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UNIFE are the European Rail Supply Industry, which advocates on behalf of more than 100 leading rail supply companies in Europe – from SMEs to major industrial champions – who are active in the design, manufacture, maintenance and refurbishment of rail transport systems, subsystems and related equipment. UNIFE also brings together national rail industry associations from 11 European countries. UNIFE’s members account for 84 per cent of the European, and 46 per cent of the global market for rail equipment and services (stats at March 2022). UNIFE communicate members’ interests at European and international levels while actively promoting rail equipment and standards worldwide. UNIFE’s membership reflects all segments of Europe’s rail supply industry from rolling stock manufacturers and infrastructure suppliers to system integrators and engineering companies. UNIFE’s members are committed to collaborating on common challenges facing our sector, and also providing the innovative technology needed to meet the growing demand for sustainable transport. Here follows our content related to UNIFE.
Transport development is crucial and essential for the economical growth of any society or country. When looking at our congested and damaged roads, and the ever-increasing prices of petrol, it is clear that further development of road transportation is significantly restricted and, above all, extremely expensive. Air transport also has…
16 April 2012 | By UNIFE
UNIFE, welcomed the signature of a new Memorandum of Understanding on ERTMS...
22 March 2012 | By CER
CER and UNIFE in principle welcome the general approach on the European Commission proposal for the TEN-T Guidelines...
28 February 2012 | By CER
CER and UNIFE presented their joint vision on the future role of the ERA...
6 October 2011 | By UNIFE
The European rail research project CleanER-D held its midterm conference, bringing about a lively discussion...
8 July 2011 | By UNIFE
Joining forces to meet the challenges ahead for the European rail sector...
16 June 2011 | By UNIFE
Philippe Citroën has been appointed the new Director-General of UNIFE...
4 May 2011 | By UNIFE
The launch of the SECUR-ED project marks the beginning of an unprecedented collaboration...
6 April 2011 | By Jan Steinkohl, Public Affairs Manager, UNIFE
Over the past years, a market for maintenance has developed and this market is becoming more-and-more vibrant, leading to astonishing cost savings and efficiency gains. The industry welcomes this development and calls up on the legislator to put in place the right framework for the future. For decades, the maintenance…
15 February 2011 | By Judit Sándor, Sustainability and Environment Manager, UNIFE and Max Obenaus, Head of Communications, UNIFE
The European transport sector is facing a serious challenge. While other European industry sectors have managed to reduce emissions in recent years – those of the transport sector are still growing. Today, transport accounts for almost a fifth of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (see Figure 1 opposite). It is…
15 February 2011 | By Enno Wiebe, Manager Research Programmes and Projects, UIC, and Judit Sándor, Sustainability and Environment Manager, UNIFE
The European railway network is the densest in the world and features the highest percentage of electrification – nearly 50%. Approximately 80% of total transport volume is hauled on the electrified part of the network. Nevertheless, diesel traction plays an important role in providing rail services and serves as the…
4 February 2011 | By UNIFE
The CEOs of the three major European rail associations met today in Brussels...
10 December 2010 | By Patrick Clipperton, Chairman of the UNIFE ERTMS Marketing Group
The first thoughts for the implementation of a unified train control system to facilitate the plan of freight and passenger trains in Europe working in an interoperable and cross border manner arose in the early 1990s as the map for a unified European transport system emerged from the initial stages…
15 September 2010 | By UNIFE
UNIFE, released the edition “ERTMS Freight Corridors Tracker”, highlighting the progress made to build a fully-interoperable & competitive rail freight network...
18 June 2010 | By UNIFE
UNIFE, the European Rail Industry, decided to host its General Assembly 2010 in Istanbul to celebrate the impressive developments of Turkish rail...
