Starting with 1st January, Solaris Bus & Coach and Stadler will establish a joint venture in Poland under the name of Solaris Tram Sp. z o.o.
The joint venture will operate a plant in Środa, where tram car bodies are to be produced and painted. In the case of tenders in Poland and in other Central European countries, Stadler Polska and Solaris Tram will bid together as a consortium led by Stadler. Thereby both companies will be able to strengthen their position on the Polish and Central European markets.
In September, both companies, Stadler and Solaris, announced that they would cooperate more closely in the future and bid in tenders as a
consortium. On 9th December, both company owners, Solange Olszewska and Peter Spuhler, announced the next step for Solaris Bus & Coach and Stadler, acting as equal partners, to establish a new joint venture under the name of Solaris Tram Sp. z o.o.
In the Środa plant, tram car bodies are to be manufactured and painted by Solaris Tram. The preliminary and final assembly of trams is to be ca
rried out at the Solaris plants in Greater Poland, as well as at Stadler Polska’s plant in Siedlce. The Solaris joint venture plans to expand the
capacities for car body manufacture. The current production area will double. This means that the existing jobs will be secured, and new ones will be created in the near future. The production site has been certified according to the standards ISO 9001: 2015, ISO 14001: 2015, DIN 15085-2, ISO 3834-2 and IRIS.
In the case of the tram tender in the cities of Kraków and Poznań, Solaris and Stadler have already submitted bids as a consortium. The two joint venture partners will submit joint bids for other tenders as well. Customers will benefit from the long-term experience and great technical
competence of both companies.
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