Alstom in Spain

Alstom Spain has always had a long-term vision, an industrial vocation that has helped us become an industrial leader in our country, but with an international scope. Moreover, the company has always been committed to Spain and has been a main player in the country’s development and modernisation process.

The origins of Alstom in Spain go back over 150 years. Since the acquisition of some historical companies in the eighties. Since then, we have been a major player, remaining at the forefront of the most important technological improvements of the industry in our country achieving milestones such as, the first high-speed train which we used to travel from Madrid to Seville, first turnkey tramway system and first railway tender (Barcelona tram)and the first Spanish high-speed train to cross the border with France and circulate on the French railway network.

Moreover, the company is betting on digital transformation and it is investing to do the industrial centre in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda (Barcelona) become the first 4.0 factory of the railway sector in Spain.

The nearly 2,000 people who constitute Alstom Spain, work hard to offer cutting-edge products, solutions and services. This make us the unique manufacturer and technologist who offers a complete range of solutions (from high-speed trains to metros, tramways and e-buses), passenger solutions, customised services (maintenance, modernisation), infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions.

We are an international reference in Alstom Group, with 35 projects in 23 countries: 50% of Alstom Spain billing comes from exportation (almost the 100% of the industrial manufacturing site).

Thanks to our R&D work and national talent, all of Alstom’s production centres in Spain include unique and exclusive technology, which serves as an example for the Group worldwide. Over the last few years, we have developed 40 innovation projects in Spain and has 4 R&D centres that are an international reference for the development of solutions and new technologies in the fields of signaling, manufacture, ergonomics, maintenance, safety and digital mobility.

Mobility is in a time of transition and changes. From Alstom, we want to continue participating as a major player of this adaptation to a new mobility sector’s reality, ramified in three fundamental concepts: digital, sustainable and passenger focused. Today, multimodality and fluidity have come to stay: it is the time and opportunity to change.

Leopoldo Maestu Managing Director Alstom Spain

Alstom provides innovative and environmentally-friendly rail solutions to meet mobility needs through a socially-responsible business model.

The solutions that Alstom develops are designed to optimise sustainability throughout the entire product life cycle, from the choice of raw materials and the manufacturing process to its operational efficiency, with particular emphasis on reducing energy consumption and end-of-life recycling.
As part of this commitment, Alstom has joined the Spanish Green Growth Group, whose aim is to progress towards a low-carbon economy. 

Globally, Alstom’s main objective for 2020 is to reduce the energy consumption of its products and services by 20%, compared to 2014 data. The energy intensity of its production sites and facilities is also set to decrease by 10% before 2020.

To achieve these objectives, Alstom is implementing an intensive program of technological innovation and eco-design in product development.