Wednesday, Jul 21, 2010

PARIS (Dow Jones)--French power and transport engineering maker Alstom (ALO.FR) Wednesday said that it has won a contract worth EUR58 million for the completion and maintenance of Citadis trams for Tunisia's capital city.

MAIN FACTS:

- Alstom is to supply 16 tramsets and maintenance services to Citadis trams. They will be identical to the 39 Citadis tramsets that Alstom already delivered between 2007 and 2009.

- The order follows the partnership framework agreement concerning air, sea, land and rail transport, which was signed in Tunis on April 23 2009 between the Ministry of Transport of Tunisia, Abderahim Zouari, and Dominique Bussereau, France's secretary of state for transport.

- By Paris Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; +331-4017-1740; angeline.benoit@dowjones.com

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