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WABTEC MAKES TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS

Wabtec Rail Recruits New HVAC Business Manager

Wabtec Rail Limited is delighted to announce the appointment of Gordon Innes as their new HVAC Business Manager, a new role created to expand our HVAC business. Gordon joins Wabtec Rail from EMI where he was the Business Development Manager for Rail. Prior to this Gordon was Fleet Engineer and Project Manager at Southern Railway for over 3 years, Fleet Engineer at East Coast (then GNER) for 2 years and at Interfleet for 5 years. He is a Chartered Engineer and has a Masters degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering and Business Studies.

His role will be to assist the company in its primary objective of being the best technology based value added supplier to the UK & European traction & rolling stock aftermarket. Gordon will bring his engineering knowledge and business experience to the role to assist Wabtec in continuing to focus on meeting its customer's demands.

Gordon is looking forward to becoming an integral part of the senior management team at Wabtec Rail and assisting the company to increase its market share and profitability.

Wabtec Rail Recruits New Bogie Production Manager

Wabtec Rail Limited is delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Attwood as their new Bogie Production Manager following a recent reorganisation in the Bogie Business division. Paul joins Wabtec Rail from LNS Turbo, a market leader in the supply of material handling solutions to the machine tool industries worldwide. Paul was Works Manager for four years during his time at LNS Turbo where he helped the company to grow in Turnover and Profitability. He has a great deal of
engineering experience that has been gained within the Machine tool, Medical, Rail (PW), and Aerospace industries.

His role will be to assist the company in its primary objective of being the best technology based value added supplier to the UK & European traction & rolling stock aftermarket. Paul is a widely experienced Production Manager, and holds a Masters Degree in Mechanical Systems & Design Engineering from Liverpool University. He is well versed in lean manufacturing and continuous
improvement techniques, as well as having a good understanding of modern production control systems.

Paul is looking forward to joining the bogie business at Wabtec Rail and assisting the company to achieve on time delivery whilst maintaining high quality output and increased efficiency.

Editors Notes

Wabtec Rail Group has been formed from the acquisition of Brush Traction and Brush Barclay by Wabtec Rail Limited. Wabtec Rail sees the acquisition as the broadening of the range of services that it is now able to offer its customers. The addition of the Brush Traction expertise in mainline locomotives, power units, traction motors and electrical control systems complements Wabtec Rail's expertise in passenger rolling stock maintenance and refurbishment, freight wagon maintenance and wheelset, bogies, brake equipment and HVAC overhauls. By combining these areas of expertise the new Wabtec Rail Group of companies can offer rolling stock owners and train operators a range of services that covers all aspects of railway rolling stock maintenance, overhaul and refurbishment.

In addition the acquisition of the Brush Barclay facility at Kilmarnock will broaden the nationwide coverage of Wabtec Rail by providing a base to better support the trains operating in Scotland and Northern England.

To reflect the new ownership Brush Traction at Loughborough will be known as 'Brush Traction – Part of the Wabtec Rail Group', with the Brush Barclay Kilmarnock Works becoming 'Wabtec Rail Scotland'. With the facilities at Doncaster, Loughborough and Kilmarnock Wabtec Rail Group is the UK's leading railway engineering company undertaking the overhaul and repair of railway rolling stock, locomotives, passenger coaches and multiple units, freight

wagons and traction systems. In addition the Wabtec Rail Group also overhauls wheelsets, brake equipment, hydraulic dampers, buffers and passenger, freight and locomotive bogies. As part of the Wabtec Corporation the Wabtec Rail Group also supplies to the UK rail industry products manufactured at the Wabtec Corporation facilities located throughout the world. These products include train data recorders, electronic equipment, composition brake blocks and pads, train braking systems, air compressors and locomotive radiators and cooler groups.

For further information regarding this Press Release or any of the Wabtec Rail Group's products or services please contact:-

Paul Robinson
Group Sales Director
Wabtec Rail Group
PO Box 400
Hexthorpe Road
Doncaster
DN1 1SL
Tel: 01302 790027
Fax: 01302 790058
Email: probinson@wabtec.com

Wabtec Rail Limited, PO Box 400, Hexthorpe Road, Doncaster, DN1 1SL Tel +44 (0) 1302 340700, Fax +44 (0) 1302 790058, Email: wabtecrail@wabtec.com