Alstom is one of the world's leading
providers of electricity production and transmission infrastructures, as well
as rail transport infrastructure. The Group sets the benchmark for innovative
and environmentally-friendly technologies. It builds the world's fastest trains
and the highest capacity automated metros. Alstom also provides integrated
turnkey power plants, equipment and various associated services for a range of
energy sources including hydroelectricity, nuclear power, gas, coal and wind
energy. It offers a vast range of solutions for transmitting electricity;
particularly in the area of “smart grids”. Alstom employs around 93,500 people
in nearly 100 countries and generated turnover of €20.9 billion in 2010/11.
In Finland Alstom employs totally around 500 persons. Alstom Power is active in the service and maintenance of power plants and the industry and sells and markets new products and solutions for power generation. Alstom Transport has delivered to Finland 18 Pendolino trains, 30 suburban area commuter trains and four Allegro Pendolino trains for the Helsinki St.Petersbourg high speed link. Alstom Grid engineers and manufactures products and systems for reactive power compensation and harmonic filtering in the Tampere factory and sells and markets new equipment and solutions for power transmission.
Alstom operates in Finland in two legal companies, ALSTOM Finland Oy (Power & Transport) and ALSTOM Grid Oy. We operate in four main locations: in Vantaa, Tampere, Nokia and Raahe.