(AOF) – Manitou and the British company JC Bamford Excavators have decided, by mutual agreement, to put an end to all patent infringement disputes between them. These disputes initiated from May 2017 concerned three European patents and led to a set of legal proceedings in France, the United Kingdom and Italy. “The end of these disputes has no impact on the present and future activity of the two parties, as well as on the characteristics of the products marketed by each of them,” specified the French group.
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Rail investment plan
The French railway industry is in second place in Europe and third place worldwide. This industry displays a trade surplus, which generates more than 100,000 jobs in France. The announcement of the future plan for French rail transport provides in particular for the regeneration and modernization of the network, the average age of which is 30 years in our territory. This age is much higher than that of countries like Germany (17 years) and Switzerland (15 years). An annual investment increasing from 2.8 billion euros to nearly 4 billion euros should make it possible to maintain the entire network in good condition.