Stadler Boosts Its Rail Car Body Manufacturing Capacity Significantly

Stadler Boosts Its Rail Car Body Manufacturing Capacity Significantly

2023. 09. 12.

Switzerland-based Stadler Group announced to expand its rail car body manufacturing capacity with an investment of EUR 45.2 million in Szolnok. The project is set to create 173 new jobs.

The Stadler Group is a major player in the rail segment, producing high-speed, intercity, regional and suburban rail vehicles, heavy rail, underground, tram-train and urban tram vehicles.

Its Hungarian subsidiary, Stadler Szolnok Kft., is now embarking on a new development. The EUR 45.2 million investment will be carried out at the company's site in Szolnok and will increase Stadler's rail car body manufacturing capacity by almost 20%, while enabling it to produce double-deck car bodies.

Under the project, the company will implement technological, renewable energy and infrastructure improvements that will increase annual production capacity by around 100 wagon bodies, allowing for a total of 750 wagon bodies to be produced annually. The investment will create 173 new jobs.

The improvements will be implemented between 2023 and 2026.

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