Pesa secures major financing
Pesa, the Polish manufacturer of railway vehicles and trams owned by the Polish Development Fund (PFR), has secured up to PLN 6.8 billion in strategic financing. The agreement was signed with a consortium of more than 20 Polish and international financial institutions and is designed to support the company’s extensive order book.
Pesa currently holds contracts worth over PLN 15 billion, including orders for 847 vehicles for České dráhy, trains for Romania, electric units for the Łódź Agglomeration Railway and Lower Silesian Railways, trams for Kraków, Śląsk and Toruń, and locomotives for PKP Intercity, RCP and Orlen Kolej.
The financing package includes guarantees for ongoing and future contracts. According to PFR President Piotr Matczuk, the deal enables increased production capacity and operational refinancing. The funds will double output at Pesa’s Bydgoszcz plant, support development of next-generation zero-emission vehicles, and underpin expansion into foreign markets, including new service centers in the Czech Republic and Romania.