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Article: Sergio De Luca signals a bright future: Ansaldo STS, Italy, the only major signalling equipment supplier to concentrate solely on this activity, has ambitious plans to outperform the market. CEO Sergio De Luca, spoke to David Briginshaw in Genoa about his plans.(Interview)
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- International Railway Journal
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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SERGIO De Luca has a very positive view of the railway signalling market: "Some months ago the major question was how the financial crisis would affect our market. Our view at the end of last year was quite positive, but we were not 100% sure. Now, we are much more confident that the crisis won't affect our sector and we believe we can even benefit from the national financial stimulus packages."
While Ansaldo STS might be coming through the crisis unscathed, De Luca recognises that this is not the case for some of its private railway customers, particularly in the United States and Australia. One of ...