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.............................. ALSTOM
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Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French multinational conglomerate whose businesses are power generation, railway signalling; and manufacturing trains (e.g. the TGV and Eurostar as well as Citadis trams) and the world's largest ships (e.g. Normandie and the Queen Mary 2). According to the company website, in the years 2006/07 Alstom, had annual sales of over €14 billion, and employed more than 69,000 people in over 70 countries. Its headquarters are located in Levallois-Perret, near Paris. The current CEO is Patrick Kron, who succeeded Pierre Bilger.
Alstom has been listed on the Paris Stock Exchange since June 22, 1998. The Group has not been listed on the London Stock Exchange since November 17, 2003, nor on the New York Stock Exchange since August 2004. When the markets closed on December 31, 2005, its market capitalization was € 6.7 billion. Market capitalization as of March 9, 2007 was € 13.6 billion.
In December 1997, GEC Alsthom had its initial public offering as Alstom. GEC and Alcatel maintained 24% shares in the new company. Shares were initially at a price roughly equivalent to 32 Euros.
In 1998, Alstom acquired railway signaling companies in Italy (Sasib Railways) and the United States (General Railway Signal) from their Italian parent company Sasib.
Between January and February 2001 Marconi plc (the renamed GEC) sold 76.4% of its 24% share. The remaining 5.67% share was sold in June. In 2001, Alcatel also sold its 24% stake. The share price fell steeply following the September 11, 2001 attacks when a number of cruise liner orders failed.
At the same time, a number of problems became apparent in the new generation of gas turbines, G24 and G26, Alstom installed around the turn of the century.
The financial liability for repairing these problems pushed Alstom into a financial crisis. On March 12, 2003, shares dipped 50 per cent in one day, and finished at 1.36 euros. At this point it was announced that the most profitable division of the company would be sold off: its power transmission interests. In January 2004 these were transferred to Areva. Only through a much needed financial infusion from the French government was Alstom rescued from going into bankruptcy. The 21% of the stake the French government took as the result of rescue was later sold to the French company Bouygues, one of the world's largest construction companies.
In 2003, Alstom purchased Telecite, a passenger information company in Montreal, Quebec in Canada. In January 2006, the sale of Alstom shipyards to Aker Yards ASA (a part of the Norwegian Aker group) was announced. The transaction was completed on May 5, 2006. A new company consisting of Alstom's shipyards in Saint-Nazaire and Lorient was established under the name of Aker Yards SA. Aker Yards owns 75% of Aker Yards SA, and ALSTOM the remaining 25% until 2010.
In March 2006, the Power Conversion Business, formerly Alstom Power Conversion (APC), was bought by Barclays Private Equity France (BPEF). The Power Conversion Business, which deals in projects and hardware to convert electrical power to mechanical movement, now trades as Converteam. The U.S. headquarters for Alstom Power is located on Day Hill Road in Windsor, Connecticut at the former location of Combustion Engineering. The Country President is Tim Curran.
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