Latest InnoTrans news – Page 14
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NewsAll aspects of Japanese rail technology in one place
JORSA: The Japan Overseas Railway System Association’s Japan Hall is now a regular feature of the InnoTrans trade fair, and this year it will bring together 13 member firms to occupy the whole of Hall 7.2a. ‘Our members include suppliers, operators and institutes, enabling us to present all aspects of ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2018 hackathon announced
INNOTRANS: The first InnoTrans hackathon will be held at this year’s event, when Hack Partners will bring together 80 innovators from around the world for a four-day competition focusing on the future of rolling stock, improving customer experience and tackling operational challenges. The hackathon will be launched at Messe Berlin’s ...
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NewsClean up at InnoTrans 2018
INNOTRANS: Toilet waste disposal systems, washing facilities and train interior and exterior cleaning, care and disinfectant products will be on show in Hall 7.2 at InnoTrans 2018. Italian company Bitimec has booked almost twice as much floor space as it did in 2016, while Garrandale Rail from the UK, TEIJO ...
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News'Tomorrow’s Trains Today' funding announced
UK: The winners of £3·5m of government funding under the ‘First of a Kind: Demonstrating Tomorrow’s Trains Today’ innovation programme were announced by Transport Minister Jo Johnson on February 12. T The FOAK competition is part of the Department for Transport’s wider Accelerating Innovation in Rail scheme. The first ‘challenge’ ...
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NewsKnorr-Bremse to address industry challenges at ‘key’ InnoTrans 2018 trade fair
INNOTRANS: Knorr-Bremse sees InnoTrans 2018 and German motor vehicle show IAA as its ‘key’ trade fairs this year, the rolling stock and commercial vehicle braking and subsystem supplier said when announcing its preliminary results for 2017 on February 7. The company will be using the two trade fairs to showcase ...
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NewsREMSA to host USA Pavilion at 'must-visit' InnoTrans 2018
INNOTRANS: The Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association will once again host a USA Pavilion at InnoTrans 2018, providing US exhibitors with a turnkey service designed to ‘drastically simplify’ the process of exhibiting at an international trade fair. ‘The exclusive USA Pavilion provides a tremendous opportunity for US-based railway supply companies and ...
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NewsDemand outstrips exhibition space ahead of Berlin show
INNOTRANS: Demand for space at this year’s InnoTrans exhibition was outstripping supply ‘to an unprecedented extent’, Organiser Messe Berlin announced on January 17. The trade show, which takes place on September 18-21, has already seen more than 100 more ‘main exhibitors’ register compared to the previous event, Messe Berlin reported. ...
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NewsShift2Rail updates its action plan
EUROPE: The latest Multi-Annual Action Plan for the Shift2Rail research programme was formally presented to EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc in Tallinn on November 9, as part of the Commission’s Digital Transport Days event. Recently adopted by the joint undertaking’s management board, the ‘Part A’ Executive View of the MAAP ...
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NewsTunnel technology at InnoTrans 2018
INNOTRANS: The Railway Tunnel Construction area has become a distinct part of the InnoTrans trade fair, and at InnoTrans 2018 companies will be highlighting their latest construction projects as well as technology for the maintenance of existing tunnels. Companies which have already registered to attend include Talleres Zitrón from Spain ...
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NewsNew hall to meet record demand for space at InnoTrans 2018
INNOTRANS: With the registration deadline for InnoTrans 2018 approaching and a year to go before the event, organiser Messe Berlin reports that bookings are 25% higher than comparative figures for the last event, when 2 955 exhibitors from 60 countries displayed their products and services to 137 391 trade visitors ...
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NewsMobility Cleaning Circle highlights new ways to keep trains clean
GERMANY: InnoTrans organiser Messe Berlin is to hold a railway cleaning networking event in Berlin on September 21 as part of its Cleaning, Management, Services 2017 trade fair. The Mobility Cleaning Circle event will include a business lunch providing an opportunity for representatives from the rail industry to make initial ...
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NewsCrowd-funded Locomore has the freedom to do things differently
INNOTRANS: Locomore describes itself as the ‘world’s first crowd-funded railway’, but the innovative approach to financing the planned launch of an open access inter-city service between Berlin and Stuttgart is only one of the things it is doing differently, according to Managing Director Nicolas Dietrich. ...
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NewsOperators and infrastructure managers at InnoTrans 2016
INNOTRANS: Train operators and infrastructure managers are the main customers for the vast array of suppliers who exhibit at InnoTrans, and these railway companies are increasingly taking the opportunity to exhibit in their own right, highlighting their capabilities and promoting their image. A total of 18 German and international transport ...
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NewsThe rail industry’s international meeting place
INNOTRANS: More than two-thirds of the 31 rail associations which will be represented at InnoTrans 2016 will be representing countries outside Germany, organiser Messe Berlin has announced, with organisations coming to Berlin from as far away as the USA, Taiwan and Japan. Industrial associations account for 18 of these ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2016 provides global showcase for the US railroad supply industry
INNOTRANS: Four of the most important US rail industry associations will be exhibiting at InnoTrans 2016. The Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association will be organising a combined USA Pavilion in Hall 22, along with the Railway Supply Institute, Railway Systems Suppliers Inc and American Railway Engineering & Maintenance-of-Way Association. There ...
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NewsCleaning up at InnoTrans 2016
INNOTRANS: Exhibitors in the cleaning technology hall at InnoTrans 2016 will be showing the latest products and services, including specialist train washing systems, cleaning agents, care products and disinfectants. Dr Schnell Chemie GmbH focuses on rolling stock interior and exterior cleaning. ‘We find that as a forum for innovation ...
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NewsHigh-calibre opening for InnoTrans 2016
INNOTRANS: More than 1 000 senior representatives of the railway, scientific and political communities are expected to attend the InnoTrans 2016 opening ceremony in the Berlin exhibition centre’s Palais am Funkturm at 10.00 on September 20. European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc has announced her intention to be present, along ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2016 booking requests exceed capacity
INNOTRANS: Requests to exhibit at InnoTrans 2016 had exceeded the space available at the exhibition centre by the time the booking deadline closed. ‘The encouragingly high level of demand far exceeds the capacity of our exhibition grounds’, said Exhibition Director Kerstin Schulz. ‘We are making every effort to ensure ...
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NewsUSA Pavilion open for InnoTrans 2016 reservations
INNOTRANS: The Railway Supply Institute and Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association have invited US companies to reserve space in their USA Pavilion, which will give small and medium-sized companies a greater presence at InnoTrans 2016 and more support than by exhibiting alone. The USA Pavilion will have booth space for each ...
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NewsPortuguese industry pavilion at InnoTrans 2016
INNOTRANS: The Plataforma Ferroviária Portuguesa industry association which brings together around 40 Portuguese railway supply companies and research and training institutions has booked a pavilion at InnoTrans 2016 ‘For us InnoTrans is the industry event;’ according to Magno Santos, Business Development Manager at PFP founding member Evoleo Technologies. ‘Participation is ...