Per Allmer, President, Bombardier Transportation, Western Europe, Middle East and Africa, added,"We are proud to play such a large role in the development of the country's mobility evolution and transformation and look forward to not only working closely with our South African partners, but also to delivering outstanding quality and unrivalled reliability to the region with our proven technologies."

The new 6,000 square meter facility will produce BOMBARDIER MITRAC high power propulsion equipment for use in the state-of-the-art Transnet Locomotives project, for which Bombardier is delivering 240 BOMBARDIER TRAXX Africa locomotives. The site will also be home to a testing center for high power traction converters and electrical cubicles and will become the headquarters for Bombardier Transportation in South Africa in October.

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