Alstom, 20 million investment in Vado site

Alstom yesterday celebrated the 120th anniversary of the Vado Ligure (Savona) plant and announced that investments on the site will reach EUR 2o million by 2026; while the company's industrial plan foresees a total of EUR 63 million on the Italian factories.

Andrew De Leone, President of Alstom Europe, spoke about this. "The Vado Ligure site is a centre of excellence in Alstom's Italia network, with 120 years of continuous railway innovation. Between 2021 and 2026 we have invested around 20 million to transform it into a hub dedicated to advanced technologies, train production and maintenance. Today it produces Traxx Universal and Multisystem locomotives, power cars for hydrogen trains and driver cabs for the Coradia Stream platform. It is a site that concretely represents Italian industrial excellence.

As for future plans, De Leone emphasises that 'Italia is a strategic market for Alstom. Our current plan includes a commitment of more than EUR 63 million to strengthen production capacity, innovation, and sustainable solutions at several sites, including Vado Ligure, Savigliano, and Florence. What makes all this possible is the context that Italia has been able to create. The government's commitment to consider the railway sector a national strategic priority gives industry the confidence to invest significantly in people, technology and manufacturing. This is the multiplier effect of an effective industrial policy. And the results speak for themselves: more than 500 high-speed trains built in Italy and exported to 13 countries, around 700 regional trains, more than 250 Traxx universal locomotives and the Coradia stream H, the first hydrogen train in Italia. A local excellence growing on a global scale'.

However, says De Leone, '2025 was a very positive year for Alstom Italia. Targeted investments in our industrial sites have improved our results and strengthened our position in the domestic market. As demand for sustainable and innovative railway solutions accelerates, we enter 2026 with a solid order book and a clear industrial outlook. More generally, Italy is now exporting a complete railway system: not just products, but a proven business model,' which includes 'high-speed rolling stock, signalling, digital solutions and industrial know-how validated in Italia. This is the model we want to accelerate with our customers, helping them to expand abroad and taking what works in Italia to a global scale. Fs is an excellent example of this: today we collaborate with them and aim to support them even more in their international growth'.

The group now employs 4,300 people nationwide, and De Leone foresees the possibility of new hires: 'The trend is clear: in the last two years we have recorded a growth in personnel of around 600 people. With the expansion of our industrial and technological projects, we expect this trend to continue, with particular demand for skills in the fields of engineering, digital technologies and railway maintenance'.