Bombardier Awarded a $343 Million US Order from SNCF for 73 Additional High-Capacity Trains AGC Type.MONTREAL -- Bombardier Transportation announced today that it received an additional order for 73 high-capacity trains AGC AGC Automatic Gain Control AGC Automotive Glass Cartridge (fuse) AGC Associated General Contractors AGC Associated General Contractors of America AGC Atypical Glandular Cells AGC Attorney-General's Chambers type (Autorail Grande Capacite) from the French National Railways (SNCF SNCF Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (French National Railways) SNCF Sans Nous les Cafés Ferment (French) ), valued at approximately $343 million US (290 million euros). The SNCF represents the French Regions in this transaction. The trains will be delivered between September 2007 and June 2010. Bombardier will manufacture these AGC trains at its Crespin plant, in the Valenciennes region in France. This firm order follows the announced selection of Bombardier by SNCF in September 2001 for the supply of 500 high-capacity regional trains AGC type for the French Regions. Andre Navarri, President, Bombardier Transportation commented on the occasion: "This new order confirms, once again, SNCF and the French Regions' trust in Bombardier and their strong interest in this innovating concept. Every day, these trains demonstrate that they fulfill passengers' needs. This new order further reinforces Bombardier's already strong leadership in the French high-capacity trains market." The AGC is available in various versions. The trains can run on either diesel fuel, electricity or a combination of the two, and also on a dual mode/dual voltage (diesel fuel and electricity 1.5 kV and 25 kV). The new order from the SNCF includes dual mode/dual voltage trains. Bombardier Transportation in France operates primarily at its Crespin site in the Valenciennes region, where it employs more than 1600 people. In the French market, Bombardier Transportation participates in all TGV TGV: see railroad. programs and manufactures a wide range of rolling stock rolling stock Any of various readily movable transportation equipment such as automobiles, locomotives, railroad cars, and trucks. Rolling stock generally makes good collateral for loans because the equipment is standardized and easily transportable among for public transport. Among these products are the MF 2000 vehicles for the Paris Metro, the Strasbourg, Nantes and Marseille tramways, the recent vehicles for the RER RER Regione Emilia-Romagna RER Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum RER Respiratory Exchange Ratio RER Real Exchange Rate RER Réseau Express Régional (French commuter rail in Paris) RER Replication Error RER Rental Equipment Register network and the TR2N NG regional transport railcars. About Bombardier A world-leading manufacturer of innovative transportation solutions, from regional aircraft and business jets to rail transportation equipment, Bombardier Inc. is a global corporation headquartered in Canada. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2005, were $15.8 billion US and its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (BBD BBD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Barbados Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). News and information are available at www.bombardier.com. Note to editors A photo is available on our website at the following address http://www.transportation.bombardier.com/photography.jsp BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :BBD.MV.A) (TSX:BBD.SV.B) |
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