UGL awarded $250 million in rail orders

UGL Limited (ASX: UGL) (“UGL”) today announced that it has secured a number of significant rail freight orders with blue-chip customers, valued at approximately $250 million. These freight supply and maintenance orders include:

• Supply of 6 x C44ACi locomotives and 227 wagons to a leading rail operator in Australia;
• Supply of 9 x GE Evolution locomotives to Rio Tinto in WA;
• Supply of 450 x locomotive bogie frames to GE to serve the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) market;
• A new 5-year locomotive service and support agreement with Rio Tinto in WA; and
• A new 5-year locomotive service and parts agreement with a major WA iron ore customer.

UGL’s Managing Director and CEO, Richard Leupen, said: “We are pleased to be entering into a number of strategic partnerships with leading rail and resources related customers. These agreements demonstrate our ability to provide high quality, cost effective and flexible solutions for our customers.

“They also strengthen our leadership position in the rail industry while building on our comprehensive rolling stock delivery and asset management capability.

Mr Leupen added: “Our rail business continues to see clear signs of a recovery in sales enquiries on the back of strengthening resources sector conditions. We also anticipate a healthy expansion in our rail business across the 2011 financial year.”