The MCS project : tested and approved !

Following a request by the Indian Railways, Galland  devised a modular cantilever system in aluminum with an innovative design. Presented at the Berlin Innotrans trade fair, this system proved a great success. It is currently being marketed. (more…)

Taha Alper Koçer, manager of Noviter E & C: Galland at the Eurasia Rail trade fair

Every two years since 2011, the Eurasia Rail trade fair takes place in Istanbul, Turkey. With about 7500 visitors, it is one of the main railways trade fairs of the region and a bridge between Europe and Asia for the 150 professionals who attend. It was imperative that Galland as a leader of catenary systems be present at this event. We were present from the 21 to 23 June in the person of our Turkish representative Taha Alper Koçer, manager of Noviter Engineering & Consultancy (in Ankara), a specialist in electrification and catenary systems. (more…)

Corporate Social Responsibility « environment » : Carbon Fighter forum

Last May Galland participated in the Carbon Fighter forum organized by Colas Rail. The Carbon forum Awareness of the issue has the aim of accompanying clients in their actions for the environment. (more…)

A summer feast : A table at La Goscinny

True to the image of the famous Comic book heroes Astérix and Obélix, and to respect the tradition, a banquet was prepared and served by the caterers DELICATESSEN  to mark the end of the period before the summer break. (more…)

Alain Rousset enters Galland

Alain Rousset, president of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and strongly committed to the railway sector and to industrial production infrastructure, came to visit our company on 1st February of this year. He met the employees and discovered the innovations conceived by Galland. It was a significant event and was promising in terms of projects at a time when the region is looking to boost mobility by investing in rail networks. (more…)

Galland visits the tram construction site

On 1st February, on the invitation of our client Ferroway (formerly ETF), Galland’s workshop team benefited from a guided visit of the site of the extension of the tramway’s Line A, in Mérignac. An emblematic construction site of the Bordeaux metropolitan area and a beneficial feedback of experience, our operators were able to discuss the installation of our AEROs and our section insulators with the catenary installers. (more…)

Monica Lemaire : « Galland has managed the transition to an eco-responsible company”

Monica Lemaire is a well-known figure at Galland where she has worked for many years. These days she has the post of Manager of continuing improvement for the environmental section of the Supply Chain.; Her unusual trajectory reveals her great capacity for adaptation. A highly appreciated capacity in our company. (more…)

GALLAND…. a pivotal presence at the Lille trade fair

The capital of the Hauts de France region, the traditional location of the SIFER fair which brings together the companies making up the French railway scene, opened its doors to the 2023 edition over a period of three days.

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Galland-FerroCampus-Lycée Palissy : the future of the railways on track

As well as maintaining a partnership with the regional Cluster FerroCampus in Saintes, Galland has established a close contact with the Lycée Bernard Palissy in this same town. Objective : to accompany the pupils enrolled in the course subject option of training in the railway trades by in situ operations and the loan of Galland materials. An investment in the future ! 

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Galland, 20 years at La-Lande-de-Fronsac !

Just like a train, the life of a company consists of periods of stability and phases of acceleration. The relocation of the historic workshops of Choisy-le-Roi to the present site in La-Lande-de-Fronsac in 2003 boosted production and was instrumental in the transformation of our company from a cottage industry to industrialization. This year Galland celebrates the twenty years of its installation in the Gironde region and continues to grow.

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