The industrial center of Alstom in Santa Perpetua de Mogoda (Barcelona) will become the first factory 4.0 of the railway sector in Spain, according to plans announced by Alstom. The company bet on the digital transformation, with a plan that includes both the integration of the latest technologies and the enhancement of its human capital.“We are witnessing a great change called Industry 4.0 or the Fourth Industrial Revolution, driven by the confluence of new technologies that have matured in recent years, by new business models derived from those technologies and by the transformation of existing value chains. We are facing a great opportunity for companies, for people and for economies. As a company that has always been a pioneer, Alstom wants to be one of the architects of this new industrial era in Spain”.
The Alstom site in Santa Perpetua has already started to integrate intelligent systems into industrial processes, using big data, 3D technologies, robotics and augmented reality, among others. These new technologies will allow Alstom to improve its production chain and processes in order to be more competitive, to design and manufacture trains adapted to the future needs of passengers, drivers and operators.
Santa Perpetua plant, inaugurated in 1994, is the most modern of the group in Europe and one of the few Alstom plants able to manufacture, in the same facilities, high-speed trains, regional, trams, metros, etc. Currently 90% of its production is dedicated to export projects in Australia, Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Latin America.