BARLOW/CAT JV TO ASSEMBLE EMD IN SA

More comment from mel@cowoh.org on sar-L : “[The 25 June] announcement that a Barlow/Cat joint venture is to recommence EMD assembly in SA raises some interesting scenarios. Does the RRL-Grindrod loco building venture have sufficient traction to survive in the face of Cat competition? SA is probably too small to support two builders of a similar product. The collapse of the Electro-Motive / Sibanye joint venture will have made US businessmen cautious about selecting SA partners.”