Rail EXPO 2018
International Specialized Exhibition Rail EXPO 2018,
the main railway event that joined wide and narrow tracks took place
at the exhibition complex of Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 16-18 October 2018
EXHIBITORS
Leading companies from the Czech Republic, China, France, Germany, India, Poland, the USA and Ukraine.
VISITORS
Profile of the visitors:
45% Directors and Board Members
38% Chiefs of departments and divisions
14% Specialists
3% Others
Representatives of 586 companies from 28 countries:
21 – locomotive construction and repair enterprises
16 – car-building plants
32 – service companies involved in rolling stock repair
54 – operators and freight forwarders of railway rolling stock
34 – large cargo owners – consumers of railway services
231 – manufacturers and suppliers of components
Besides the above categories, the list of representatives included government and public organizations, research and educational institutions, engineering companies, consulting agencies, banking and financial institutions, insurance and legal companies, recruiting agencies.
Rail EXPO 2018 is innovations and development
The world’s leading manufacturers of rolling stock, as well as Ukrainian machine builders and designers presented their products and services. The well-attended specialized forums became the platform for active discussions of further developments in the railway industry:
Car-building and rolling stock maintenance. Part I. World Experience
Car-building and rolling stock maintenance. Part II. Prospects of the Ukrainian market
Engineering and Equipment of railways
Rail EXPO 2018 is a dialogue between business and government
The railway industry needs revolutionary reforms. The main thesis of the forum is the need of liberalization of the railway market. Market participants are urging for legal basis that will ensure the sustainable development of the railway industry in Ukraine.
Clear rules and fair competition on the railways will help attract investment, and hence boost innovations and industrial revolution in Ukraine. All these issues and many others were touched not only by business representatives, but also by lawmakers and government officials at the exhibition Rail EXPO 2018.
Volodymyr Omelian, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine:
It is only the competition in transport that is rational and viable in economic sense. The Agreement on the Association of Ukraine with the EU defined three areas: the separation of the infrastructure operator from transportation activities, opening of the market and liberalization of rail services, ensuring interoperability and technical harmonization for the development of the integrated railway system and the railway European space.
Fair competition between all market participants, transparent tariffs for services of infrastructure, economic fairness of rail transportation, deriving the maximum use of the existing infrastructure are among direct requirements of the EU directives that Ukraine has to implement and perform. Society is waiting for stable and fast responses to its needs.
Yaroslav Dubnevych, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Transport:
Strategic solutions can now improve the state of rail transport, load capacities of domestic enterprises, update infrastructure and rolling stock, stimulate business processes and spur the economy. One of the main tasks is to create the legal basis for a competitive secure transport system in Ukraine. This will definitely lead to an innovative upgrade of both infrastructure and rolling stock.
I am sure that the meeting at this forum resulting in cooperation between Ukrainian manufacturers and enterprises of railway engineering from one side and the Ministry of Infrastructure together with the legislative branch of power and Ukrzaliznytsia from the other side will contribute to development of the railway industry.
Hennadii Chyzhykov, president of Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry:
– Rail Expo discovers our railways opportunities. Our transport sector needs to speed up by taking the decisions faster and enabling Ukrainian business to move forward.
Rail EXPO 2018 is innovative advancement
The world leaders in the railway engineering industry show interest in the Ukrainian market and are ready to offer both turnkey solutions and various options of cooperation. For example, Alstom Company has already started searching for suppliers in Ukraine to provide its new production in Poland. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. is also studying opportunities to develop its business in Ukraine.
Adem Saglik, Deputy Vice President of International Marketing, The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.
– – It is interesting to see new products and trends on the Ukrainian market. We are glad to support this forum. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. are ready to share their experiences related to increasing of customer value through integrated solutions.
Florence Dufour, Alstom Business Development Director in Europe.
– It is the first time when Alstom participates at the Rail Expo. As the business development director in Europe, I am very happy to be here today. Alstom is the world leader in providing mobility solutions. It is a team of 34,150 employees working in 60 countries worldwide. We are proud that Ukraine is among them. Realizing Ukraine’s great need for modernization, we will be happy to provide various technical solutions. The first step in this direction is the memorandum of understanding with the Ukrainian railways on electric locomotives, which was signed a month ago. We work deeply to offer the best solutions for freight and passenger locomotives, including the possibility of financing. We are also planning to develop our business in Ukraine.
Secondly, Ukraine deserves reliable partners to strengthen her industrial activities and complete renewal of her rolling stock. Alstom is ready to share its expertise and strives to be in close cooperation with the customer to develop the local competencies. We have invited Ukrainian suppliers to discuss a potential partnership for joint activities around the world. We are proud of the opportunity to expand the list of our suppliers thanks to Ukrainian enterprises.
Rail EXPO 2018 opens up Ukrainian rail market to the world
The first exclusive Alstom Sourcing Days.
The goal was to expand the Alstom’s global supply chain. In Ukraine, the French company has been looking for manufacturers which could supply components to the largest plant of the group situated in Poland and designed to build the electric trains. About 50 Ukrainian enterprises showed interest in cooperation with Alstom.
Rail EXPO 2018 is awarding the best
Ukrainian Rail Award for projects that had the greatest impact on the Ukraine’s railway industry.
The Industrial Group UPEC won the Ukrainian Rail Award in the nomination “Project of the Year” for the project “Development and production of innovative TBU 1520 cassette bearings for high capacity bulk carriages”.
The group of companies TIS won the Rail Expo Award for the project “Launch of regular container trains from/to the port of Yuzhny”.
Regular container trains are running from TIS to Kiev, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Ternopil on a weekly basis. This allows to increase the volume and speed of transportation of container cargoes and to ease the load in truck roads at a time. For the past two years, TIS has been paying much attention to the development of rail infrastructure and container transport.
PJSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” won the Rail Expo Award for the project “Launching a new Beskidy Tunnel”, which is of strategic importance to Ukraine, since more than 40% of transit cargoes are transported along the route to the western border of the country. The newly built Beskidy Tunnel eliminated the only narrow sector V of the Crete International Transport Corridor which runs through Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine and further to the east.
