Wabtec to spice up engineering and manufacturing in Brazil

Wabtec has dedicated 20m reais ($3.7m) to increase its operations and workforce in Brazil with a deal with growing engineering and manufacturing capability in Contagem, Minas Gerais.

The corporate will set up a worldwide engineering centre, which shall be its first in Latin America.

The engineering centre, scheduled to open in December close to Wabtec’s manufacturing unit within the Cidade Industrial district, will occupy roughly 9,000m².

It is going to accommodate laboratories and workspaces for 300 engineering professionals, with recruitment underway.

The power will present analysis and improvement assist for initiatives serving each home and worldwide markets.

In April 2025, Wabtec started working a locomotive manufacturing line on the Contagem plant. With the addition of the brand new line, the manufacturing capability of the manufacturing unit is anticipated to go up by 28%.

The corporate projected that the power would attain a complete of 1,000 locomotives produced by 2026.

By that yr, the mixed workforce of the manufacturing unit and the engineering centre is forecast to surpass 1,000 workers.

Wabtec Latin America regional chief and president Danilo Miyasato stated: “This enlargement demonstrates our confidence within the Brazil market and the area’s development potential.

“It additionally displays on how our group right here in Brazil has routinely delivered the services wanted for our clients to thrive. With this funding, we’re ready to serve railroads in Brazil and all over the world with excellence, whereas persevering with to drive innovation.”

Along with developments in Contagem, Wabtec plans to open two logistics centres this yr, together with one in Governador Valadares in Minas Gerais and one other in Monte Alto in São Paulo.

These centres are supposed to extend delivery capability and allow development in enterprise areas together with upkeep of method, digital intelligence, and parts.

Final month, Wabtec and Vale formalised an settlement to conduct laboratory testing on a dual-fuel engine able to working on each diesel and a diesel-ethanol mix.

These assessments, scheduled to proceed via 2027, goal to guage the engine’s operational efficiency and emissions profile.

They will even decide how a lot ethanol may probably substitute diesel within the Vitória-Minas Railway fleet.

“Wabtec to spice up engineering and manufacturing in Brazil” was initially created and printed by Railway Know-how, a GlobalData owned model.

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