Bombardier to Supply Additional Trams to the City of Brussels, Belgium.BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Bombardier Transportation Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. Bombardier Transportation is the world’s largest company in the rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its headquarters are in Berlin. welcomes the notice given by the Board of Directors of the Brussels transport authority (STIB STIB Stratosphere-Troposphere Interactions and the Biosphere STIB Société des Transports Inter-Communaux Bruxellois (Brussels, Belgium, Europe) STIB State Technical Investigation Branch (New South Wales Police; Australia) ) to award Bombardier an additional order for 22 bidirectional The ability to move, transfer or transmit in both directions. Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook trams. The contract, which will be officially signed in the coming days, is part of the five-year framework agreement concluded with STIB in October 2003, and includes the maintenance of the vehicles' bogies and propulsion equipment for a period of 15 years, as well as the delivery of spare parts for 10 years. The contract (without spare parts) is valued at approximately $64 million US (52 million euros). This additional order brings the total number of FLEXITY Outlook vehicles ordered by STIB to 68. The delivery of the 100% low-floor trams is expected to take place between May 2007 and March 2008. Today's announcement took place at the roll-out ceremony of the first of 46 FLEXITY Outlook vehicles ordered in 2003. The event, which was held at the tramway museum in Brussels, was attended by Mr. Pascal Smet, Minister of Mobility of the Brussels Region, as well as political representatives and STIB and Bombardier executives. "STIB's intention to order 22 additional trams simultaneously with the handover n. 1. The act of relinquishing property or authority etc. to another; as, the handover of occupied territory to the original posssessors; the handover of power from the military back to the civilian authorities s>. of the first Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook tram reflects the STIB's strong confidence in our products and services," commented Walter Grawenhoff, President, Light Rail Vehicles, Bombardier Transportation. "Since the 1950s, we have worked closely together on various tram and metro cars projects and we are delighted to continue this long-lasting cooperation." The 32 m long vehicles, featuring the Bombardier MITRAC propulsion system, will be manufactured at Bombardier's Bruges site in Belgium, while the bogies will be produced at the Siegen site in Germany. Vehicles of the same family are in successful revenue service in the cities of Linz and Graz, Austria and Lodz, Poland and have recently been put in service in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland and Eskisehir, Turkey. They have also been ordered by the city of Marseille, France and Valencia, Spain. 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. Bombardier, FLEXITY and MITRAC are trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidies 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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