Overview

• Alstom stopped further deliveries to Leipzig’s Heiterblick after citing unmet contractual obligations despite handing over three car bodies.
• Delivery of 25 ordered XXL trams with an option for 130 more to Leipzig, Zwickau and Görlitz now risks missing its planned early-2026 launch.
• Heiterblick continues vehicle assembly under its Eigenverwaltung insolvency status and maintains work on all existing orders.
• Saxony’s economic ministry and the Sächsische Aufbaubank are spearheading an investor search and overseeing the company’s consolidation process.
• The confirmed phased takeover of Alstom’s Görlitz plant by KNDS through 2027 underscores a broader regional rail-manufacturing realignment.