Editor-in-Chief David Briginshaw highlights the big changes on the horizon for major rail suppliers, many of which operate in the UK. He says “by the end of this year the landscape of the railway supply industry could look quite different”. Knorr-Bremse and Wabtec are both widening their portfolios, while the big train builders are all fighting for growth. Vossloh is restructuring and CAF has significantly increased its share of the market. Hitachi purchased AnsaldoBreda, which Briginshaw says should “prove an astute move by consolidating the company’s presence in Europe and improving its chances of achieving its goal of becoming a strong global player”. Rumours of Bombardier Transportation’s sale would shore up its lossmaking aerospace division.
- We read it in: International Railway Journal, May 2015, p4
