Bombardier appoints Diego García Rodríguez as general manager of its Trapaga factory

Bombardier Transportation has appointed Diego García Rodríguez as general manager of its factory in Trapaga (Basque Country).

Diego graduated as an Industrial Engineer at the University of Deusto in Spain. He joined BT in October 2007 in the Project Management function in PPC and has since held multiple PM roles, followed by appointment as Head of Operations Trapaga in mid 2017. He brings over a decade of knowledge and experience about site Trapaga into his new role as Site General Manager.

The Bombardier factory, located in Trapaga and with a staff of nearly 200 workers, has the capacity to design, manage and supply electric propulsion and traction systems for any type of railway application in all power ranges: traction systems for vehicles used in general lines (locomotives, high-speed trains, long-distance, regional and suburban trains) and urban transport (metros, monorails, trams and trolleybuses).