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is a large French multinational conglomerate which holds interests in the power generation and transport markets. According to the company website, in the years 2010 –2011 Alstom had annual sales of over €20.9 billion, and employed more than 85,000 p eople in 70 countries. Alstom's headquarters are located in Levallois-Perret, west of Paris. Its current CEO is Pat rick Kron. Alstom is active in the field of hydroelectric power generation; in conventional islands for nuclear power plants; and in environmental control systems. It is also the manufacturer of the AGV, TGV, and Eurostar trains, as well as of Citadis trams. Alstom is also present in the urban transport market, and is behind regional train models, signaling infrastructure equipment, and a number of associated services.
The beginning of Alsthom was from the merger of Thomson-Houston and Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques (SACM), with its first factory in Belfort. Alsthom acquires Constructions Electriques de France, Tarbes, a manufacturer of electric locomotives as well as electrical and hydraulic equipment. Transport thus becomes a part of Alsthom Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE) becomes majority shareholder of Alsthom The Group merges with with Chantiers de l'Atlantique to become Alsthom Atlantique, bringing Marine into Alsthom's portfolio. Alsthom constructs the first 1300MW generator set for the Paluel the Paluel power station which set a world record with an output of 1500 MW. The first TGV is delivered to SNCF. to SNCF. The The TGV went on to break world rail speed records in 1981 (380 km/h) and 1990 (515.3 km/h), and achieved the world endurance record for high speed train lines in 2001, travelling from Calais to Marseille (1067.2 km) in 3 hours and 29 mins. The Alsthom Belfort site receives an order from EDF from EDF for the largest gas turbine in the world (212MW) Break up of Belgian electrical engineering company company ACEC SA: SA: Holding company GCEE Alsthom acquires energy division ACEC Energie SA (hydroturbines, electrical equipment for nuclear industry), and its automation division ACEC Automatisme SA. Alsthom acquires 100% of the rail transport equipment division of ACEC as ACEC Transport. GEC Alsthom is formed from the merger of the power and transport activities of Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE) and the UK General Electric Company plc (GEC). France's market was no longer sufficient, so the merger was to enable Alsthom to export into Europe. Rail vehicle manufacuter Linke-Hofmann manufacuter Linke-Hofmann-Busch -Busch (LHB), formerly part of Salzgitter Salzgitter AG group, is acquired by GEC Alsthom. Outstanding shares in MAN Energie (steam turbines) are acquired GEC Alsthom acquired Cegelec acquired Cegelec (electrical contracting) as Alstom Power Conversion June: the Group is introduced on to the Paris Stock Exchange and changes its name from GEC Alsthom to Alstom. GEC and Alcatel and Alcatel sell off part of their stakes in the capital (23.6% each). Alstom acquires Sasib Railways (Italy), which also adds the former General former General Railway Signal (USA) Alstom acquires the Canadian Télécité Inc., a worldwide Centre of Excellence in passenger
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information and security solutions. Alstom and ABB merge their energy businesses in a 50-50 joint company known as ABB Alstom Power. Alstom sells its heavy duty gas turbine business to General Electric. Alstom acquires ABB's share in ABB Alstom Power. Alstom acquires a 51% stake in Fiat Ferroviaria, the Italian rail manufacturer and world leader in tilting technology. Alstom supplies the highest capacity automated metro in the world to Singapore In 2003 Alstom was undergoing a financial crisis due to poor sales and debt liabilities, with the potential to force the liquidation of the company; in part due to $4 billion costs due to a design flaw in the turbines of a 2000 acquisition from ABB Group, as well as collapse of customer Renaissance Cruises. Alstom's share price had dropped 90% over two years, and the company had over $5 billion of debt. Subsequently Alstom would sell s everal of its subsidiaries to raise funds. January: Alstom sells its T&D activities to Areva. The French State takes up a 21% stake in Alstom's capital to support the recovery of the company. Alstom delivers the Queen Mary 2, the world's largest ocean liner, to Cunard. Alstom sells Alstom Power Rentals to APR LLC later becoming APR Energy LLC Alstom sells the diesel locomotive manufacturer Meinfesa (Valencia, Spain) to Vossloh AG. Alstom receives EU approved, French government bailout worth €2.5 billion. GT 24/26 turbines achieve 1.5 million operating hours and major sales to countries such as Italy, Germany, Spain and Thailand, demonstrating the Group's return to the gas turbine market with a technologically advanced product. Alstom sells its Marine Division to the Norwegian group Aker Yards. Alstom commits itself to keeping 25% of the shares until 2010. June 2006, Bouygues group acquires French government 21% holding, for €2 billion, (increased to 30% by March 2011) later in the year, Bouygues increases its shareholding to 24%. Alstom launches major clean coal technology initiative with the EU. Alstom sells Alstom Power Conversion which became Converteam Group in a leveraged buy-out (LBO) deal funded byBarclays Private Equity France SAS Following a new Graphic Chart, the Group name is now written "Alstom", with the exception of the legal entities which are written with Alstom in capitals, e.g., Alstom S.A. April: on a test run in France, TGV Est set the world speed record for rail vehicles of 574.8 km/h 25 June: Acquired the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Ecotècnia, and was named Alstom Ecotècnia until April 2010, when the Ecotécnia name was dropped. The new entity legal name is Alstom Wind. Alstom acquired 25%+1 share of Russian Transmashholding. Alstom announces opening of a wind turbine assembly facility in Amarillo, Texas Alstom re-acquires the Electric power transmission Division of Areva SA. (previously sold to Areva in 2004. A new division is created called Alstom Grid. Alstom opens in Chattanooga, USA, a state-of-the-art turbine manufacturing facility to address the North American power generation market Alstom inaugurates new hydropower manufacturing facility in China Alstom and the Iraqi government sign a memorandum of understanding regarding the construction of a new high-speed rail line between Baghdad and Basra. Alstom begins construction of factories at:
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Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada (passenger rail vehicles), in part to construct vehicles for a $1.2 billion (Canadian) order from Société de transport de Montréal awarded to Alstom/Bombardier. Cherbourg (Turbine blades in association with LM Power, wind turbine towers), and at Saint-Nazaire (Nacelles and generators) to construct wind turbines, after a consortium of Alstom (Alstom Wind), EDF, and Dong Energy was awarded three French offshore wind farm contracts. Ufa, Russia, joint venture with RusHydro to manufacture equipment for small and medium power hydropower plants (up to ~100MW).
Alstom is all about speed and power. Alstom's Power segment is a world leader, providing boilers, turbines, air quality systems, generators, and controls for coal, gas, hydroelectric, and nuclear power generation. Turnkey power plant and wind farm setups are available, as well as emission reduction systems. Alstom claims it has equipped 25% of the world's operating power plants. Its Transport business is a worldleading manufacturer of all things railroad-related, from commuter trains and locomotives to signaling equipment to rail infrastructure. It also makes high-speed trains and provides complete turnkey railroad setup. Alstom's Grid segment mainly addresses the growing smart-grid market in the utility sector. Alstom operates in three main business areas: Power generation, Rail transport, and Transmission.
Alstom power activities include the design, manufacturing, services and supply of products and systems for the power generation sector and i ndustrial markets. The group covers all energy sources - gas, coal, nuclear, hydro, wind. Alstom supplies and maintains all components of a power plant and provides complete turnkey solutions. During the financial year 2007/08, Alstom Power sales amounted to 11.4 billion euros. The company provides components for power generation: boilers, steam turbines and gas turbines, wind turbines, generators, air quality control systems and monitoring and control systems for power plants, as well as related products. Additionally the company provides turn-key solutions for the construction and operation of gas-fired, coal-fired and hydroelectric power plants, conventional islands for nuclear power plants, and wind farms The company also provides a variety of services, including product retrofitting for nuclear and fossil steam turbines and refurbishment of existing power plants, maintenance as well as servicing under long-term agreements for Alstom, GE and Siemens gas turbines.
The company supplied major equipment for 25% of the worldwide existing power plants. Recently, the group won a contract for the turn-key construction of t wo coal-fired power plants in South Africa. In France, Alstom is currently providing the "conventional island" (turbo generator unit) of Flamanville 3, the third generation of nuclear power plants. The group participated in the largest hydropower projects in the world like the Three Gorges Dam in China and Itaipu in Brazil and Paraguay. In May 2008, the company signed a frame agreement with Iberdrola to supply around 300MW of wind turbines. In the emirate of Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), an Alstom-led consortium won a contract to build a 2,000 MW gas-fired power and desalination plant including a long term maintenance contract. In the late 2000s, Alstom won Middle Eastern contracts to the value of ~€100m for power generation equipment.
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Alstom Transport develops and markets a complete range of systems, equipment and service in the railway industry. With a market share of 18% and sales of 5.3 billion euros, the company is number 1 in very high-speed trains, number 2 in tramways and metros, and is among the leaders for electrical and diesel trains, information systems, traction systems, power supply systems and track work. Alstom Transport is present in 60 countries with 26,000 employees. Alstom's product range includes high and very high speed trains, trams, metros, commuter and intercity trains, as well as tilting trains and locomotives. The company also operates in the rail infrastructure market, designing, producing and installing infrastructure for the rail network to upgrade safety and performance of existing networks, or as part of new turn-key solutions. These include information solutions, electrification, communication systems, track laying, station utilities, as well as workshops and depots. Turn-key systems for light-rail systems, including tramways with or without electric overhead lines, metro systems and air-rail links (traditional and automatic), are also supplied. Maintenance, rebuilding and renovation services are also provided by the company. Notable products includes series production of the TGV high-speed trains with over 650 train sets sold over 25 years, as well as the AGV (Automotrice Grande Vitesse) unveiled in February 2008 and which entered service with NTV in Italy in 2012. The company also produces Citadis trams; as of 2009, over 1100 Citadis trams are in use by 28 cities including Dublin, Algiers, Barcelona, Melbourne and Paris . Since 2002, Alstom has been manufacturing the Pendolino tilting train, following the acquisition of Fiat Ferroviaria.
A third business section based on power transmission was formed on 7 June 2010 with the acquisition of the transmission business of Areva SA. The division manufactures equipment for the entire chain of electrical power transmission, including ultra-high voltage transmission lines (both AC and DC). The new sector, headquartered in France at La Défense, the business district west of Paris, has four main businesses: products (electrical equipment of the ultra-high-voltage and high-voltage electricity transmission system, 51% of sales), with world leading positions in disconnectors and instrument transformers; Systems (network management systems and big turn-key projects, 34% of sales), with a leading position in HVDC solutions (high-voltage direct current) thanks to its expertise in power electronics; Automation (sophisticated information systems for real-time management of electricity grids); and Service.
The need for high efficiency solutions in industry is more prevalent than ever – customers, shareholders and business partners demand it. Alstom can help industrial plant operators with a bal anced product-portfolio to suit your business. Alstom is a leader in design, innovation, manufacture and construction of milling equipment and air quality control systems, with decades of experience providing equipment for major industries. We remain the leading supplier and innovator of pulverizes for industrial mineral operations.
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Whatever your field of industry, Alstom can help you meet power demands, improve water and power cost efficiencies, reduce emissions and recover waste heat. We cover processes for major industries, including:
: We help improve emissions control and energy efficiency and develop power plants with high security of power supply for this essential global industry. : We offer customized solutions for air quality control across all production stages of the cement industry, drawing on our experience from more than 600 installations. Alstom equipment efficiently provides power and desalinated water in integrated water and power plants. : Our state-of-the-art steam turbines secure heat for district heating while efficiently generating power —thereby saving energy and reducing CO2 emissions. We can show you how to benefit from our dedicated ecoHEAT™ solutions. : Break down all forms of industrial materials easily and effectively with a range of mills using the latest technologies and materials. : Our steam turbines will convert your waste heat to power and controlled process steam on demand, control emissions and generate additional revenues from efficient use of waste gases for power generation. : For more than 60 years we’ve been supplying air quality control systems to the non ferrous metals industry, for primary smelting, primary and secondary gas treatment, particulate removal and acid gas abatement. : With emissions regulations getting tighter, we help refineries control air emissions using a customized approach. We turn untapped waste heat resources to valuable process steam and power, thereby improving plant productivity via our heat recovery systems and steam turbine solutions. : Bringing over 60 years’ experience to the table, we supply steam turbines, turbo generators and air quality control systems to the pulp and paper industry. Our smart steam turbine solutions top productivity by producing precisely controlled process steam while maximizing power generation. : Alstom steam turbines maximize income from electricity and heat production and reduce the capital costs of buildings, foundations and piping. Our gas-cleaning solutions are cost-effective and reliable in helping waste-to-energy plants control their emissions. : From long-term maintenance and optimization to consultancy and training, we offer full service support to the industrial sector.