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Faced with stagnancy in wagon orders from Indian Railways recently, private wagon majors like Texmaco Rail Engineering Ltd (TREL) and Titagarh Wagons Ltd (TWL) are changing their product mix and market strategy to keep up with the changing times as well as de-risk themselves from Indian Railway.While TREL is focussing more on railway EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) and railway electrification - the specialities brought into the company after the acquisition of Kalindee Rail Nirman (Engineers) Ltd and Bright Power Projects (India) Pvt. Ltd, TWL is focussing more on exposure in the international market after the buyout in Titagarh Firema Adler SpA in Italy and a 50:50 joint venture with the French Matiere SAS. Also, its subsidiary, Titagarh Wagons AFR, in France, post the acquisition of Arbel Fauvet Rail in 2010, had given the company exposure to African countries.The metro projects are a key area for both these companies. While TREL is focussed on EPC projects in ...