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25 Set 2014

InnoTrans Update – Wednesday, 24 September 2014

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Kallas and Dobrindt learn about “a toothbrush for the rails”

The tour of InnoTrans 2014 at the opening of the event on Tuesday was an opportunity for the Vice President of the European Commission, Siim Kallas, and the Federal Minister of Transport, Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), to learn about many aspects of the rail industry. These ranged from the unveiling of the H3 hybrid locomotive from Alstom to the “nose” of the ICx made by Voith, and an innovative track cleaning system, which has been referred to as a “toothbrush for the rails”, and was described to the prominent politicians by the Chairman of the Board of Vossloh, Hans Schabert. Dobrindt was particularly interested in the presentation by the Center for Transportation and Logistics Neuer Adler e.V. (CNA), a rail technology cluster based in Nuremberg: “You are a beacon for railway high tech from Bavaria.” CNA is the organiser of the network comprising the relevant firms, mostly in the small to medium-sized category, and also encourages innovative projects. The proprietor of Knorr-Bremse AG, Heinz Hermann Thiele, explained to Kallas and Dobrindt about the global presence of this long-established manufacturer of components for rail and road vehicles. On the Siemens stand the CSU politician took the opportunity offered by the presentation by Mobility CEO Jochen Eickholt to express his confidence that, with reference to the Internet of Things and Mobility 4.0, German industry will retain its leading position in mechanical engineering and mobility.

 

Volume of the rail industry market has grown to 176 million euros

During the traditional presentation at InnoTrans 2014 of what is now the fourth study into the development of the worldwide railway market, the Chairman of the Association of the European Rail Industry UNIFE and President of Bombardier Transportation, Dr. Lutz Bertling, stated, “The time and the climate favour trains”. EU initiatives such as Shift2Rail, the Connecting Europe Facility and the Fourth Railway Package will give an additional boost to the market. According to the report presented by Andreas Schwilling, a partner in Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, between now and 2020 demand will increase annually by 2.7 per cent, with a yearly market volume of some 176 billion euros during the period from 2017 to 2019. Faced with a decline in public funding for rail projects on some markets, alternative forms of financing such as public-private-partnerships are acquiring increasing importance. As revealed by the study, the highest annual growth rates are expected in Latin America, at around six per cent, and the Asia-Pacific region with around four per cent, closely followed by North America with roughly 3.5 per cent. And even in the Africa/Middle East region, where massive investment in recent years is expected to produce zero growth, the volume of orders is expected to reach seven billion euros annually.

 

Source: MESSE BERLIN

 

 

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