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Swiss Federal Railways Contract

Swiss Federal Railways Contract

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Prysmian Group was awarded a new contract for a frame agreement worth approximately €26 million by SBB CFF FFS, the Swiss Federal Railways company.

The contract includes the supply of a total of approximately 2,800 km of signalling cables for the upgrade of the Swiss railways infrastructure. Contract management is being coordinated by our team in Switzerland; the cables will be manufactured in Germany (Berlin) and delivered on a call-off basis over a period of five years from October 2014 to the end of 2019.

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“This is a successful example of intercompany cooperation within the Group,
which fully met SBB’s expectations”

Axel Scheel

Sales Manager, Switzerland

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About Swiss Federal Railways

With 31,000 employees, 3,175 kilometres of routes, more than 1 million passengers per day and 195,000 tonnes per day of freight transported every year the Swiss Federal Railways is the largest travel and transport company in Switzerland.

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"This award reflects customers’ trust in Prysmian’s capabilities to meet the increasing demand for the development of new infrastructures and to act as a single-stop-shop where players from different industry segments can find the most viable solutions to their needs"

John Chrupcala

Director of BU Industrial at Prysmian Group

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Indeed, it extends our portfolio of projects completed or currently on-going with the main national railways companies in Italy (Trenitalia), Germany (DB), Spain (RENFE) and Turkey (TCDD).

With an extended footprint in more than 50 countries and a fully comprehensive portfolio of products and services, Prysmian can address the fast-changing needs of its customers and is the perfect partner for railway and underground operators. Since the integration of Prysmian and Draka, we have become the leading player in the cable industry with nine plants dedicated specifically to signalling cables for the railways industry.