 |
NEWS HEADLINES
|
|
|
| CLASSIFIEDS |
| »
The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, Aspen, CO, seeks a chief operating officer. [More]
|
| »
The Interurban Transit Partnership (The Rapid), Grand Rapids, MI, is looking for a deputy CEO-finance and administration. [More]
|
| »
Blacksburg Transit, Blacksburg, VA, requests proposals for bus graphics. [More]
|
| View more Classified Ads » |
| TO PLACE AN AD: E-mail the requested date(s) of publication to: ptads@apta.com. Mailing address is: Passenger Transport, 1300 I Street NW, Suite 1200 East,
Washington, DC 20005. Ad copy is not accepted by phone. DEADLINE: 3 p.m. EST, Friday, one week prior to publication date. INFORMATION: Phone (202) 496-4877. |
Two Business Acquisitions
SYSTRA has announced its first acquisition in a specific engineering discipline: International Bridge Technologies (IBT), a specialized bridge engineering firm founded in 2000, which will be called SYSTRA IBT.
Bridges are a vital component of transportation infrastructure and more than 60 percent of bridges around the world are part of rail projects, according to SYSTRA.
Also, Thales, a technology firm based in Paris and parent company of Thales USA, has acquired Guavus, a real-time “big data” analytics company based in San Mateo, CA.
Thales Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Patrice Caine said, “Combined with our established expertise in other key digital technologies, the acquisition of Guavus represents a tremendous accelerator of our digital strategy for the benefit of all our customers, whether in aeronautics, space, rail signaling, defense or security.”
Thales has 64,000 employees in 56 countries, while Guavus employs a total of 250 people in California, Canada and India.
|
ADVERTISEMENT |
|
Fleet owners and operators are turning to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to reduce maintenance and repair costs while maximizing uptime. This ebook dives into the five stages of successful IIoT execution, and the value this can deliver. Read it now!
|
|
|
