LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Feb. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenbrier
Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) will be exhibiting at Middle East Rail
conference from March 7-8, 2017 in
Dubai, UAE. Mr. James Cowan, President Greenbrier International
& CEO GBW Railcar Services, will be a featured speaker at the
conference where he will discuss the topic, "Competing on Freight
Efficiency". Greenbrier invites all visitors to Middle East Rail
2017 to join us:
Venue: Dubai International
Convention and Exhibition Centre, Dubai, UAE
Greenbrier Stand:
C40
Contact: Thomas Jackson, Vice President
Email:
Tom.Jackson@gbrx.com, mobile phone: 00+1
330-321-6301
Middle East Rail 2016 is the largest rail conference and expo in
the Middle East, North Africa & Central Asia. It features more than 10,000
visitors, more than 300 exhibitors, more than 600 government
officials and speakers from the largest rail companies in the
world.
About Greenbrier
Greenbrier (www.gbrx.com),
headquartered in Lake Oswego,
Oregon, is a leading international supplier of equipment and
services to freight rail transportation markets. Greenbrier
designs, builds and markets freight railcars in North America and Europe. We also build
and market marine barges in North America. We manufacture
freight railcars and rail castings in Brazil through a strategic partnership.
Through our European manufacturing operations, we recently began
delivery of U.S.-designed tank cars to Saudi Arabia. In October 2016, we entered into an agreement with
Astra Rail Management GmbH to form a new company, Greenbrier-Astra
Rail, which will create an end-to-end, Europe-based freight railcar manufacturing,
engineering and repair business. We expect this combination to be
completed during 2017. We are a leading provider of wheel services,
parts, leasing and other services to the railroad and related
transportation industries in North
America and a supplier of freight railcar repair,
refurbishment and retrofitting services in North America through a joint venture
partnership with Watco Companies, LLC. Through other joint
ventures, we produce rail castings, tank heads and other railcar
components. Greenbrier owns a lease fleet of over 8,500 railcars
and performs management services for over 265,000 railcars.
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SOURCE The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (GBX)