Form 6-K
FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of October 2004
Commission File Number: 1-14836
ALSTOM
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(Translation of registrant's name into English)
3, avenue André Malraux, 92300 Levallois-Perret, France
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Enclosures:
Press release dated October 9, 2004, "ALSTOM enters into collaboration
agreements for nuclear industrial partnership in China"
Press release dated October 9, 2004, "ALSTOM awarded business worth
one billion euros by Chinese railways"
Press release dated October 9, 2004, "ALSTOM awarded pumped-storage
projects in China"
Press release dated October 12, 2004, "ALSTOM consortium chosen for
the supply of metro trains for the city of Shanghai"
Press release dated October 27, 2004, "ALSTOM is Awarded an Order for
120 Cars for the Washington Subway"
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
ALSTOM
Date: October 29, 2004 By: /s/ Philippe Jaffré
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Name: Philippe Jaffré
Title: Chief Financial Officer
9 October 2004
ALSTOM ENTERS INTO COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS FOR
NUCLEAR INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIP IN CHINA
ALSTOM and Dong Fang have agreed to cooperate in the preparation and submission
of a mutually agreed proposal to supply the Turbine Generator Package for Ling
Ao nuclear power plant Phase II (2 X 1000 MW), as inquired by the China Nuclear
Power Engineering Company.
ALSTOM and Dong Fang have successfully cooperated during the last ten years for
the delivery of the Conventional Islands of Ling Ao Phase I nuclear power plant
(2 X 1000 MW) and therefore have decided to pursue collaborating on Ling Ao
Phase II.
ALSTOM is willing to support the Chinese self-reliance programme for Nuclear
Power by partnering with Chinese industry and the local Electric Power Design
Institutes, especially with its ARABELLE technology for half speed steam turbine
of 1500 MW Class (1000 - 1700 MW) used in nuclear power plants.
ALSTOM also intends to invest in a state-of-the-art welded rotor facility in
China to serve both the Chinese and the world market for nuclear or fossil steam
turbines using ALSTOM technology. ALSTOM's unique welded rotor technology can
bring huge benefits to the Chinese self-reliance programme in terms of technical
performance and local manufacturability.
Patrick Kron, ALSTOM's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, expressed during
his visit in China the importance of these partnerships for ALSTOM, reiterating
that "ALSTOM has been playing an active role in the development of the energy
infrastructure in China for now several decades. We have a wide experience in
nuclear technology having supplied conventional islands in more than a third of
the global nuclear installed base. We are therefore looking forward
participating in the ambitious nuclear programme that will be implemented in
China with our Chinese partners with which we have been collaborating for many
years now".
Press relations: M. Boulot / G. Tourvieille
(Tel. 01 41 49 27 40) - internet.press@chq.alstom.com
Investor Relations: E. Chatelain
(Tel. 01 41 49 37 38) - investor.relations@chq.alstom.com
9 October 2004
ALSTOM AWARDED BUSINESS WORTH ONE BILLION EUROS BY
CHINESE RAILWAYS
The Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China has announced that
ALSTOM has been chosen for the supply of regional trains and locomotives.
The contract specifies that 60 regional trains are to be supplied and built in
China by ALSTOM working in partnership with the Changchun Railway Company.
This business is expected to be worth over 620 million euros for ALSTOM
including a technology transfer enabling 51 of the trains to be built locally.
ALSTOM will supply 3 complete trainsets, 6 trainsets in kits, and equipment for
the remaining 51 trainsets, from its sites in Savigliano, Italy, and La Rochelle
in France.
The trainsets will be composed of 8 cars each and based on ALSTOM's PENDOLINO
technology for the carbody, but will not use a tilting system. Entering
commercial service in 2007, they will run at a speed of 200km/h on various
regional lines.
They represent ALSTOM's latest EMU (Electrical Multiple Units) technology and
are true high performance products that gained an excellent international
reputation through numerous worldwide references.
180 high-power double locomotives are also to be supplied and built in China by
ALSTOM working in partnership with the Datong Electric Locomotive Company.
ALSTOM's share of this business will account for around 380 million euros and
covers the supply of the first 12 locomotives and a technology transfer to
enable the remaining 168 to be built locally.
The double electric locomotives are derived from ALSTOM's successful PRIMA range
and will be used primarily for heavy freight duties on the Datong-Qinhuangdao
line.
ALSTOM's site in Belfort will provide the first locomotives in the order and the
relevant technology transfer, other French sites - Ornans, Tarbes and Le Creusot
- as well as Charleroi in Belgium participating in the supply of bogie and
traction elements.
Patrick Kron, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ALSTOM said: "These
announcements are very encouraging for ALSTOM and confirm our strong belief that
we have both experience and know-how in technology and project management to
serve rail transport needs in China with our local partners. We have created a
strong technological and industrial platform that enables us to participate in
the future high-speed lines projects".
ALSTOM's Transport sector has a long-standing commitment to serving Chinese
national and urban rail transport markets, dating back to the 1950s when
starting to supply diesel and electric locomotives to China. Today the Group has
established several joint ventures and partnership agreements such as in
Shanghai with Satco for the production of mass transit vehicles, Satee for
propulsion equipment and Casco for signalling equipment; and in Qingdao with
Qingdao Railway Equipment company for the supply of dispen dampers.
Press relations: M. Boulot / G. Tourvieille
(Tel. 01 41 49 27 40)
internet.press@chq.alstom.com
Investor Relations: E. Chatelain
(Tel. 01 41 49 37 38)
investor.relations@chq.alstom.com
9 October 2004
ALSTOM AWARDED PUMPED-STORAGE PROJECTS IN CHINA
ALSTOM has just signed four contracts with a combined value of 357 million euros
to provide power generating equipment for three pumped-storage projects in China
and transfer the related technology.
The scope of supply for all three projects covers the design, manufacturing,
transport and supervision of building and commissioning of 16 x 306 MW
reversible pump-turbine/motor-generator units, all associated auxiliaries,
electrical BOP and control systems. All equipments will be manufactured in
ALSTOM's facilities in Brazil, China, France and Switzerland.
The first contract is for the supply of 8 x 306 MW units for the Huizou
Pumped-Storage Power Station, located in China's southern Guangdong Province,
for Guangdong Pumped Storage Co., Ltd. The first unit is scheduled for
commissioning by the end of 2008 and the last by the end of 2011.
The second covers the supply of 4 x 306 MW units for the Bailianhe
Pumped-Storage Power Station, located in central Hubei Province. The customer is
Bailianhe Pumped-Storage Co., Ltd. Commissioning of the units will stretch from
the beginning of 2007 to mid-2008.
In the third contract, the State Grid Henan Baoquan Pumped Storage Co., Ltd. has
ordered 4 x 306 MW units for the underground powerhouse of the Baoquan
Pumped-Storage Power Station located on the Yuhe River in central Henan
Province. The first unit is scheduled for commercial operation in May 2008 and
the last in April 2009.
The fourth contact concerns the transfer of technology. Under the terms of this
contract, ALSTOM will transfer the relevant design and manufacturing technology
of single stage reversible pump-turbine and motor-generator to Harbin Electrical
Machinery Co. Ltd. and Dongfang Electrical Machinery Co.
Philippe Joubert, President of ALSTOM's Power Environment and Power
Turbo-Systems Sectors, said that "these orders coming on top of the recently won
Three Gorges Right Bank contract and other projects in China, are further proofs
of customer confidence in ALSTOM technology. These orders allow us to provide
the best power generation solutions for the booming power market of China. This
reinforces our commitment to be a long term, dedicated partner of China in the
development of the country's power infrastructure. "
Press relations: M. Boulot / G. Tourvieille
(Tel. 01 41 49 27 40)
internet.press@chq.alstom.com
Investor Relations: E. Chatelain
(Tel. 01 41 49 37 38)
investor.relations@chq.alstom.com
12 October 2004
ALSTOM CONSORTIUM CHOSEN FOR THE SUPPLY OF METRO
TRAINS FOR THE CITY OF SHANGHAI
The Shanghai Shetong Holdings Group, the transport investment branch of the
Shanghai Municipality, has announced today that the ALSTOM consortium was chosen
for the supply of METROPOLIS trains for the extension of Shanghai's metro line
1.
The consortium comprising SATCO*, a joint venture of ALSTOM Transport and
Shanghai Electric Corporation, and CSR Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Works, was
selected for the supply of 16 trainsets of 8 cars each.
The total value of this contract is 134 million euros and the ALSTOM share will
be about one third of this.
Patrick Kron, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ALSTOM, said: "ALSTOM
has received orders for some 500 METROPOLIS metro cars to the city of Shanghai,
of which more than 200 are currently in operation on the Pearl and Xinmin lines.
This new contract confirms our strong commitment to be, with our Chinese
partners, the supplier of choice for the Shanghai Metro system, and to a wider
extent, for the mass transit market in China".
* Shanghai Alstom Transport Co Ltd.
Press relations: M. Boulot / G. Tourvieille
(Tel. 01 41 49 27 40)
internet.press@chq.alstom.com
Investor Relations: E. Chatelain
(Tel. 01 41 49 37 38)
investor.relations@chq.alstom.com
October 27, 2004
ALSTOM IS AWARDED AN ORDER FOR 120 CARS FOR
THE WASHINGTON SUBWAY
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has awarded ALSTOM an
order worth around 150 million euros for the supply of 120 heavy rail subway
cars.
This order is the exercise of an option provided in the initial contract awarded
to ALSTOM by WMATA in June 2002 for the supply of 62 heavy rail subway cars for
the Blue Line extension to Largo Town Center.
WMATA's bus and metro lines serve nearly 336 million passengers per year in
Washington area. The 120 cars will serve to accommodate continued growth on the
Metrorail system, and will also be used to help WMATA expand to eight-car
trains.
The cars will be assembled in ALSTOM's Hornell, NY facilities. They will be
fitted with ALSTOM's proven propulsion technology, ONIXTM traction drives, and
an advanced cab signaling system.
In 2000, WMATA had already awarded ALSTOM a contract for the overhaul of 364
subway cars which were built between 1983 and 1988. This contract represented
Washington Metro's largest single order.
Press relations: M. Boulot / G. Tourvieille
(Tel. +33 (0)1 41 49 27 40)
internet.press@chq.alstom.com
Investor Relations: E. Chatelain
(Tel. +33 (0)1 41 49 37 38)
investor.relations@chq.alstom.com