“I want Romania to join this project with as many companies as possible, aside from Electroputere and Griro. The management company will also negotiate with other firms on this segment,” said Taher, who owns Electroputere Craiova and Griro.
The Jordan project is called “Zaman Express” and it involves the construction and operation of a 28 km railway network for light trains, which will link capital Amman to the industrial center of Zarqa.
The Taherinvest group concluded an agreement memorandum with the Jordanian government in November 2010. The Zaman Express project is currently in the end-stages of design. Funding on the Taherinvest side will mostly come from lenders in the United States.