Liebherr-Transportation Systems has been selected by the RATP Group (Régieautonome des transports Parisiens) to overhaul and repair 284 heating-, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) systems for Paris tramways. The review and maintenance work will be carried out in Liebherr’s new repairshop in the North of Paris until December 2021.
Toulouse (France), July2020 – RATP, the state-owned Parisian company that operates one of the largest city urban and suburban networks in the world, has awarded Liebherr a contract to provide preventive maintenance and associated spare parts for 118 saloon and 166 driver’s cab HVAC units. The third-party design systems on board Parisian tramways run with vapor cycle technologyand use the refrigerant R134a.
Eléonor Borrallo-Gautier, Head of the French Site of Liebherr-Transportation Systems, commented the contract award: “The adaptability of our service organization in Paris was one of the determining factors for this new agreement. We will carry out the repairs and maintenance in our new workshop in the north of Paris, that we have established especially for this purpose. We have putin place a large stock of spares parts at this facility which permits us to deliver reliably on time and to have the requested amount of units and spare parts available for our customer RATP. We thank RATP for their trust and confidence in our capabilities and hope that this contract marks the beginning of a long-term partnership.”
“With this new partnership, we have been able to combine the expertise of RATP and the experience of Liebherr. This contract will allow us to guarantee an optimum level of quality of service for travelers ”, said Gaël Teixeira Cardoso, Head of Rolling Stock at RATP’sAteliers de Championnet in Paris.
About Liebherr-Transportation Systems
Liebherr’s transportation systems division supplies cab and saloon heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, thermal management systems for diverse mobile and stationary e-mobility applications, hydraulic actuation systems, dampers and hydraulic load levelling equipment for rail vehicles of all kinds. Liebherr has many years of experience in the development, manufacture, and field service of these technologies, offering support throughout the entire product lifecycle. The company invests continuously in its R&D activities in order to offer its customers new generations of diverse transportation systems solutions.
Liebherr-Transportation Systems has three production plants in Korneuburg (Austria), Marica (Bulgaria) and Zhuji (China). In addition to its own sales and service centers, the division has access to the Liebherr Group’s extensive and unique technologies as well as development and service facilities around the world. This global set-up means that Liebherr-Transportation Systems is there for its customers wherever they may be.
About the Liebherr Group
The Liebherr Group employs over 48,000 people in more than 130 companies across all continents. In 2019 Liebherr achieved a total consolidated turnover of more than 11.7 billion euros. As a global family-run technology company the Group is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction machines and is recognised for developing technically advanced and user-oriented products and services. Liebherr was founded in Kirchdorfan der Iller in southern Germany in 1949.
