BALLARAT-BASED train manufacturer Alstom has shown it is on the right track after it was honoured at the Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards on Tuesday night in Melbourne.
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The company, which produces the X-Trapolis suburban passenger trains for Metro in Melbourne, took out the new award category of transport, defence and construction technology. It is Alstom’s first Manufacturing Hall of Fame Award.
The Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards are intended to recognise individuals and companies whose “innovation, creativity and drive helps to make Victoria’s manufacturing sector competitive”.
Alstom in Ballarat has built 522 rail cars to date. The Victorian Government ordered five X-Trapolis trains (30 rail cars) to honour an election commitment to support regional manufacturing which assured Alstom’s immediate manufacturing pipeline until well into 2016.
Alstom is now positioning itself for a competitive bid for a future order of 37 new-generation trains within the next five years, according to a company spokesman.
“Alstom is extremely proud to have received this award that acknowledges the outstanding work of our team in Ballarat. The award reflects the quality of our products and our ability to manufacture and deliver world class rolling stock for Victoria, in Victoria,” Alstom Transport Australia and New Zealand’s Bernard Joyce said.
The Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame accepts nominations across a broad range of manufacturing categories.
In addition to Alstom, the new sector categories and their winners were: Medical technology and pharmaceuticals – Fairmont Medical Products; new energy technology – Millennium Electronics; food and fibre processing – LangTech International; international education – RMIT Advanced Manufacturing Precinct; and professional services – Dairy Innovation Australia Limited.