“It was a very good but difficult year, we had higher growth than last year. We assembled almost 40 trams. By the end of the year we still have to deliver 8 trams to Arad, Oradea, Galati and Cluj. The tenders we won this year will keep us working for the next three years,” Gheorghe Sirbu, general manager of Astra Vagoane Calatori, told ZF.
The entire production was delivered to the local market, according to the company official.
He also says Astra Vagoane Calatori continued to provide repair work on CFR Calatori wagons this year.
Public data show that Astra Vagoane Calatori, one of the largest rolling stock producers on the local market, spun off from the former Intreprinderea de Vagoane Arad, which produced the first trains for the Bucharest metro, finished with revenue of RON192 million last year, compared with RON82 million the year before. The company’s profit amounted to RON6.2 million in 2020, compared with RON2.9 million the year before, according to the Finance Ministry website. The number of employees amounted to 393 people, compared to 358 employees last year.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)