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RAILGRUP
Postal address Passeig Sant Gervasi, 27 E-08022 Barcelona. Spain
Telephone +34 93 415 98 65 E-mail info@railgrup.net Web www.railgrup.net

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Description	Railgrup is currently a member of: UITP (International Association of Public Transport) ERCI (European Railway Cluster Initiative) PTFE (Spanish Railway Technology Platform) BRONZE LABEL European Union. ECCP-European Cluster Collaboration Plattform Spanish Businness Association UK Rail Alliance UK Partnerships: MINETUR, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism. ACCIÓ, Agency for the Competitiveness of the company of the Generalitat de Catalunya. ALAMYS, Latin American Association of Metro and Subways. CENIT, Center for Transport Innovation. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona Official College of Telecommunications Engineers. College of engineers of roads, channels and ports of Catalonia. Enginyers industrials de Catalunya. FERRMED. FETEIA, Spanish Federation of Freight Forwarders. FENAEIC, National Federation of Groups of Innovative Companies and clusters. Foundation of the Spanish Railways. CERCLE D'INFRAESTRUCTURES. CIAC, Cluster of l'Autonoció de Catalunya. PFP, Portuguese Railway Platform. INNO-PRO, Innovationsnetværket for Produktion Cen-Sec. Denmark Transportail Canada. Fundación Fórum Ambiental.
Management team	President: Enric Ticó. Cluster Manager: Ignasi Gómez-Belinchón. Project Manager: Daniel Fernández de Soto. Board of Directors: Operators: FGC, TRAM, TMB, RENFE OEMs: SIEMENS, ALSTOM, STADLER Engineering: SENER, IDOM, AUDINGINTRAESA Integrator: INDRA, ALTRAN SMEs: PROMAUT, Integral Design & Development, MASATS, ROLEN, GREENFLEX Administation: ATM, Infraestructures.cat, Direcció General del Transport Tech Centre: EURECAT
Main products and services	Components, Infrastructure Construction, Mechanical Construction, Electrification, Electronics, Air Conditioning Equipment, Auxiliary Electrical Equipment, Auxiliary Mechanical Equipment, Traction, Brakes, Engineering and Consulting, Maintenance, Railway Transport Operator, Signalling, Telecommunication, Track and Other. Top products: BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS: 1. Mobility Day. 2. QVM
Activity	Our slogan “Mobility or nothing”, it is the essence and strategy which drives us to work aiming to improve mobility in the railway sector. Action, dynamism, initiative, mobility. Since 2002, Railgrup has become a benchmark cluster in the railway industry promoting across its members global competitiveness influence through technological cooperation, sectorial knowledge and project development. The cluster currently has more than 100 companies associated. Railgrup applies its recognized return of value strategy based on innovation through the identification of scenarios that provide competitiveness advantage and improvement for the sector, focused on the final customer of railway mobility. Selective Networking, knowledge Management, and institutional representation. Internationalization with special focus on SMEs and R&D projects are the main return on value.
Activities by year	Activities in 2018: - Research and analysis on the feasibility of projects and funding for partners: Projects like SDO, Hermes, and TRAINSFARE with H2020 funds and 12 more projects developed by partners. - Promoting communications and cooperation among its partners to create synergies. Developing grants and aid programs for exportation - Training plan: organization of courses, workshops, B2B´s, conferences and technical visits, workshops focused on R&D, conferences on internationalization, strategic conferences and other networking sessions conducted with partners. - Organising and participating in fairs like Innotrans, Smart Mobility World Congress 2017, Asia Pacific, Advanced Factories. - Organization of the First European ERCI Innovation Award ERCI - Direct dialogue with public authorities, institutions and bodies from the railway sector. - Market Intelligence and Internationalization: studies of business opportunities and business missions abroad with the support of the administration. - Promotion and dissemination through media and social networks
Innovations	Innovations in 2017: Main innovation projects developed by Railgrup platform and granted by European and Spanish programs: TRANSBOX-Logistics ASSET4RAIL-CBM HERMES AUGMED SDO TRAINSFARE EUTRAVE iFreightMed EV-Friendly, Plataforma Evenis, Trails Poctefa
Areas	Worldwide
Turnover	> 13.000 million euros
Results	Projects launched: 19 Funding achieved: 10 million euros Networking between partners: 240
No. of employees	> 140.000 Work groups created: 7
Activities	Business associations.

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