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ALSTOM BAGS RS 700 display systems, fibre optic transmission been JCB's biggest single market since
CRORE CONTRACTS FROM systems, CCTV, and access control systems. 2007. The announcement follows the start of
MUMBAI, PUNE METROS work on a new £50 million factory to build
The contract for the Pune metro, awarded by cabs for JCB machines in Uttoxeter,
the Maha Metro Rail Corporation, will see Staffordshire, UK which will be completed
Alstom providing the CBTC technology for later this year, the company said in a
the two corridors, to control 31 trains on the statement.
32 km-long stretch, allowing them to run at
higher frequencies and speed. JCB Chairman, Lord Bamford said, “With
major investment in manufacturing capacity
“Our technologies will help enhance the
in the UK and India, we are very well placed
quality of life in both these cities," Alain
to grow our business in the future. This year
Spohr, managing director for Alstom India
we celebrate 40 years of JCB India and our
and South Asia said.
success over those four decades is down to
our continual investment. It's fitting that we
JCB TO INVEST RS 650 mark the 40th anniversary with an investment
The contract for the Mumbai metro, awarded CRORE IN INDIA; MAKES in a factory which will give us enormous
by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, is to GUJARAT ITS HOME FOR ITS manufacturing capacity.”
provide the CBTC signalling system as well SIXTH FACTORY IN THE
as a state-of-the-art telecommunication JCB India already has factories in Delhi,
COUNTRY
system for the three elevated lines. Pune and Jaipur. Production at the new
facility at Halol-II, Vadodara on a 44 acre site
Rail transportation major AlstomNSE -1.23 % This will be the company's sixth factory in will begin next year. It will house the most
has bagged Rs 700 crore contracts to the India, which will be predominantly used as modern laser cutting, welding and machining
Mumbai and Pune metros, under which it will base to supply to global production lines. technology and will be a fork-lift free
supply communication-based train control In a bid to meet increased demand for the operation. It will be capable of processing
technology to three upcoming lines in the global markets Construction Equipment
megapolis and two upcoming lines in second
largest city in the state.

The Rs 700-crore contracts include
equipping the Mumbai metro lines 2A
(Dahisar to DN Nagar), 2B (DN Nagar to
Mankhurd) and Line 7 (Andheri East to
Dahisar) and the first and second metro lines
in Pune, with Urbalis 400, the French rail
transportation major's communication-based
train control (CBTC) technology, the
company said in a statement Thursday.

The contract for the Mumbai metro, awarded
by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, is to
provide the CBTC signalling system as well
as a state-of-the-art telecommunication
major JCB is planning to invest Rs. 650 85,000 tonnes of steel annually.
system for the three elevated lines.
crores in a new plant in Gujarat. JCB India MD and CEO, Vipin Sondhi said,
This will be the company's sixth factory in “This new factory will be manufacturing
The signalling scope includes design,
India, which will be predominantly used as engineered components and sub-assemblies
manufacture, supply, installation, testing and
base to supply to global production lines as for JCB's many factories around the globe. ill
commissioning of Urbalis 400 and also also
the company prepares to meet increased add to the capacity at our existing plants in
includes supply and commissioning of on-
demand. JCB Chairman Lord Bamford laid India. Vadodara presents us with the
board equipment for 63 coaches. The
the foundation stone for the new plant which advantage of being located close to the Surat
telecommunications scope includes public
will be JCB's sixth factory in India which has port and also to our key suppliers.”
address systems, passenger information
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