How Alstom is betting on Poland to reshape its European production map — to the tune of €115m

Alstom is investing €115 million into the expansion of its rolling stock factories in Poland as it continues to ramp up its production capacity in Eastern Europe. That’s part of a five-year time frame, but it is a sign that the French manufacturer is radically shaking up its European manufacturing bases in an ever-more competitive global rail market.

Alstom has announced it is investing some 487 million Polish Zloty (€115 million) in the development of its Polish production sites over five years. It’s worth stating that this figure starts from 2022 and runs till 2027, and PLN 320 million (€75.6 million) has already been allocated for infrastructure expansion for new projects and site modernisation in the last three years. So far, much of that money has been spent on setting up a new aluminium welding line at its Wrocław site, which means the unit there has been able to expand its production beyond carbon steel products.