The new unit, headquartered in France at La Defense, has four main businesses: products (electrical equipment of the ultra-high-voltage and high-voltage electricity transmission system); systems (network management systems and big turnkey projects), automation (information systems for real-time management of electricity grids); and service.
Patrick Kron, CEO of Alstom, said: “Alstom Grid, which is Alstom’s high-voltage transmission business, will be its third sector alongside Power and Transport.
“This sector will benefit from all the synergies and all the resources that the group has, particularly in its international network having a presence in 70 countries, its technological and industrial capabilities and in the existing links between the high-voltage electricity transmission and power generation business.”
Alstom said that its third sector, alongside Alstom Power and Alstom Transport, generated sales of over EUR3.5bn in 2009. Alstom Grid employs 20,000 people on more than 90 manufacturing sites worldwide.
