Alstom acquires car body shell manufacturing assets in South Africa
French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom has bought manufacturing assets of car body shells from TMH Africa for an undisclosed sum.
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French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom has bought manufacturing assets of car body shells from TMH Africa for an undisclosed sum.
Billed as the continent's largest train manufacturing plant, South Africa's Gibela is building the country's next fleet of high-tech trains. Railway stations across the country have been extensively looted during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, leaving trains at a standstill. South Africa's railway infrastructure has been ravaged during coronavirus lockdown, with thieves plundering anything from cables and handrails to bricks and doors. In the strictest months of confinement last year, looters went to work on unguarded stations and railway infrastructure, making off with almost anything tha...