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Alstom concern in Birr, canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Production hall of Alstom. Pictured on August 22, 2012. The Alstom repair service is checking the pieces that have to be repaired. The Swiss Alstom group (French company) counts roughly 6000 employees and is one of the biggest Swiss industrial companies. The headquarter of the branch "Power" is in Baden and its further quarter in Birr. The company includes a worldwide operating research- and development center for gas-and steam turbines, as well as a center for combined generating plants. System design for hydroelectric plants and production of components for turbines und generators are offered. In the service field Alstom is specialized on worldwide maintenance of generating plants. (KEYSTONE/GAETAN BALLY)