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A new chapter comes to an end with the end of 2025 for CIM and all its subsidiaries : LAF – Les Appareils Ferroviaires, SEG – Sogema Engineering, MECHAN Limited and RIC – Rail Industries Canada.
It has been a year rich in production and projects, to which all CIM Group employees have contributed greatly with their dynamism and sector expertise, always focused on the success of our clients’ projects around the world.
This is an opportunity to look back on the year and highlight the collective accomplishments of the CIM Group in a few key figures for 2025:
Industrial and technical expertise provided by CIM and made possible thanks to the collective strength of its subsidiaries SEG/MECHAN and our parent company John Cockerill to produce all the railway maintenance equipment for this project.
Our design office and project managers are working on providing technical documentation for all maintenance equipment supplied and delivered to the Villeneuve Demain construction site as a subcontractor to Eiffage Rail.
These documents demonstrate our ability to provide turnkey solutions and our technical expertise in integrating maintenance equipment into railway workshops and depots, both under construction and/or already in existence.
Get to know more about our expertise : Railway workshops
Photo credit: CDGI – Eiffage Rail
As part of CIM’s long-standing business, we have sold spare parts in more than 15 countries around the world to maintain rolling stock fleets for countries, local authorities, private customers and mining companies.
Established in Gabon for 15 years, we work closely with railway operators in the field. This long-standing relationship of trust demonstrates our know-how and expertise in supplying rolling stock, mainly on the African continent.
Get to know more about our expertise : Rolling stock and spare parts
This is a historic record for LAF in 2025! LAF has delivered over 32,000 items (components or complete couplings) to nearly 80 customers worldwide. This impressive production and delivery capacity was made possible this year thanks to the efforts of our teams.
A very impressive order that demonstrates recognition of LAF’s expertise, particularly in Willison couplings. Thanks to their hybrid design, these couplings meet the European standards required by the customer and will enable the end operator to mix its fleet of new wagons with its existing fleet equipped with hooks and tensioners.
More about : laf.cimgroupe.com
Our UK subsidiary fulfilled numerous orders in 2025 for 57 customers from various countries, demonstrating significant commercial momentum in the supply of equipment for railway workshops and depots.
More about : mechan.cimgroupe.com
Our Canadian subsidiary RIC (Rail Industries Canada) had another successful year, particularly with its sales of spare parts for maintaining rolling stock fleets around the world.
The year was also marked by our support for Transport Tshiuetin in Sept-Iles, Quebec, in the renewal of their locomotives.
More about : ric.cimgroupe.com
SEG supported Lille Métropole in its need to transform its technical center, which now accommodates light vehicles (trams), maintained by SEG equipment, including a customized RNG20 underfloor wheel lathe.
A 100% Made in France success story, and more specifically in the region Hauts-de-France, achieved with a trusted local partner of whom we are very proud.
We are proud to have achieved this number of accident-free days, which demonstrates our daily commitment to the safety of our employees.
This is part of our daily work with our HSE manager to improve our practices and ensure that every employee can work safely and return home without any accidents.
More about : seg.cimgroupe.com
CIM and all its divisions would like to thank our customers for placing their trust in our expertise in railway equipment and rolling stock maintenance.
We hope that this trust will be renewed in 2026 and that we will be able to continue to support you in all your projects around the world.