‘Very bitter’: Alstom to shutter, sell German plants, merge DACH-Nordic regions

French rail giant Alstom has announced plans to severely downsize and even shutter some of its German manufacturing sites. That includes its Görlitz plant. It is also going to combine its branch for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) with its Nordic department to create a larger region, bringing in a new turnaround specialist from Siemens to oversee the merger. What this exactly means for Alstom’s regional employees, as well as local markets, remains to be seen as the news breaks. But Germany’s unions are extremely worried, as IG Metall tells RailTech.