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Sageata Verde

SAgeata Verde The Ganz locomotive manufactured in 1913 was restored by the Astra Vagoane Călători Factory in 1995. Both the locomotive, also called “Săgeata Verde”, and its trailer can be seen at the Arădean Transport Museum in Ghioroc. The capacity of the car is 48 seats, and the speed it can reach is quite low. […]

InnoTrans

Innotrans With a large number of reference projects and over 220 companies in transport technology, Berlin is the main target of the German transport engineering industry and an ideal location for InnoTrans, an international platform for buyers and sellers of transport technology in the field of passenger transport and cargo. InnoTrans has been established as […]

Railway days

Zilele feroviare The Black Sea Extended Area, a central area of the Eurasian platform, is experiencing an intense economic development, which must be supported and boosted by investments in the railway sector, which will facilitate the interconnection of regional, national and transcontinental rail networks, thus increasing the sustainable mobility of goods and passengers. The intensification […]

Băsescu: “Astra Vagoane Călători has perspectives in Latin America”

Băsescu: “Astra Vagoane Călători has perspectives in Latin America” The President Traian Băsescu declared, on Sunday, in Santiago de Chile, where the EU-Latin America-Caribbean summit took place, that companies such as Astra Vagoane Călători Arad, Romarm, but also companies that produce cars or appliances have a chance to enter the market from this area. According […]

The 131,001 Locomotive

The 131,001 Locomotive It belonged to the CFR operator and was built in Resita (Romania) in 1939 for the Standard gauge 1435 mm. „131001“ was the first steam locomotive built at Uzinele Mecanice Reșița. Today it is refurbished by Astra Călători and is located in front of Arad Station, Romania. The locomotive is taken for […]

Who is the Romanian industrialist who breaks the ice in Latin America?

Who is the Romanian industrialist who breaks the ice in Latin America? Valer Blidar, the owner of Astra Vagoane Călători Arad, has a 100 million euro contract with Brazil and is in talks with the authorities of three Latin American states to open assembly lines there. The businessman was given as an example by President […]

The interview of the President Valer Blidar for the Economist magazine

The interview of the President Valer Blidar for the Economist magazine Octavian-Dragomir Jora: Mr. President, in post-December Romania, what would be announced as “original democracy” has become “original democracy”. And this would often be distinguished, among other things, by inhibiting the only force that could complement and strengthen genuine democracy: entrepreneurial, market capitalism. What do […]

Interview with President Valer Blidar for Antena 3

Interview with President Valer Blidar for Antena 3 The President of Astra Vagoane, on the “Polish secret”: When they do not produce a certain thing, they set up a factory and do it in Poland The President of Astra Vagoane Călători, Valer Blidar, present at the Annual Conference of the Romanian Investors Council which took […]

Valer Blidar delivered 29 wagons to Brazil, a contract worth € 100 million

Valer Blidar delivered 29 wagons to Brazil, a contract worth € 100 million Businessman Valer Blidar, who owns the Astra Vagoane Călători factory in Arad, delivered 29 wagons to the Vale company in Brazil, with which he signed a contract worth about 100 million euros last year. “By the end of the year, we will […]