Alstom lands 9m euro contracts

French Alstom Group, which specialises in providing engineering solutions and equipment for the energy and transport industry has signed two contracts totalling 9 million euros on the Romanian market, through Alstom T&D Romania, market sources told Ziarul Financiar. One of the deals was signed with Transelectrica, the national electricity carrier, and targets upgrading the national energy dispatcher. The contract is worth approximately 6 million euros and will take about two years to complete. The second contract is worth some 3 million euros and was signed with the commercial market operator (OPCOM) that manages the Romanian energy market. The contract will take about a year to complete. “Alstom has won both contracts, which are Phare funded, beating other companies like ABB, Siemens and Schlumberger Sema that had competed for Transelectrica. As for the tender for OPCOM, Alstom competed against Soluziona (an Italian IT firm held by the Spanish Union Fenosa Group) and an Italian company,” the quoted sources told Ziarul Financiar. Alstom’s competitors on the $300-$500m Romanian energy equipment market are Siemens, ABB, VA Tech and Schneider. ZF