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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Christophe Drugmand of the Drugmand group : Galland’s representative in Belgium for the last 10 years !

At 54 Christophe Drugmand knows the trade by heart. He is the head of this family business founded in 1919 by a great grandfather and has been distributing Galland products from the “Rail Infrastructure” range of its catalogue for the last ten years. A close collaboration which allows our company to figure well on the Belgian market.  An interview in 5 questions. (more…)

Nitin Jain at M/s Atlantic our trustworthy partner on the Indian market

Nitin Jain manages the Indian companies M/s Atlantic Tradelinks Pvt. Ltd. And M/s Atlantic Trade engineers LLP. This professional and his team are specialized in the manufacture of items designed for the electrification of Indian networks. In close collaboration with Galland, they are introducing our products on their market. For Nitin, distance is not an obstacle to proximity. (more…)

AERO – Installation in Bordeaux

Bordeaux Métropole has informed us of their decision to equip the line that will serve the Bordeaux Mérignac airport with our oleopneumatic tensioning device: AERO (more…)

INNOTRANS 2022

The InnoTrans 2022 trade fair was a particularly successful one.

When it is a question of exhibitions dedicated to rail transport, this event is simply THE world reference. (more…)