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• Lewis Bolt & Nut Co. announced that Montana Rail Link has converted from traditional screw spikes to the fastener supplier’s Evergrip™ Spike. To be used on curves, Evergrips are driven rather then turned with automated or portable spikers. The spike can be installed faster and more consistently compared with standard screw spikes, Lewis Bolt said. CSX Transportation and Canadian Pacific previously converted to the Evergrip Spike.

• Faiveley Transport obtained a $77.7 million contract from Datong Locomotives to supply braking systems for 489 freight locomotives in China. Delivery will begin at year’s end and conclude three years later. The contract will require multi-site coordination between Qingdao Faiveley SRI Rail Brake Co. Ltd. and Shiijazhuang Jiaxiang Precision Machinery Co. Ltd. plants in China, and three European manufacturing sites in Amiens, Piassasco and Landskrona.

• Megola Inc. signed a $50 million North American distribution and sales agreement with Vulcan Technologies L.L.C. covering the Hartindo line of anti-fire products. Vulcan obtained exclusive distribution/sales rights for 10 years to represent the Hartindo line for the rail industry in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

• FCM Rail Ltd. has appointed Trevor Crozier territory manager for Canada. He previously served Brandt Road Rail Corp. for more than seven years as a territory sales manager for the western U.S. Crozier was part of the development and marketing group for Brandt Road Rail’s OTM Tracker, and played an integral role in bringing rail-car manufacturing to the company.

• During the first nine months of its fiscal-year 2008/09 (between April 1 and Dec. 31, 2008), Alstom booked orders valued at $27.8 billion, up 8 percent compared with orders from the same period in the prior fiscal year. Alstom Transport and Power Service recorded a “very high level” of orders, the company said. Sales jumped 12 percent to $17.5 billion. Alstom’s total backlog reached a value of $60.8 billion on Dec. 31, representing about 32 months of sales.

• Automation system provider Lenord + Bauer has obtained International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS) certification — one of the first companies worldwide to receive the internationally recognized certificate, the company said. In 2006 the European umbrella association of the railroad industry introduced IRIS, which mandates certain quality standards for rail industry suppliers. Lenord + Bauer obtained the certification after meeting quality standards for its products and processes.