InnoTrans extends its success

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InnoTrans extends
its success
Once again, the highly popular InnoTrans
Report Guided Tours provided
trade visitors with a compact
overview of the railway industry premieres
and innovations at InnoTrans.
A total of 16 guided tours were offer-
ed, attracting 315 trade visitors from
all over the world. Both experts from
ministries, trade associations and
procurement agencies, as well as
representatives from firms and research
institutions, took advantage
of the tours to gain an insight into
new developments and trends in
the industry. But it was not just the
++ Railway policy nexus +++
Berlin was where the railway world
came together. The Opening Ceremony
alone welcomed over a thousand highranking
policy-makers and industry
representatives to InnoTrans. In his
speech, the Federal German Transport
Minister, Dr. Peter Ramsauer, spoke in
favour of closer integration among the
European railway markets, which are
still nationally oriented: „Railway policy
can only be viewed in pan-European
terms nowadays,“ he empha-
world premieres and innovations
that made the headlines and evoked
a positive response from the industry,
but also the growing significance of
InnoTrans as a venue for deal-making.
In total, transactions worth around
EUR 1.8 billions were announced in
Berlin. As an example of the importance
of InnoTrans as marketplace for
the global railway industry, a framework
agreement was signed be tween
Deutsche Bahn and the Pol ish rolling
stock manufacturer PESA for the supply
of up to 470 trainsets worth a total
of EUR 1.2 billions.
sised in the Opening Ceremony in the
Palais am Funkturm. In turn, the EU
Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas
highlighted the need for a single
European railway area, and deplored
the plethora of different standards and
requirements. „Much more needs to
be done to realise the full potential,“ he
urged. On the four days of the trade fair,
InnoTrans offered policy-makers and
industry representatives an ideal forum
for in-depth exchanges.
Moderator Astrid Frohloff, EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas
and German Federal Transport Minister Dr. Peter Ramsauer at the
opening of InnoTrans 2012 (left to right).
++ Firm focus on new talent and careers +++
Professional assessment of application
portfolios, individual careers advice
from human resources representatives
of major firms, informative
presentations at the Career Point Forum
– with all these and more, the
new Career Point Hall offered the industry
and potential recruits and opti-
First-hand information at the stands of the Career Point Pavilion.
Photo: Messe Berlin Photo: Messe Berlin
mum environment to get into contact
with each other. Large numbers of students,
school-goers and trainees from
Germany and abroad took the opportunity
offered by InnoTrans to make initial
contact, or to engage in specific
discussions about career prospects in
the railway industry.
INNOTRANS cONvENTION
Dialog among experts
The several expert events taking place
in connection with the InnoTrans
Convention once again met with keen
interest this year. Industry insiders
from Germany and abroad took the op-
++ InnoTrans gathers Rail Leaders in Berlin +++
Taking joint action to meet the
challenges and opportunities of
tomorrow‘s global railway market:
at the Rail Leaders‘ Summit, a
large number of ministers and CEOs
from international transport operators
listened to presentations by
experts and then debated the future
of world railways. The top ic
addressed by the high-calibre
members of the discussion panel
was: “Intermodal Competition: The
Renaissance of Rail?”
“Shaping the future – Sustainable assurance
of quality” – this was the motto adop-
ted by the first DB Suppliers‘ Forum.
Purchasing chiefs from Deutsche Bahn
Marcelo Perrupato, Secretary of National Policy for Transports (Ministry of
Transports), Brazil.
++ Deutsche Bahn meets its international suppliers +++
Purchasing chiefs from Deutsche Bahn AG on the podium together: Jörg Manegold, Ralf Lüthi,
Uwe Günther, Dr. Torsten Latz, Markus Piepenhagen, Dr. Kay-Uwe May (left to right).
++ Premiere for InnoTrans Majlis +++
Aimed at supporting contacts with business
partners from the Arab world, the
first InnoTrans Majlis was organised this
year. The majlis, a form of gathering drawn
from the Middle East, offered numerous
portunity to learn more about current
and ground-breaking industry top ics
at the Dialog Forum, the Public Transport
Forum and the International Tunnel
Forum. International guests and
made use of this Forum to have direct
exchanges with existing and
potential railway industry suppliers.
The panellists from DB ur-
senior industry executives and policy-
makers the opportunity to exchange
views with high-ranking representatives
from the railway industry and the relevant
ministries from the Arabian Gulf states.
H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board & Executive Director of Dubai
Roads and Transport Authority (left), in conversation with Jan Mücke,
Parliamentary State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Transport.
Photo: Messe Berlin
trade visitors also showed great interest
in the Rail Leaders’ Summit
and the new-format events at the
InnoTrans Convention such as the
InnoTrans Majlis and the PTI Hall Forum.
Photo: Messe Berlin
ged closer cooperation with suppliers
right from the product development
stage, and saw benefits in the increased
use of product platforms.
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