Alstom is launching a logistics hall development in Mátranovák

On 15 January 2025, Alstom has launched a 600 million HUF logistic hall investment as the final element of the 6 billion HUF "Mátranovák 2030 Development Program" at its factory in Hungary. An investment in new logistic hall results from the site’s growth and its aim to increase its production capacity by 40 % by the end of 2025, which would require higher volume of raw materials, parts and final products storage. The design works of the new 827 m² logistic hall have been started, construction works will commence in the spring of 2025, with the full implementation of the investment taking one year to complete.

Within the development plan, Alstom has moved towards using state-of-the-art technologies, introduced the lean philosophy in production activity, implemented high efficiency manufacturing solutions and continuously improved the working conditions on the shopfloor and the office areas as well. Among others, the technology modernisation program was launched, which included acquiring new edge bending machines, enhancing the capacities in 3D measurement cell, modernising the plasma cutting machine, and installing nearly 60 new rotators. Additionally, a new welding robot is being deployed.

Over the recent period, alongside infrastructure and machinery upgrades, a transition to a new, cell-based production system has begun. This shift will enable specialists to manufacture bogie frames more efficiently within a reduced space requirement. The development program is implemented with the support of the Hungarian Government.

"With the implementation of the development program, the site will significantly increase its production capacity by 2025, so this would be Alstom's most significant bogie frame manufacturing site in Europe. The bogies made in Mátranovák will be found in Alstom's railway vehicles throughout Europe. As well as a strategic partner of the Government of Hungary, we contribute significantly to country’s export performance. The bogie frames of all the rolling stock offered to MÁV, MÁV-HÉV and BKV will be manufactured in this factory," emphasised Gáspár Balázs, the General Manager of Alstom, Hungary.

At the Mátranovák factory, the production of bogie frames for metro and railway assemblies began four decades ago. Alstom is a key player in the Hungarian railway sector and has been operating in the country for over 20 years. The company is the largest employer in Nógrád county - it currently employs over 700 highly qualified professionals. It is one of the country's major suppliers of metro trains, having manufactured 50 % of Budapest's metro trains for metro lines 2 and 4. Additionally, Alstom introduced the first driverless metros in Central and Eastern Europe on the latter line. Furthermore, 27 TRAXX locomotives are currently in operation in Hungary.