VOSSLOH signed a contract for the sale of its electric systems business division, Vossloh Kiepe to Knorr-Bremse Rail Vehicle Systems on December 21, a further step in the company’s transition to focus entirely on infrastructure.

A festival was held at Kluse station on the unique suspension railway in the German city of Wuppertal on December 18 to mark the entry into service of the line’s new fleet of trains.

VOSSLOH announced on December 5 that it has signed an agreement to acquire North American rail infrastructure company Rocla Concrete Tie for $US 117.2m at the beginning of 2017 subject to merger control clearances.

DB Networks has successfully carried out tests of Vossloh’s High Speed Grinding technology on turnouts and is expected to expand deployment across the German network in 2017. Dr Konstantin von Diest, head of preventive maintenance at Vossloh Rail Services, and Mr Rainer Meyer, head of turnout maintenance and Flexis at Vossloh Mobile Rail Services, reveal the work that has taken place over the last three years.

ALSTOM delivered the first Citadis LRV for the new cross-border tram line from Strasbourg, France, to Kehl, Germany, on October 3, less than two years after signing a framework agreement with Strasbourg Transport Company (CTS) for the delivery of 50 trams.

Vossloh is nearing the conclusion of its transition from a broad rail solutions provider to a supplier focused on infrastructure. Executive board member Volker Schenk outlines the changes that have taken place in the past two years and the German company’s new strategy to Kevin Smith.

FUTURE locomotive acquisitions for South African state-owned rail operators Transnet and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) will be consolidated under one umbrella organisation if the country's treasury and public enterprise departments get their way.

FRENCH leasing firm Akiem ordered 44 type DE 18 locomotives on July 29 from Vossloh Locomotives in Kiel, and delivery of the €140m order will start in 2018.

VOSSLOH says Ebit for the first half of 2016 increased by 57.3% from €12.3m in 2015 to €19.3m this year despite a drop in sales.

VOSSLOH Locomotives, Germany, held a topping-out ceremony on June 3 for its new locomotive factory on the Kiel Business Campus 11 months after ground braking under its plan to relocate form Kiel-Friedrichsort to Kiel-Suchsdorf.