Siemens Mobility has announced that it will be expanding its manufacturing and services facility in Munich-Allach in order to meet the growing demand for locomotives and services.
The factory will be expanded to 80,000 m2 from its current 50,000 m2 to provide additional capacities for processing new orders. This will optimise production and logistics flows within the facility and offer more office space.
“Our facility in Allach is one of the most modern locomotive factories in Europe, using the latest innovative technologies like laser welding robots, augmented reality, and 3D simulations with digital twins. The added capacities will enable us to increase production output and meet growing market demand in Europe. We’ll now be able to build more than 300 locomotives a year in Allach and create new, highly qualified jobs in the plant,” said Albrecht Neumann, CEO Rolling Stock at Siemens Mobility.
The plant was initially built by Krauss-Maffei early in the 20th century.
“Following last year’s expansion of our depot and service network in Novara, Italy, and Bratislava, Slovakia, we are continuing to develop and extend service locations along the trans-European rail corridors. By expanding the competence center for locomotives at our traditional company location in Munich-Allach, our customers will benefit from the additional capacities and our wide range of preventive and corrective maintenance offers. The close interaction between the Rail Service Center and data center enables us to continually evolve and refine our digital services based on Railigent X. As a result, we can also ensure up to 100 percent availability for the locomotives,” commented Johannes Emmelheinz, CEO Customer Services at Siemens Mobility.
Certified processes, innovative equipment and advanced digital technologies such as Railigent X ensure up to 100 percent system availability for customers and provide a high-performance service infrastructure, stated the release.
More than 1,600 employees currently work at the Munich-Allach location. Ongoing investments in production automation and process digitalization keep the plant competitive and ensure the highest level of process reliability and quality.
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