Alstom is building a rolling stock assembly plant in Matosinhos, Portugal, which is expected to create 300 direct jobs.

The entities involved

• Alstom →

  French rolling stock manufacturer

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• Matosinhos →

  municipality in Portugal

  Nothing else this week.

• Barcelona →

  city in Catalonia, Spain

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Related events

• Alstom is a France-based multinational company.Sep 15
• Alstom secured investment to build and assemble trainsets for suburban services in Porto and Lisbon, Portugal, with assembly also taking place in Barcelona.Sep 17
• Alstom is supplying rolling stock to Renfe for fleet expansion and service improvements in the Fuengirola area of Spain.Aug 28
• Alstom is building new passenger cars for Via Rail using facilities in Thunder Bay and Montreal.Sep 3
• Orano and Maaden signed an MoU on technology development, while a Qiddiya investment project was announced in Cergy-Pontoise.Aug 25