SNCF Geodis becomes an official partner of COMSA Rail Transport
SNCF Geodis, transport and logistics branch of the French national railway company, has officially become a shareholder at COMSA Rail Transport. The European Competition Authority has authorized the operation by which the French company has acquired a 25% stake in the railway company COMSA EMTE. Miquel Llevat, who is a general director at the COMSA […]
COMSA to improve the Chascomús rail link (Argentina)
The Administration of Railway Infrastructure (Adif) in Argentina has awarded COMSA a contract to improve the Chascomús rail link, a city in the province of Buenos Aires. The project is valued at about 11 million euros and has a lead time of nine months. COMSA will build a 20 kilometre rail bypass, which will allow […]
Ibercargo will manage a new intermodal service between Porto and Tarragona
Geodis BM Ibérica, a subsidiary dedicated to complete and multimodal freight in the Geodis group, and the Portuguese logistics provider SPC, are supporting multimodal development with the launch of a new intermodal service between Tarragona and Porto, and vice versa. This new service has two complete trains operating each week in both directions, for conventional […]
Opening of Rail Baltica works in Marijampole (Lithuania)
On 27 September railway work carried out by Trakcja and Kauno was officially opened in the town of Marijampole (Lithuania), part of Rail Baltica, the European Union project to improve rail connections from Finland, the Baltic States and Poland with the rest of Europe. The event was chaired by the Director General of Railway Infrastructure […]
EMTE participates in Algeria in the second edition of Magreb Pharma
From 1-3 October EMTE participated in the “Salon International des Fournisseurs de l’Industrie Pharmaceutique en Afrique du nord” (Maghreb Pharma) in Algeria, which in its second edition brought together over 150 suppliers in the pharmaceutical industry from 19 countries. During the fair, the company had the opportunity to present its range of mechanical equipment for […]
Egatel presents its latest innovations in broadcasting in Amsterdam
Egatel, a company in the COMSA EMTE Technology business, participated from 13-17 September at IBC Amsterdam (Holland), the leading European broadcasting exhibition. The company presented its latest developments in the broadcasting industry, which includes Doherty technology, capable of increasing the performance of transmitters by 42 %, optimizing energy consumption and operating costs. From its stand, […]
EMTE Service to improve energy efficiency at the Sant Cugat CAR
The Generalitat de Catalunya has awarded EMTE Service the contract to improve the energy efficiency of the High Performance Centre (CAR) facilities at Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona). The service will be provided in the form of an Energy Service Company (ESCO) contract for a period of ten years and will amount to 2.6 million […]
Selective toll for high-occupancy vehicles
EMTE, in collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and the public company Tabasa, has developed a system for detecting people inside a vehicle in order to apply discounts for high-occupancy in toll lanes. This solution allows the proliferation of selective tolls for the so-called HOV (high-occupancy vehicles) on different toll roads. The system […]
COMSA reinforces its activities in Turkey by expanding the tramway in Gaziantep
Gaziantep Town Council (Turkey) has awarded COMSA the construction of the town’s tramway line 3, a project valued at nearly 20 million euros and the company’s fourth contract in the country. The new layout will comprise a total of 6.5 kilometres of double track, with eight stops and three substations. In addition to the infrastructure, […]
Aritex strengthens its partnership with Airbus in France
The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has awarded ARITEX the contract for the design, development and implementation of the assembly line for a structural part of the A350 XWB aircraft. Specifically, the Badalona company will develop the keel beam at the Nantes factory (France), part of the fuselage which includes the undercarriage of the aircraft. Aritex […]