Ever heard of ALSTOM....

Sunny 5 acres · Aug 31, 2011

I work for a division of Alstom and until just recently have I realized how big of an outfit they are. Anyone here work for a division of Alstom or live near a plant? Silly question but just curious.

Brother Dave · Aug 31, 2011

Alstom has a facility in Chattanooga, Tn. They bought the former Combustion Engineering mfg. facility. Alstom is a global company with many different divisions.

Absent Minded Farmer · Aug 31, 2011

Absolutely! They're a French company that built the current record holder for rail-speed, a TGV that hit 357 mph! Not going to forget that name anytime soon.

Mike

Ron in NS · Aug 31, 2011

I am working presently on railcars that were repaired by Alstom about 15 years ago. I think that division was located in Montreal at the time. Some of their repair work was pretty shoddy, but it was probably deemed fit at the time.

eurofarmer · Aug 31, 2011

Yes, did a job for them a few years ago. We had to go down to Hongaria, close to Boedapest, there is a nuclear power plant. Alstrom welded a lot of new condensors for the reactor, we had to check al the weldings for leaks.
The guys that welded it al came from France, they did a good job, we only found a few leaks. It was a very big project.

Fullers Farmalls · Aug 31, 2011

My dad worked an outfit with them on a big retro fit of a power plant near my house. Thats in SW PA. they also have a plant near Belle Vernon

Anonymous-0 · Aug 31, 2011

(quoted from post at 07:48:48 08/31/11) Absolutely! They're a French company that built the current record holder for rail-speed, a TGV that hit 357 mph! Not going to forget that name anytime soon.

Mike

If anyone could get something to go that fast in reverse, it'd be the french....... :shock:

IHMANKY · Aug 31, 2011

If it's the same bunch, I believe it is but haven't looked it up, we contracted them to rebuild our 1,100 MW steam turbo-generators at work and they did a horrible job of it, long overdue on completion and required GE to come back in and right the wrongs. I was under the impression they were Swedes, but maybe they were French.

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