Alstom Vize-Chef Joubert sagt, dass Alstom sich nicht nur bei den Bahnen, sondern auch im Kraftwerks-/Energie-Bereich auf China konzentrieren will, da das Land derzeit eine globale Schlüsselposition einnimmt. Alstom hat bereits zwei Firmenableger in China gegründet und ist an sieben chinesischen Firmen-Konsortien beteiligt (siehe unten, fett).
Um sich global durchzusetzen, braucht Alstom eine Vision und eine klare Strategie. In dem Punkt hat sich offensichtlich etwas getan. Dies hilft, das Image des "staatskapitalistischen Reparaturbetriebs" (alimentierter Pleitegeier) von Alstom zu nehmen.
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France, China: "Alstom's most important market for power generation"
The struggling French heavy engineering company Alstom has pinpointed China as the most important market for its power generation sector in its global strategy, according to the Chinese press.
"China is a market which is growing fast and is key to our global business". Philippe Joubert, Alstom's executive vice-president and president for the company's power generation sector, was quoted as saying by The China Daily. "If we are not a leader in our businesses here, we cannot succeed in the world. China is always the number one country in our investment list", said Joubert at a management conference in Beijing.
Alstom would invest further in China despite a recent financial crisis that led to a 2.2-billion-euro bailout program. He did not give a specific figure. The French government now holds a 21-percent stake in Alstom. Joubert said that "our power business strategy here has entered into a new stage, that is, to establish strategic alliances with Chinese partners and together explore the global market". Alstom has established two wholly-owned enterprises and invested in seven joint ventures in China.
China's state media have reported that Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan, along with Alstom of France and Bombardier of Canada, had won contracts for the 885-million-dollar technological upgrade project of China's inter-city trains. The Japanese consortium also includes Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric and trading companies Itochu, Marubeni and Mitsubishi, earlier reports said. The media said the foreign technology would help China overcome some of its serious transport bottlenecks by doubling train speeds to 200 kilometers per hour.
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