ÖBB: 100 Million Euro Savings Through Improved Purchasing

TransportRail ♦ Published: September 27, 2010; 14:55 ♦ (Vindobona)

ÖBB want to save 100 million Euro during the next three years with cheaper and better organized purchasing. Shunting and traction are merged.

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ÖBB, which are going on austerity track with their new boss Christian Kern once again, are re-organizing their purchasing and consequently want to save 100 million euro in expenses during the next three years, reports the "Kurier". This represents about 4% of the annual expense volume of 2.5 billion euro. Material costs are also to be saved in the shunting sector.

Kern has…