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GE Transportation’s plant in Contagem, Brazil (MG) unveiled today a new approach to manufacturing locomotives with a mixed-model moving assembly line. This Lean Manufacturing system, one of the first in the industry, is a more efficient and sustainable approach to locomotive production. Unlike traditional stationary production lines, the mixed-model moving line is designed for employees to assemble different locomotive configurations on the same line as the units slowly move down the track.

Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) declared its regular quarterly dividend of 12 cents per share, payable on Feb. 23, 2018 to holders of record on Feb. 9, 2018.

GE Transportation (NYSE:GE) signed two contracts, valued at over $900 million, with Kazakhstan’s state-run railroad Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ)—the company’s largest international rail customer—as part of its long-term commitment to develop the country’s railway infrastructure. The contracts include the delivery of 300 shunter locomotives and an 18-year service agreement to manage the maintenance and repair of 175 passenger Evolution™ Series locomotives.

Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) has appointed Donald M. Itzkoff as Vice President, Government Relations and Public Affairs. Itzkoff comes to Wabtec from General Electric Company, where he led U.S. government affairs for GE Transportation. He previously served as Deputy Federal Railroad Administrator in the Clinton administration and earlier was senior majority counsel with the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.