Alstom and ZAO «Transmashholding» have opened company producing asynchronous traction drives and control systems in the Russia.
Traction drives and control systems are for for completing locomotives EP20 и 2ES5, which is jointly developed by partners, for Russia and for locomotives KZ8A and KZ4A, which will be produced and operated in Kazakhstan.
Production capacity will be 17 kits of equipment per month. The total investment in the project is almost 40M euros.
The company is located on the territory of Novocherkassk Locomotive Plant (NEVZ), owned by TMH. For the project realization Alstom and Transmashholding on parity founded a joint venture (JV) «Railcomp».