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Valenciennes Petite-Forêt, La Rochelle and Belfort,
Sector
Manufacturing Manfacture for transport equipment Manufacture of other transport equipment 30.20 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 April 2025
Employment effect (start)
4 April 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
Alstom Transport, the subsidiary of the Alstom group, specialising in the transport, mainly rail, and turbine sectors, has announced the investment of 150 million euros in its production sites in France, leading to the creation of a thousand jobs. This decision aims to deal with the company's delivery delays and to create new jobs. The group plans to increase its production rate from 12 TGV trainsets per year to more than double that. This initiative responds to the report commissioned by the Ministers of Transport and Industry on systematic delays in the rail sector.
The recruitment process is not localized in one site precisely. A new assembly line is planned for the Petite-Forêt site near Valenciennes for €30 million. The La Rochelle site will double its capacity. The Belfort site will receive a new 250-meter building for the final coupling of trains.
The latest restructuring recorded in the ERM was a business expansion in 2023, with the creation of 150 jobs in the branch Alstom transport Alstom Transport 2023 - FR
Eurofound (2025), Alstom Transport, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 202589, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202589.
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