InnoTrans 2012, the international trade fair for transport technology, being held in Berlin during September 18-21 in Berlin, will host a French Pavilion, organized by Ubifrance and the French Trade Commissions, bringing together about 90 leading French companies to showcase their state-of-the-art railway technologies, including both infrastructure and rolling stock. On the occasion, Ubifrance will also organize the second international rail and urban transport meetings on its stand for the French companies to meet industry professionals and decision makers from the global railway sector and identify business opportunities in international markets.
Occupying 1,100 sq.mts. of area and spread over three halls, this will be the largest international pavilion at the show dedicated to French expertise in railway technology and infrastructure. As compared to 2010, this year the number of French exhibitors has gone up by 13 per cent and will represent six regions, namely, Auvergne, Bourgogne, Centre, Pays de la Loire, Nord Pas-de-Calais, and Picardie.
With participation from leading companies, SMEs and innovation clusters, displaying their latest technologies in the field of electronics, smelting, metallurgy, subcontracting, machining, paint, pneumatics and cables, the French Pavilion will surely provide an overview of the complete French railway industry to the visitors.
Building on last year’s success, Ubifrance is organizing the second international rail and urban transport meetings, on September 19 and 20 at the French Pavilion. The event will include workshops and B2B meetings organized by French companies and technology experts as well as decision makers from the global railway industry with an aim to explore business partnerships. It will be followed by a reception at the Embassy of France in Berlin bringing together the French and German railway industry professionals.
The French railway sector is an internationally-recognised centre of excellence, providing world-class solutions for all aspects of transport, including infrastructure, rolling stock and engineering technologies. The French railway industry generated a turnover of 4.82 billion EUR in 2010, including 1.65 billion EUR in exports, showing tremendous progress from the previous year’s figures.
InnoTrans, a biennial event in Berlin, includes a series of exhibitions and a business convention. The only trade fair of its kind, each InnoTrans event attracts more visitors than its previous editions. In 2010, some 2,250 exhibitors from 45 countries welcomed more than 103,000 visitors. The trade show would indeed offer these French companies an ideal business platform to present their technologies and to identify new business opportunities.