About us

What does Alstom do?
Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation, transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. In Australia and New Zealand, Alstom employs around 1000 people and has workshops or factories in every state. The Group employs more than 96,500 people in 70 countries, and had sales of over AUD 33.3 billion in 2009.

Alstom’s Australian operations are organised into three main operational areas: 

Power
Alstom’s power generation activities in Australia offer complete solutions for power generation systems, plant, equipment and services. Alstom offers the complete EPC capability including the design, supply, erection and commissioning of turnkey power plants for all fuel types. Today, Alstom is entering in the Wind market with a competitive and reliable offer. For more information about Alstom Wind offer in Australia please click here.

Which projects is Alstom working on?
Please click here to see our footprint in Oceania.

Does Alstom provides services to the Installed base?
Our field services are supported by our Maitland (NSW), Moonah (TAS) and Morwell (VIC) workshop facilities which offer extensive engineering and fabrication services and capabilities to a variety of industries throughout Australia.

What is Alstom’s strategy and key technologies to reduce C02?
Alstom believes that just as there is more than one source of CO2 emissions, there is also more than one solution. And because there is no ‘silver bullet’, we are developing a range of approaches. For more information in Alstom Clean Power Today!TM strategy please click here.

Has Alstom actually achieved anything in the field of CCS?
Yes – Alstom is leading the race to curtail emissions of CO2 and has six pilot projects operating or being built and four additional projects scheduled. We have a number of partnerships worldwide across the value chain.

Transport
As the world’s leading rail transport supplier, Alstom offers a complete range of innovative products and services in over 60 countries. We are well known for the TGV, the tilting Pendolino trains, our modern Citadis tramcars and hi-tech Metropolis metro trains, all which enjoy an excellent reputation in our industry.
Australia continues to represent a strong market for Alstom’s Transport Sector, and through continued direct support and supply to the rail market. 

Transmission: Alstom Grid
Alstom Grid is an active player around the globe. It designs, manufactures and supplies a complete range of equipment, systems and services for all stages in the transfer of electricity, from the generator to the end-user. Via its forebears, Alstom Grid has had a continuous presence in Australia for almost a century, including manufacture of transformer and switchgear in Brisbane for the past 60 years.

Alstom Grid was recently acquired from Areva’s T&D activities. For more information please click here.