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Mitsubishi Electric to Supply Railcar Equipment for Hong Kong MTR Train Replacement ProjectMitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it has been awarded a contract for the delivery of railcar electrical equipment by CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd. in China. The contract covers 93 train sets comprising 744 cars that will operate on Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR). Mitsubishi (News - Alert) Electric aims to strengthen its transportation systems business in Asia by means of this order, and to further expand its maintenance and modernization business. Recognizing Mitsubishi Electric's (News - Alert) expertise and track record in Hong Kong snce the 1980s, CRRC Qingdao Sifang awarded Mitsubishi Electric the contract to provide a one-package solution including propulsion systems, auxiliary power supply systems and train management systems for the 93 train sets. Delivery to CRRC Qingdao Sifang is scheduled for between 2016 and 2022.
The award of this contract comes in the same month as another for
Mitsubishi Electric in the Asia-Pacific region, which saw the company
win, as part of a unincorporated joint venture, an order in Australia
worth AU$ 300 million to deliver variable voltage variable frequency
inverters, traction motors and train monitoring systems to Transport for
New South Wales. For the full text, please visit: http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/news
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