InnoTrans extends its success

6 IMPRESSIONS
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Many trade visitors
“For ContiTech Railway Engineering,
InnoTrans 2012 was the biggest
trade fair success we have
had for a long time. We had many
trade visitors from Asia in particular.
Attention focused on
providing safety and service in
equal measure. Recently, cheap
imitation products have repeatedly
been appearing on the market
which look like original parts but
which react altogether differently
under load. I believe we succeeded
in making customers aware of
our high-quality air spring systems.”
Hannes Friederichsen,
Division Head,
ContiTech Air Spring Systems
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Important contacts
“We at Hypertac are very satisfied
with our presence at
InnoTrans. We had even more visitors
to our stand than at the last
fair, and set up lots of important
contacts. Our visitors showed a
great deal of interest in our new
products – an excellent reward
for our efforts to be an innovative
supplier of high-quality, technically
superior interconnect solutions.”
Roberta Rebora,
Marketing and Communication
Director, Hypertac Europe
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Perfect venue
“This was my first visit to
InnoTrans, although Hitachi has
been exhibiting at the show since
2002. With Hitachi Rail going from
strength to strength in its European
business, InnoTrans with its
international audience is the perfect
venue for further expanding
our Social Innovation Business.”
Hiroaki Nakanishi,
President, Hitachi
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Numerous meetings
“For us as the market’s leading
supplier of onboard and trackside
communication solutions,
InnoTrans is an important event
for presenting our new products.
We had numerous meetings with
leading train manufacturers and
system suppliers from Germany,
Austria and Switzerland and received
a very positive response.
Our new flagship rail product, the
Viper-212 routing switch with three
Gbits and eight POE ports was the
biggest attraction.”
Anders Felling,
Managing Director, Westermo
Data Communications
Memorable event
Philippe Citroën,
Director General,
Association of the European
Rail Industry (UNIFE)
Leading industry event
“For Bombardier this year’s InnoTrans
again proved itself to be the rail industry
mecca. We had innumerable meetings,
maintained relations and made
new contacts. The fair was a marvellous
opportunity to showcase our innovative
products and technologies to a
wide expert audience and to our customers.
At Bombardier our aim is to move
people and to shape mobility, both now
and in the future. As the leading event
for displaying the industry’s products,
InnoTrans has provided us with a new
important impetus.”
Michael Clausecker, CEO,
Bombardier Transportation
An absolute must
Photo: Messe Berlin
Photo: Swissrail
“InnoTrans has once more surpassed
our expectations. The sheer buzz in
and around the exhibition halls, the
vast number of world premieres, the
density of fascinating innovation on
display, the vibrant exchange among
the decision-makers of our sector –
all this truly made InnoTrans 2012 a
memorable event. It reflects the vitality
of the global rail supply industry,
which we found in the data gathered
in our World Rail Market Study – and
then found it brought to life at this
extraordinary event here in Berlin.
InnoTrans is the ultimate rail experience
– our compliments go out to
the organizers, who have set the bar
for InnoTrans 2014 extremely high.”
Most effective
trade fair
“This trade fair is very important
for manufacturers of rolling stock
and their component suppliers and
is more effective than any other
event imaginable.”
Michaela Stöckli,
General Manager,
Swissrail Industry Association
“InnoTrans gathers all the important rail industry players and is an absolute must
for manufacturers and operators from all over the world. At Alstom we are proud
to have contributed to the growth of this fair from the beginning
and look forward to the next InnoTrans.”
Henri Poupart-Lafarge, President, Alstom Transport
Photo: Messe Berlin
Photo: Messe Berlin
What
they
said
„For Netinera Deutschland InnoTrans was a big success. This is the first time
our company exhibited here and we were delighted how outstandingly we
were received. We engaged in very positive, forward-looking talks
and were able to cultivate our business relations.“
Jost Knebel, CEO, Netinera Deutschland
Key role of rail
transport
“The global challenges of tomorrow
require new transport and mobility
concepts, and this is where rail
transport will play a key role. The
record attendance at InnoTrans was
impressive proof of that.
Global interest in railways
is as keen as ever.”
Dr. Rüdiger Grube,
CEO and Chairman of the
Management Board,
Deutsche Bahn
Forward-looking talks
International expert audience
Photo: Messe Berlin
“For us as a manufacturer of utility
vehicles InnoTrans was an outstanding
platform to present the road/rail
version of the Mercedes-Benz Unimog
and its capabilities to an international
audience of experts. The reactions to
our innovative system solutions for
road and rail applications were
positive throughout and we are more
than satisfied with how the fair went.”
Holger Doth,
Head of the Road/Rail Vehicles
Division, Mercedes-Benz
Special Trucks
Outstanding show
“In recent years I have been
to numerous exhibitions and
conferences, but this was the
best organised I have experienced.
It is an outstanding show.
InnoTrans is the number one.”
H. E. Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer,
Chairman of the Board and
Executive Director, Roads and
Transport Authority
Photo: Messe Berlin
Photo: Messe Berlin
Photo: Mercedes-Benz