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- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A. Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA designs, manufactures and sells rolling stock and rail components; high-speed trains, regional trains, commuter trains, metros, light rail vehicles (LRVs) and tram-trains, trams and light metros, locomotives and buses through its Solaris Bus & Coach subsidiary; signaling systems including the CBTC OPTIO system and ERTMS Level 2; traction systems and converters, energy storage systems, control and communication systems; wheel sets, wheels, axles and gear units; maintenance, refurbishment and upgrading services; data collection, storage, processing and analysis services; spare parts management and workshop equipment; technical support and consultancy; and turnkey mobility solutions encompassing viability studies, system design and engineering, civil works, electrification, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance. Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A. operates in the railway and sustainable urban mobility sectors, serving public administrations, private operators and consortia with target markets in metros, commuter and regional rail, trams and zero-emission buses; it maintains geographic operations across Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Poland, Italy, the Netherlands, Chile, Colombia, Morocco, Taiwan and over 60 countries worldwide with industrial facilities in Spain, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Poland, more than 100 maintenance centers and an installed base exceeding 5,000 trains and 25,000 buses. The company, founded in 1917 and headquartered in Beasain, Gipuzkoa, Spain, with registered office at Calle José Miguel Iturrioz 26, achieved record order intake of €4,707 million in 2024 including extensions for 22 Oxygène Intercités trains worth over €400 million for SNCF in France manufactured at its Reichshoffen plant; metro units for Madrid, Amsterdam, Santiago de Chile and Medellín; trams for Bologna, Palermo and other Italian cities; electric buses for Sweden, Belgium and its first urban bus contract in Seattle, USA; and signaling framework entry in the United Kingdom; in the first half of 2025 it secured €3,069 million in orders including 30 intercity trains for Morocco's ONCF valued at nearly €600 million financed by Spain's FIEM, up to 23 Urbos trams for Taiwan, 19 catenary-free trams for Tours, France, maintenance contracts in the United Kingdom, Brazil, New Zealand and Sweden, and Solaris orders such as 270 electric buses for Berlin and trolleybuses for Vancouver, Canada.