Over 1,000 aspiring suppliers attend Hitachi rail event

Posted on 26 May 2011 by The Manufacturer

More than 1,000 companies have attended the first Open Day event for Hitachi Rail Europe’s Intercity Express Programme in the North East today.

The event featured representatives from Durham County Council, County Durham Development Company, Merchant Place Developments, Agility Trains and Hitachi Rail Europe, publically speaking about the IEP for the first time since the Government gave the £4.5bn project the go-ahead in March. As the majority partner in Agility Trains, Hitachi is to invest in a new…

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