“This year, we will end with revenue of over RON500 million, more than double the previous year. We have better organized our manufacturing flow and reduced downtime. We have no shortage of orders. Next year, we will deliver 30 streetcars to Bucharest, another seven to Arad and maybe we will sign some new contracts following tenders,” Gheorghe Sirbu, general manager of Astra Vagoane Calatori, told ZF.
“This year we made 62 locomotives, 55 of which for Bucharest and the rest for Arad and Braila. We are waiting for the result of the Oradea and Galati tenders, which we have applied for.”
The company was the only bidder in the tender in Braila for six streetcars, a RON60 million contract, and has also participated in the tender for nine streetcars for Oradea, where it is the only bidder again.
In the tender for 10 streetcars for Galati, Astra Vagoane Calatori has a competitor, Turkey’s Bozankaya Otomotiv. The contract stands at RON98 million, excluding VAT, and the bidders are waiting for a response.
Astra Vagoane Calatori was also the only bidder in the tender for a RON200 million contract in Arad, with the streetcars to be delivered in 48 months.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)