Alstom appoints Cristina Andériz new director of its Santa Perpètua center

The French transport multinational Alstom has announced that Cristina Andériz will be the new director of its plant in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda (Barcelona). The center is the company's largest factory on the peninsula and currently employs some 1,000 workers, out of the nearly 3,000 the company has in Spain.

Born in Madrid, Andériz holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College London and a master's degree in Ocean Engineering from University College in the British capital. She joined Alstom in 2009, after an extensive career in the oil sector. Within the transport multinational, she has participated in international projects such as the Algiers tram, the high-speed train depots in Warsaw, and the Riyadh metro. She has also tackled Innovation and Development (R&D) projects applied to electric mobility.

For his part, Miguel Ángel Martín has been the director of the Vallès factory since 2017. Since last March, when the award of 152 trains for Renfe for 1,447 million euros was formalized, he has assumed the direction of this project, which will involve doubling the workforce in Santa Perpètua and expanding the plant's facilities, where all the trains will be produced. This demand from the railway operator provides the Catalan factory with a guarantee of work for the next five years.

Renfe plans to distribute the new trains among the major commuter rail hubs in Spain. The convoys will have a capacity of 900 seats, representing a 20% increase. Boarding and alighting times for passengers will also be reduced, thanks to a design with a minimum of ten doors and wide vestibules. All wagons will be adapted for people with reduced mobility and will have Wi-Fi connection. With this project, Renfe will renew 50% of its Commuter and Regional trains.