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ALSTOM has been ever increasingly present in Egypt since the early 1930's. Through its Power & Transport sectors and its international and local partners, ALSTOM has contributed to the development of Egypt's infrastructure in a significant way. To name a few projects, the following references speak for themselves:
  • Abu Qir Power Plant (4 x 150 MW + 1 X 300 MW STGs), on turn-key basis.
  • Power Plant Equipment for Sidi Krir (2 x 350 MW STGs), Suez (1 x 100 MW STG), Damietta Combined Cycle Power Plant and EdF's BOOT Power Plants.
  • Cairo Metro Line 1 & 2 for which ALSTOM Transport sector delivered the Rolling Stock (Line 1), Signalling & Centralized Control Equipment and Products & Services for the electromechanical scope on turn-key basis.
  • Shunting Locomotives for the Egyptian National Railways (ENR). Signalling Systems on ENR's main lines of Cairo-Alexandria and Upper Egypt.
  • Pumping stations in Wadi El Nuqra, Kom Ombo, Sinai and Lock Gates in Damietta.
In the framework of the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company's current five year fast-track program 2002-2007 to add 4500 MW to the unified grid, serving industrial development and satisfying increasing household demand on electricity, ALSTOM Power Sector has been awarded contracts for the following Combined Cycle Power Plants: Nubareya (4 Heat Recovery Steam Generators as well as the Plant Distributed Control System); Cairo North II and New Talkha (2 x 250 MW Steam Turbine Generators).

ALSTOM Power Service Sector is currently executing the contract for the supply of Steam Turbine and Generators Spare parts and Site Overhaul Supervision on Abu Qir Power Plant for which it has also been awarded, in 2004, the Rehabilitation of 4 Generator Retrofits.

ALSTOM Transport Sector signed with Cairo Metro Organization the contract for the Maintenance of Signalling Driving Modes Centralized Control Equipment for Metro Line 2. The Company is also currently executing the Maintenance of Traffic Centralized Control Systems and Traction/Energy Centralized Control Systems of Cairo Metro Line 1.

Through ALSTOM Egypt for Power & Transport Projects SAE and ALSTOM Transport Egypt Branch, we continuously strive to increase our local added value, by transferring know-how and technology from our main competence centres all over the world .