 55 69 2182 4508
karina.lapido@imma.ind.br

Juliana Souza (Alstom Brazil and Latin America) - + 55 11 3612-7071
juliana.souza@alstom.com

Sione Perrazoli G. Silva (Marketing Bardella) - + 55 15 3238-5683
ssilva@bardella.com.br

Inês Szabo (President Advice Bardella) - +55 11 2487-1029
iszabo@bardella.com.br