Alstom is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its Katowice site, one of Europe’s largest railway signalling technology centres.
Alstom is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its Katowice facility, one of Europe’s largest producers of railway traffic control systems and signalling technologies.
The Polish site has played a major role in railway safety, signalling innovation and infrastructure modernisation across both domestic and international rail markets.
Katowice site expands digital rail and signalling capabilities
The Katowice operation currently employs around 1,100 specialists and has become one of Alstom’s key global centres for railway traffic control expertise.
In recent years, the facility has expanded its engineering teams and laboratory infrastructure to support increasingly complex signalling and ERTMS projects across Central and Eastern Europe.
The site now includes advanced testing laboratories capable of carrying out ESC tests and complete ERTMS system testing under laboratory conditions for the first time in Poland.
A new production and warehouse facility has also been introduced, supporting manufacturing of thousands of signalling system components used across rail networks worldwide.
The Katowice team has delivered railway traffic control systems for major infrastructure projects including the modernisation of the Warszawa Zachodnia station and Port of Gdynia rail junctions.
The site’s deployment teams have also supported advanced signalling programmes in Germany, Sweden, Greece, Croatia, Turkey, the Philippines and South Africa.
Adam Juretko said: “A hundred years of the Katowice site’s operations is a story of consistent technological development and the extraordinary passion of our people.”
He added that the company is now focused on future rail technologies including high speed rail systems, digital signalling and autonomous mobility solutions.
The site’s origins date back to 1926 when Zapotel, a private telephone construction company, began operations in Katowice before later becoming Telsyg in 1932.
During the post war period, the facility developed signalling equipment, intrinsically safe point machines and railway safety systems while later becoming Zakłady Wytwórcze Urządzeń Sygnalizacyjnych (ZWUS) in 1961.
Since joining the Alstom Group in 2021, the Katowice operation has strengthened its international position through access to global markets, technology partnerships and expanded engineering collaboration.
Alstom said the site continues to play a strategic role in the future development of digital rail infrastructure, signalling innovation and railway safety technologies across Europe and beyond.
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