Titagarh Wagons Limited, flagship Company of the Titagarh Group, one of the market leaders in the railway rolling stock (trains and freight wagons) business in India and Italy, announced that it has entered into an exclusive cooperation agreement with ABB, to address the large and growing business of propulsion equipment (traction converters) for the Indian railway EMU/MEMU market.
According to the agreement, Titagarh and ABB will work together to design, develop and manufacture state of the art 3 phase IGBT based propulsion systems for EMU/MEMU which would be manufactured in Titagarh’s plant at Uttarpara, Kolkata with certain components being supplied by ABB. This agreement goes into effect immediately with the first units to be put into revenue service in less than 2 years.
Titagarh said that it has manufactured and supplied more than 300 EMU/MEMU coaches to the Indian Railways and is now executing an order for design, manufacture and supply of 102 state of the art metro coaches for Pune Metro ordered by the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited.
Titagarh, along with its wholly owned subsidiary in Italy, Titagarh Firema SpA, has the technical and manufacturing expertise to design and produce world class train sets and metro coaches as well as propulsion equipment required for these trains and has over time established itself as a leading player in this industry.
Titagarh Firema SpA, the Group’s Italian subsidiary, is currently executing various orders for a total of more than 50 trains to different Italian cities and regions. It is supplying 54 trains for the Catania metro and 6 additional trains for the Regione Campania after having successfully delivered 21 trains to the Region in the last few years. These trains have a design speed of 180 kmph and an operating speed of 160 kmph. It is also executing an order from TrenItalia for upgrading and retrofitting its existing trains (TAF trains) with new, modern and energy efficient propulsion systems which are entirely designed and manufactured by Titagarh.
Titagarh, in cooperation with its Italian subsidiary had bagged a developmental order for propulsion systems required in the EMU/MEMU trains (local and suburban trains of Indian Railways)for an approximate order value of Rs 65 crore from the Indian Railways, the company said in a press statement.
The cooperation agreement signed with ABB will support the execution of the above orders and also give an edge to Titagarh to establish itself in the field of power electronics, the company added.
Speaking on this occasion, Umesh Chowdhary, Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Titagarh said: “Entering the field of designing and manufacturing propulsion systems for the Indian Railways was a logical step in our strategy for the Indian Rolling Stock market. While our Italian subsidiary has been an established player in this field for the European systems, this agreement with ABB for EMU/MEMU propulsion will help us to expedite and strengthen our presence in the Indian propulsion market which follows a 25 kV AC system. Titagarh’s expansion into the Propulsion business is yet another endeavour towards the success of the Make-in-India and Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan initiative of the Government of India.”
“Titagarh on a Group basis is on its way to re-establish normal levels of operations post lockdown for COVID-19.” Chowdhary added.
“We are delighted to partner with Titagarh Wagons Limited (TWL) to supply our best-in-class traction technology. For over a decade, ABB has been associated with the Indian Railways in their electrification initiative and this new partnership with TWL further strengthens our local presence in providing sustainable transportation. At our world-class traction equipment manufacturing unit in Nelamangala near Bengaluru, we produce highly compact and light traction technology that improves locomotive’s energy efficiency, operational performance, and space for better passenger comfort,” said Sanjeev Sharma, Managing Director, ABB India.
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