The cooperation prospects with «John Cockerill», Belgium's major mechanical engineering group

The cooperation prospects with «John Cockerill», Belgium's major mechanical engineering group

Seraing, Belgium, 28 October 2021 – Ambassador Margulan Baimukhan met with the Board of «John Cockerill», Belgium's largest diversified company which has been operating for over 200 years.

During the meeting with the CEO of «John Cockerill» Jean-Luc Maurange and the heads of the company’s branches, interest was expressed in expanding cooperation with Kazakhstan in railway transport, green energy, renewable energy, and the military-industrial complex. According to J.-L. Maurange, in order to reduce CO2 emissions, the company is ready to offer modern solutions for the production of hydrogen.

In addition, the company designs and manufactures locomotives that use diesel and green hydrogen as fuel. In 1835, the company produced the first Belgian steam locomotive «Le Belge».

In 2014, the Kazakh-Belgian joint venture "SIM Format" was established in the field of components for railway transport.

Discussing the prospects for cooperation, the Kazakh ambassador spoke about the socio-economic development in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Strategy for low-carbon economic development, information on the development of the renewable energy market, as well as information on the production of the QazVac vaccine.

The following agreements were reached: the embassy will assist in organizing B2B meetings for representatives of «John Cockerill» in Nur-Sultan within the framework of a business mission to Kazakhstan on November 22-24 2021, organized by the Belgian investment and export agencies AWEX and FIT. Also, the Embassy will assist in the development of a number of investment projects «John Cockerill» in the Kazakhstan market.

The parties agreed to maintain working contacts.

Founded in 1817 by John Cockerill, «John Cockerill» designs, installs, upgrades and maintains equipment for the energy, defense, steel, environmental and industrial sectors.

The company is present in 19 countries and has over 5,000 employees. The company’s turnover in 2020 amounted to over 1 billion euros.

The company’s portfolio includes the following industries: energy, defense, industry, environment, services.