Smart

GERMAN – SPANISH INNOVATION FORUM
Madrid 20 • 03 • 2013
Plataforma Tecnológica
Ferroviaria Española
R&D Activities and
Internalization
Ponente:
Antonio Berrios Villalba
Subdirección de Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico
Dirección de Estrategia y Desarrollo
The railway in Spain
A success story
The railway sector in Europe
currently characterized by being:
• Safety
• Efficient
• Smart
• High - technology
• Eco-friendly
White Paper 2011 [European Comision]:
Implementing European policies to achieve
a competitive and sustainable transport
in Europe (2050).
Strategic guidelines to follow:
• Integration: unique European railway area
• Innovation: high technology development
• Infrastructure: high capacity corridors
• Internationalization: open new markets
TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT
ASSEMBLY
MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE
TRANSVERSAL
WORKING GROUPS
THEMATIC
WORKING GROUPS
Members (359):
Railway Infrastructure Managers & Operators (17) / Companies (252) /
Universities (25) / Research & Technology Centres (34) / Association &
Others (20) / Public Administrations (11).
Mission:
Align the strategies of the various railway sector agents.
Concentrate R&D and innovation efforts, reduce fragmentation in
research fields and promote scientific/technological progress.
The Administrator of Railway Infrastructures
is a state-owned company that answers
to the Ministerio de Fomento.
Adif is in charge of:
• Administrating railway
infrastructures (tracks, stations,
freight terminals, etc.).
• Managing railway traffic.
• Distributing capacity
to railway operators.
• The collection of fees for
infrastructure, station and
freight terminal use.
R&D in Adif
Adif is the engine creating a center of railway technological excellence in Malaga.
• Railway Technology Center (RTC)
• 7 labs and research facilities.
• 37 companies.
• Main Technologies developed:
• Gauge changer
• DaVinci. Train control system
• Railway aerodynamic
• Smart infrastructure maintenance
• European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS)
• Energy Efficiency (Electric vehicle – ferrolinera)
• Public-Private Participation (PPP) - 2013:
• 41 projects (23 PPP Projects)
• 1 € Adif – 3 € Scientific sector – 10 € Private companies
• JTI SHIT2RAIL
Major market opportunities for European companies
The global rail market is estimates at €136 billion and growing at 2.0 - 2.5%.
Asia is beginning to rival Europe in terms of market size.
European industry
vs
Asian industry
Internationalization & Public-Private Participation (PPP)
PROYECTO HARAMAIN: LA MECA-MEDINA
The international rail market has been globalized.
Only be led by Europe if addressed
European cooperation perspective
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attention…
Gracias
su atención…