Alstom celebrates 10 years of its rolling stock factory in Taubaté

“Celebrating ten years of building trains in our Taubaté plant reaffirms Alstom's commitment to Brazil and to delivering mobility solutions that connect people and transform cities. This achievement reflects our capacity for innovation and operational excellence and the dedicated work of a highly qualified team committed to meeting local and global demands with quality and sustainability,” says Suely Sola, general director of Alstom Brazil.

Opened in 2015, Alstom's facility  in Taubaté is a center of excellence in the production of stainless-steel train car and is strategically located in an industrial hub, and close to the Port of Santos, the largest port complex in Latin America. The plant produced 27 Citadis cars for the Rio de Janeiro Tram, which were manufactured in record time for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. The project was the second in the world to have a 100% catenary-free system. After the conclusion of the VLT contract, the plant also produced the NS16 cars for the Santiago Metro in Chile.

In November 2022, following the signing of signing of six national and international contracts, Alstom invested R$100 million to expand the site,  as part of the company's growth strategy. Since then, more than 170 trains (over 940 cars) have been or are being produced by Alstom in Taubaté for these contracts, for the cities of São Paulo (Brazil), Santiago (Chile), Taipei (Taiwan) and Bucharest (Romania), highlighting the facility's ability to contribute to mobility at a global level. In recent years, the plant has been responsible for producing trains for various transport systems, including:

• Lines 8 and 9 of the São Paulo Metropolitan Train Network: supply of 36 Metropolis trains, each with eight cars, with doors and corridors that offer excellent passenger flow and accessibility, for the modernization of the network, under contract with ViaMobilidade.
• Line 6-Orange of the São Paulo Metro: production of 22 Metropolis trains, each with six cars, for the University Line (LinhaUni), under contract with the Acciona Group concessionaire, for the expansion of the metro system in the capital of São Paulo.
• Line 7 of the Santiago Metro, Chile: production of 37 Metropolis trains with 5 cars each for the new metro line in the Chilean capital.
• Extension of Phase 2 of Line 7 of the Taipei Metro, Taiwan: manufacture of 35 Metropolis trains, each with four cars, equipped with the CBTC Urbalis 400 signaling system, SCADA and safety doors on the platforms, for the Clara Green Line (LG) or Wanda Zhonghe Shulin (Wanda).
• Phase two of the Taipei Circular Line, Taiwan: The Taubaté plant will produce 29 trains, totaling 116 cars.
• Bucharest Metro Line 5, Romania: production of 13 trains, totaling 78 cars, for the expansion of the city's underground transport system.

In addition to investing in the industrial unit to meet current projects, the company entered into a partnership with the National Industrial Training Service – SENAI Taubaté to train 500 professionals to work directly in the production of the new trains. The factory currently generates more than 600 direct jobs and around 400 indirect jobs.

Alstom Brazil

Alstom is the leader in rail mobility in the Brazilian market and the protagonist of great moments in the rail sector, such as the construction of the first passenger train factory in the country and the largest export agreement in the Brazilian rail sector for the supply of cars for the metros of Santiago, Chile, and New York, United States, signed in July 2002. In 2014, the company participated in the largest project in history of suburban trains in South Africa. More recently, Alstom's contribution to the rail transport sector is proven by products and services delivered to the main passenger operators in the country, such as São Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Porto Alegre (RS), Fortaleza (CE), Recife (PE) and Brasília (DF), in addition to the Rio de Janeiro tramway.

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