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I am delighted that ALSTOM has had the opportunity to associate its name with such a prestigious sporting event as the Open de France golf tournament.

Our knowledge, capacity for innovation and desire to win are demonstrated each day in commercial competition. It was natural that ALSTOM would look to build up its image by entering a world where the word « competition » is just as demanding : that of top-level sport.

The values of golf, which I know personally, are absolutely compatible with the values here at ALSTOM. Precision, power and speed are the qualities of great champions. These qualities are ours also, with the precision of our high-performance technologies, the power of our power generation equipment and the speed of our trains. Golf is also a sport that attaches great importance to environmental protection, which our company works towards every day. In short, ALSTOM and its customers feel at home in the world of golf!

Alongside our partners, it is our ambition to raise the Open de France ALSTOM in the rankings of the great international golf tournaments. I will support and share this challenge with passion!

Patrick Kron
ALSTOM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

ALSTOM and golf, visit the website: www.golf.alstom.com

ALSTOM, a world leader in transport and energy infrastructure

Present in 70 countries, the ALSTOM Group is one of the world’s major players in two principal industries : equipment and services for both the generation of power and rail transport. Its third business, ship building (ALSTOM Marine, constructor of the « France » and the « Queen Mary 2 »), will leave the Group in 2006. Nearly 90% of the Group’s turnover (totalling around 14 billion euros) is achieved outside France. ALSTOM employs 68,000 people, 15,500 of whom are based in France. ALSTOM is chaired by Patrick Kron, aged 52 years.

One in four of the world’s light bulbs is powered by ALSTOM

In the world of power generation, one in four light bulbs worldwide is powered by electricity generated through ALSTOM-made equipment (turbines, alternators, boilers, combined-cycle power plants…)

The company is the world leader in hydroelectric equipment (with references such as the Itaïpu dam in Brazil and the Three Gorges in China), combined-cycle electric power plants, energy production services and environmental control systems. ALSTOM works with all energy forms (hydraulic, fuel-oil, gas, coal and lignite, nuclear) and is a leader in environmental protection (reduction of CO2 emissions, reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions..)

Among its recent contracts, ALSTOM will construct the world’s biggest lignite power plant at Neurath, Germany (2100 MW) and expand the power generating capacity of both the Oskarshamm nuclear power station in Sweden and a 430 MW power station in Dubai.

The « Power Turbo-Systems / Power Environment » and « Power Service » sectors collectively employ 34,500 people.

The world leader in very high-speed transport

In the field of rail transport, ALSTOM is the global number one in terms of orders (2004-2005). ALSTOM supplies rolling stock, transport infrastructure and signalling and maintenance equipment.

From the very first TGV* delivered in 1978 up to the future TGV Est, and including the South Korean TGV, Eurostar and Thalys, ALSTOM has developed a world leading position in very high-speed trains (more than 300 km/h). ALSTOM also supplies high-speed tilting trains (more than 250 km/h).

The company is number two worldwide in urban transportation : the ALSTOM name is synonymous with metro systems around the world (including Paris, London, New York, Washington, Caracas, Singapore, Shanghai, Istanbul and Athens) and ALSTOM trams have been chosen by more than 20 French cities and numerous others across the globe in Italy, Spain, Ireland, Germany and Australia.

ALSTOM’s Transport sector employs 24,700 people.

* TGV is a trademark of the SNCF