Two contracts for the construction of the Hanoi metro were signed on 22 November between SYSTRA and Hanoi Metropolitan Rail Transport Project Board (HRB – the unit of the Hanoi City Authority in charge of managing the project). The signing ceremony took place in the presence of the French Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Hervé Novelli.

André OHNHEISER will be joining SYSTRA from 1st of next October in the capacity of Director for the EUROPE region.

September 17th saw the official launch of a feasibility study for an international rail network linking six countries in the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Transport has chosen a consortium headed by SYSTRA and consisting of Getinsa (Spain), Sudop (Czech Republic), El Trans (Bulgaria), and Vector Bul (Bulgaria) to provide technical assistance for the project to upgrade the line between Mezdra and Gorna Oryahovitsa.

SYSTRA was chosen through an international call for tenders by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) to carry out the project management for the Bangalore metro, within a consortium led by RITES (India). The contract agreement was signed on June 21st 2007.

On May 31st, 2007 SYSTRA signed a contract worth around 3 million euros with the Highways Department of the City of Warsaw. The contract is to draw up designs for the Krasiñski Bridge, from basic design to preparations for the call for tenders.

For 2006, Groupe SYSTRA registered a net income attributable to the group of Euros 7 millions and a turnover of 205.4 millions, a 20.4 per cent increase on 2005. The group has taken orders corresponding to over one year of activity.

This excellent performance is the result of the efforts throughout the group: SYSTRA S.A. exceeds its objectives with a turnover of Euros 113.8 millions and improves its profitability. Similarly, all its subsidiaries – MVA Consultancy (GB), MVA Hong Kong and Asia (Asia), SYSTRA Consulting (Unites States of America), Canarail (Canada) and SOTEC INGENIERIE (France) all register favourable results.

The group’s workforce is in the region of 1300.

The Bahrain Ministry of Works and Housing has appointed SYSTRA , along with MVA Consultancy, to carry out a strategic study aimed at improving the Kingdom’s public transport network.

SYSTRA, heading a consortium consisting of its subsidiary SYSTRA Morocco and the Moroccan Engineering consultants, CID, Team Maroc and ATPE, has just been awarded a contract by The ONCF (Moroccan National Railways Office) to carry out the feasibility studies, the basic design and detailed design, the preparation of tender documents and the construction studies (as an option) for the creation of a high-speed line between Settat and Marrakech.