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CAF   - Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A.

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Postal address Headquarters
José Miguel Iturrioz, 26
E-20200 Beasain. Guipúzcoa. Spain
Telephone +34 943 88 01 00   Fax +34 943 88 14 20   E-mail caf@caf.net Web www.caf.net  
Other addresses
Postal address 
Madrid offices
José Ortega y Gasset, 29 - 5º
E-28006 Madrid. Spain

Telephone +34 91 436 60 00
  Fax +34 91 436 03 96  
Postal address Production plants in Spain:
Beasain Factory
José Miguel Iturrioz, 26
Apdo. de correos, 2
E-20200 Beasain. Guipúzcoa. Spain

Telephone +34 943 88 01 00
  Fax +34 943 88 14 20  
Postal address 
Zaragoza Factory
Avda. de Cataluña, 299
Apdo. de correos, 5149
E-50014 Zaragoza. Spain

Fax +34 976 76 51 00
  Fax +34 976 57 26 48  
Postal address 
Irún Factory
Anaka, 13
E-20301 Irún. Guipúzcoa. Spain

Telephone +34 943 61 33 42
  Fax +34 943 61 81 55  
Postal address 
Castejón Factory
Trenes de Navarra, S.A.
Polígono Industrial, Parcela P1
E-31590 Castejón. Navarra. Spain

Telephone +34 948 81 45 96
  Fax +34 948 81 45 91  
Postal address 
CAF Digital Design Solutions S.A.
Polígono Industrial Los Jarales, Sector 10, Cinturón Sur, Naves 1 y 2
E-23700 Linares. Jaén. Spain

Telephone +34 953 64 02 00
  Fax +34 953 64 02 01  
Postal address 
Tradinsa
Tradinsa Industrial S.L.
Urbanizació Zona 2 - L´estació, 29
E-25123 Puigverd. Lérida. Spain

Telephone +34 902 90 85 43
  Fax +34 973 77 07 00  
Postal address Other offices:
Components
CAF Miira
J.M. Iturrioz, 26
20200 Beasain (Gipuzkoa), Spain

Telephone +34 943 028 660  
Postal address 
CAF Power & Automation
Miramon Technology Park
Paseo Mikeletegi, 58 - 2º
20009 San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa), Spain

Telephone +34 943 309 251  
Postal address 
Signalling
CAF Signalling
C/ Juan Fermín Gilisagasti 4, 2nd floor
20018 San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa), Spain

Telephone +34 943 80 55 75  
Postal address 
Integral Services
CAF Turnkey & Engineering
Bizkaia Science and Technology Park,
Laida Bidea, Edificio 205
48170 Zamudio (Bizkaia), Spain

Telephone +34 946 819 550  
Postal address 
Services
Rail Services
José Miguel Iturrioz, 26
E-20200 Beasain (Gipuzkoa), Spain

Telephone +34 943 88 01 00
  Fax +34 943 88 14 20
  
Company data
Description

CAF is one of the international leaders in the design and supply of integrated transport systems. A benchmark in the sustainable mobility sector, the company offers a wide range of products and services, including the supply of trains, buses, components, signalling systems and services and comprehensive turnkey mobility solutions.

The CAF Group, with a workforce of over 15,000 people, is present in more than 55 countries around the world. The company has production facilities in Spain, France, the United Kingdom and Poland in Europe, as well as other factories in the United States, Mexico and Brazil. It also has numerous maintenance centres spread across five continents.

Key figures:
- More than 4,800 trains delivered
- More than 1,700 metres delivered
- More than 1,900 trams delivered
- More than 1,000 cars modernised
- More than 1,200 electric buses in operation
- More than 55 countries

Management team

Executive Chairman: Andres Arizkorreta.
CEO: Javier Martinez Ojinaga.

Main products and services

Rolling stock:

CAF has one of the widest ranges of rolling stock in the market. CAF designs, manufactures and maintains all types of vehicles, equipped with the latest technological advances in terms of safety, performance and comfort
The CAF range includes the following mobility solutions:
-    Oaris: high-speed and very high-speed trains up to 350 km/h.
-    Civity: modular trains for regional and commuter services.
-    Inneo: metro units adapted to the needs of each city.
-    Urbos: tramways, light metros and train-trams.
-    Bitrac: diesel and electric locomotives.

Other electric-powered vehicles include:
-    Urbino Hydrogen: equipped with state-of-the-art technology, the Urbino 12 with hydrogen propulsion is the most modern European bus.
-    Urbino Hybrid: this bus is equipped with a traction system consisting of an electric motor or motors and a conventional engine.
-    Trollino: this is the low-floor trolleybus family. These vehicles are characterised by low emissions and emission-free operation.

Among the vehicles with conventional engines, Solaris has 4 platforms:
-    Urbino: The fully low-floor city bus with conventional engine is equipped with engines that meet the highly restrictive Euro 6 standard.
-    Urbino CNG: these are equipped with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) engines.
-    Urbino Low Access: this solution combines the advantages of high-floor and low-floor buses, making it a vehicle suitable not only for use in cities but also for suburban and intercity services.
-    InterUrbino: This vehicle is designed for intercity bus services. The InterUrbino can also be adapted for use as a school bus.

Components, power and control:

CAF has a wide variety of components that provide a global response to the needs of a sector geared towards intelligent mobility; technologically efficient, highly reliable and sustainable solutions.

Range of components:

-    Electric traction systems: Own traction equipment for direct current and alternating current. Latest IGBT technology and control with voltage and frequency modulation.
-    Energy accumulation system: Solutions based on energy accumulators and guidelines for efficient driving.
-    Control and communication systems: Monitoring, comfort and diagnostics. Intelligent     Transport Systems (ITS) based on ICT technology.
-    Integral rolling solutions: Design, manufacture and maintenance of wheels, mounted axles     or complete mounted bridges including gearboxes for all types of trains.

Signalling, protection and traffic management solutions:

CAF has comprehensive railway signalling and control solutions, both in the field of infrastructures and on-board material. CAF develops turnkey signalling projects, including testing and commissioning, as well as maintenance of the installations.

Range of signalling systems:

- Tram Signalling: CAF's tram solution comprises both its own product and the integration of third-party products.
QUASAR Q4: Interlocking based on a modular hardware platform widely proven in light rail projects.
BUS NAOS: Proprietary ESB bus system, where all the different systems necessary to operate and maintain a tramway system are integrated at control centre level.  
CTC, SCADA: Proprietary control centre applications.
ATP: Train protection system applications.
AVLS, RSS, TPS: Extensive history of successful integration of auxiliary systems with our regular suppliers.

- ERTMS & ATO Onboard: AURIGA OBS is a compact and modular ERTMS / ATO system, optimised and customised for the operational and commercial needs of our customers. This solution is interoperable and compatible with all manufacturers of track signalling equipment and provides secure train movement monitoring with high availability.

- Mainline Signalling Trackside: CAF provides comprehensive solutions in the Mainline TS segment thanks to the use of the different product families in its portfolio:
QUASAR Q4: family of latest generation SIL4 electronic interlockings for all types of railway applications, including all their configurations.
AURIGA TS: track solution for Automatic Train Protection (ATP) based on the interoperable ETCS standard.
NAOS: flexible and modular solution for integrated and multifunctional control centres.

- Mainline Signalling Automation: This state-of-the-art technology contributes to increased punctuality, energy efficiency, passenger comfort and improved traffic regulation.
AURIGA ATO: This is the ATO system over ERTMS that enables automatic train driving up to GoA2 degrees of automation in accordance with the standards of the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI).

NAOS ATO: This is the system that from the track allows the automatic planning and regulation of any line with ATO and which, by communicating with the trains, provides the possibility of changing the gears of the trains, optimising energy consumption and ensuring punctuality.

- Traffic Management systems: CAF provides through its NAOS family of control centres from integration into existing control centres to the delivery of a turnkey solution of complete control centres.

Integral mobility systems:

CAF leads the development of comprehensive sustainable mobility infrastructure projects. Design, construction and integration of high-capacity, high-performance transport systems under the turnkey modality.

-    Railway systems: Development and execution of comprehensive railway transport projects.
-    e-Bus infrastructures: e-Bus charging systems and development of integral e-BRI projects.
-    Consultancy and engineering: Mobility solutions and Smart cities.
-    Solar energy: Turnkey photovoltaic solar energy plants.

Services, improving the experience:

CAF's maintenance and after-sales activities aim to maximise reliability, availability, maintainability and safety values during fleet operation.

Maintenance range:

- Intelligent maintenance: CAF employs the most innovative maintenance and optimisation technologies to maximise service parameters and reduce life cycle costs.

- Refurbishment and modernisation: The replacement of obsolete equipment with new, more efficient systems with lower energy consumption allows the useful life of trains to be extended, as well as improving their availability and reliability.

- Spare parts and overhaul of equipment and components: CAF manages the supply of spare parts and components in order to guarantee availability to optimise the cost of ownership.

- Workshop equipment: We undertake turnkey projects for the supply of complete workshop equipment aimed at optimising bogie maintenance operations.

Range of digital mobility solutions

Digital rail fleet management solution with state-of-the-art data analytics.

- Units in service
- On-time passengers
- Safe journeys
- Improved availability & reliability
- Reduce lifecycle cost
- Anticipation of breakdowns

 

Top products: ROLLING STOCK AND TRACTION EQUIPMENT: 1. URBOS .2. Civity BEMU VRR. SIGNALLING: 3. Auriga TS. OTHERS: 4. LEADMIND.

 

Activities by year

RECENT CONTRACTS

ROLLING STOCK
UNITED KINGDOM - Supply of 98 trimo-mode trains for London North Eastern Railway
UNITED KINGDOM - Supply of 5 additional trams for DLR
ITALY - Supply of 40 trams for ATAC S.p.A.
ISRAEL - Supply of 98 Urbos trams for the City of Tel Aviv
SWEDEN - Supply of 25 EMUs for SJ
NEW ZEALAND - Supply of 23 EMUs to Auckland
SPAIN - Supply of 5 EMUs for Euskotren
SPAIN - Supply of 5 EMUs for Mallorca
SPAIN - Supply of 8 trams for Granada
SPAIN - Supply of 2 additional trams for Metrocentro, Sevilla
SPAIN - Supply of 29 BEMUs for Renfe
GERMANY - Supply of 22 + 10 LRVs for Bonn
GERMANY - Supply of 42 LRVs to Hannover
GERMANY - Supply of additional 10 units for NWL
UAE - Supply 9 push-pull trains for Etihad Rail
FRANCE - Supply of 60 trams for Montpellier
FRANCE - Supply of 15 trams for Marseille
AUSTRALIA - Supply of 5 additional trams to Canberra
UNITED STATES - Supply of 102 LRVs for Boston
NETHERLANDS - Supply of 60 double-decker EMUs for NS
NETHERLANDS - Supply of 10 EMUs for Qbuzz
HUNGARY - Supply of 20 additional trams for Budapest

SERVICES
AUSTRALIA – Maintenance of Canberra and Parramatta Tramway with LeadMind
BELGIUM – Maintenance of Liège Tramway with LeadMind
BRAZIL – Maintenance of CPTM EMUs series 2070, 8000 with LeadMind
CHILE – Maintenance of L1, L3 and L6 metro trains for Santiago Metro with LeadMind
COLOMBIA – Modernization of Metro Medellin
EGYPT – Modernization of Cairo Metro Line 1
FRANCE – Refurbishment of RATP EMUs; Refurbishment of metro trains for SYTRAL
GERMANY – Maintenance of Schönbuchbahn EMUs (ZVS) and VRR and NWL BEMUs in Nordrhein-Westfalen with LeadMind
ITALY – Maintenance of Sardinia DMUs; Cagliari Tramway; Palermo Tramway; Metro Roma and Trenitalia’s Intericity’s
MEXICO – Maintenance of Suburbano Mexico EMUs and Metro Mexico Line 12
NEW ZEALAND – Maintenance of Auckland Transport EMUs
SAUDI ARABIA – Maintenance of SAR regional trains with LeadMind
SPAIN – Maintenance of Metro Madrid (s/3000, s/8000, s/9000); Metro Mallorca; Bilbao & Vitoria Tramway; Granada Tramway; Cadiz Tram-Train
Maintenance with LeadMind: MetroCentro Seville, Zaragoza Tramway, RENFE very high-speed trains s/120 and s/121, DMUs s/599, s/594 and s/598, EMUs s/449 and s/446 and CIVIA EMUs
Refurbishment of s/2000, s/3000 and s/4000 trains for TMB
SWEDEN – Maintenance of Arlanda Express trains; Krosataget and Umea-Lulea regional trains; Maintenance of Snälltåget and SJ passenger cars, high-speed trains X2000; Lund Tramway with LeadMind, Sj and Green Cargo locomotives
UNITED KINGDOM – Maintenance with LeadMind: Northern Arriva EMUs; Edinburgh Tramway; Caledonian Sleepers; West Midlands DMUs and Docklands Light Railway; Maintenance of TPE EMUs; NIR DMUs and W&B DMUs
UNITED STATES – Maintenance of Maryland LRVs with LeadMind

SIGNALLING
ARABIA - Retrofit ERTMS N1 and N2 on-board signalling system for SAR
ISRAEL - Signalling system and control centre for Tel Aviv tramway
ARAB EMIRATES - ERTMS N2 signalling system for Etihad
SLOVENIA - Signalling System for the Ministry of Infrastructure
SPAIN - Signalling Systems and Control Centres for ADIF
SPAIN - Signalling Systems for ETS
SPAIN - Energy SCADA for Metro de Madrid
SPAIN - ERTMS N1 On-Board Signalling System for Euskotren
SPAIN - ERTMS N2 On-Board Signalling System for Renfe
TURKEY - Conventional and ERTMS N1 signalling system for AYGM
AUSTRALIA - On-board signalling system ERTMS N2 for Transport for NSW
NEW ZEALAND - ETCS & ATO on-board signalling system for Auckland Transport
NEW ZEALAND - On-board signalling retrofit ERTMS N1 for Kiwi Rail
MEXICO - Conventional signalling system, ERTMS N1 & control centre for SICT
MEXICO - Retrofit on-board signalling system ETCS N1 for FFSS
MEXICO - On-board signalling system ERTMS N2 & ATO TOLUCA
NETHERLANDS - Upgrade on-board signalling system ERTMS N2
NETHERLANDS - On-board signalling system ERTMS N2 & ATO for NS DoubleDeckers
POLAND - ERTMS N2 On-board signalling system ERTMS N2 for PESA
POLAND - ERTMS N2 On-board signalling system ERTMS N2 for FPS Cegielsky
POLAND - On-board signalling system ERTMS N2 for NEWAG
UNITED KINGDOM - ERTMS On-Board System for ARRIVA and Keolis-Amey
CZECH REPUBLIC - Retrofit ERTMS N2 on-board signalling system for Plasser & Theurer
CZECH REPUBLIC - Retrofit ERTMS N2 On-board signalling system ERTMS N2 for PESA
CZECH REPUBLIC and SLOVAKIA - Retrofit ERTMS N2 On-board signalling system ERTMS N2 for TESMEC
CZECH REPUBLIC - SLOVAKIA - HUNGARY - Retrofit ERTMS N2 On-board signalling system ERTMS N2 for CZ Loko
CZECH REPUBLIC - POLAND - SLOVAKIA - Retrofit ERTMS N2 signalling system on-board for Leo Express
CZECH REPUBLIC - POLAND - SLOVAKIA - HUNGARY - ERTMS N2 Retrofit ERTMS N2 for PKP
SWEDEN - ERTMS N2 on-board system for SJ
URUGUAY - Signalling systems and control centres for FFCC
URUGUAY - ERTMS N1 on-board signalling system for STADLER
BULGARIA - Signalling of Danube Bridge Vidin-Calafat section, NRIC
MOROCCO - Rail signalling project in Casablanca ONCF
MOROCCO - Remote Control System for Electrification and Railway Substations, for the entire ONCF Electrification Network
EGYPT - Centralised Railway Traffic Centre CTC for ENR National Railways
EGYPT- Railway Signalling and Telecommunication System, ENR National Railways

TURNKEY ENGINEERING
SPAIN - Design and construction of the charging system of trams without catenary for Zaragoza tramway.
SPAIN - Design and construction of a test track in Corella.
BELGIUM - Full project management and EPC execution of the communications and energy systems, as well as participation in the mutualised company for the operation and maintenance of the complete tramway system for 27 years for Tramway Liège.
AUSTRALIA - Complete project management and EPC execution of the communications, tramway signalling, power and electrification systems, lower energy collection system and design and construction of the workshops and depots for Parramatta Tramway.
AUSTRALIA - Complete project management and EPC execution of a Maintenance Depot for the new fleet of New South Wales (NSW) Regionals.
LUXEMBOURG – Design and construction of the charging system of trams without catenary for Luxembourg tramway
MEXICO - Integral management and EPC execution of electromechanical systems for the Mexico-Toluca Interurban Railway.
ISRAEL - Comprehensive project management and EPC execution of the communications, traffic control, power and catenary systems, as well as participation in the mutualised company for the operation and maintenance of the complete tramway system for 15 years for JNET Tramway.
ISRAEL - Complete project management and EPC execution of the communications, traffic control, energy and catenary systems for the Purple Line of the Tel Aviv Tramway, as well as participation in the mutualised company for the maintenance of the tramway line for 25 years.
TAIWAN – Power supply, telecommunications, control systems and catenary-free power supply for Kaohsiung tramway.

 

Innovations

Spanish projects:
CUANTINER (QUANTUM), IT4OCC (RED GUIPUZCONA), ERABIL+ (ELKARTEK), RAIL SPACE (ELKARTEK), SILICON BURMUIN (ELKARTEK), VIRTREN (ELKARTEK), TCRINI2 (ELKARTEK), H2PLAN (Ministry of Science and Innovation's Complementary Energy and Renewable Hydrogen Schemes), AUTOTRAM (Public-Private Partnership Agreement), FUTURRAIL (Public-Private Partnership Agreement), DYNAMAIN (HAZITEK), CAFTTWIN (HAZITEK), AVOGADRO (HAZITEK), TRENWIDI (HAZITEK), SIMTAMP (HAZITEK), SIMTEC (HAZITEK), OPEN CBTC (HAZITEK), MODCA (BASQUE INDUSTRY), BAYESRAIL (SMART INDUSTRY), RAILABEL (SMART INDUSTRY), DATACCESS (SMART INDUSTRY), AIDOL (SMART INDUSTRY), 5GIARTSU (SMART INDUSTRY), BICONECT (MOVES SINGULARES), THAVA (HAZITEK), REMIRO5G, MULTISLICE  (UNICO SECTORIAL 5G), REMIRO5G MULTINET (UNICO SECTORIAL 5G), AERO5 (UNICO SECTORIAL 5G), PLACCA (PERTE AEROSPACIAL).

European projects:
IREL4.0 (ECSEL JU-H2020), 5GRAIL (H2020), FRACTAL (H2020), VALU3S H2020), CLUG2.0 (H2020), FCH2RAIL (FCH JU- H2020), CONNECTA 3 (S2R -H2020, FR8RAIL 4 (S2R-H2020), PINTA 3 (S2R-H2020), X2RAIL 5 (S2R-H2020), FINE 2 (S2R-H2020), IN2SMART 2 (S2R-H2020), IN2STEMPO (S2R-H2020), LINX4RAIL 2 (S2R- H2020), MOTIONAL (EURAIL-HE), R2DATO (EURAIL-HE), IAM4RAIL (EURAIL-HE), RAIL4EARTH (EURAIL-HE), FUTURE (EURAIL-HE).

 

Areas All over the world.

Results ANNUAL RESULTS 2023
Profit for the year before income tax amounted to 141 million euros.
Net profit for the year after income tax was 89 million euros.
Net revenues Consolidated net sales amounted to 3,825 million euros.
Order volume Order intake amounted to 4,775 million euros and the order backlog totalled 14.2 billion euros.
Ebitda EBIT at the end of December 2023 amounted to 179 million euros.
Activities Mechanical construction, Rolling stock and traction equipment, Maintenance, Others, Signalling, Telecommunication.
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