Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and DITECFER announce “India-Italy Transport and Railways intelligence market-place”

The Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced Tuesday, June 20, that it has entered into a strategic partnership DITECFER, District for Rail Technologies, High Speed, Safety & Security, in collaboration with ArtValley which hosts projects and international forums for the Italian railway sector.

The partnership to be launched on Friday, 23rd June 2017, at the "India-Italy Transport and Railways intelligence market-place" on the occasion of the International Conference "India-Italy: Industry and intellectual exchange" during the 11th METEF Fair in Verona, Italy, is meant to set-up a common platform promoting Italian technologies, know-how and solutions for the booming Indian Railways sector.

Commenting on the partnership forged President, DICTIFER and signatory to this cooperation Mr. Daniele Matteini said, “Italian Railways provide world class solutions and cutting-edge technologies in rolling stock, rail safety and security, infrastructure and integrated projects, and subcomponents. The DITECFER consortium, which encompasses thirty-eight Italian MNCs and SMEs active in the entire railways value-chain, can be a partner of reference for the supply of products and services for the Indian railway sector.”

“The aim of our agreement with DITECFER is to assist their members in establishing or developing their presence in the Indian market. We plan to do this by scouting for projects in the Indian railways industry where they can participate in and by identifying Indian operators looking at tie-ups with Italy for commercial or industrial collaborations. In fact, the timing of this partnership is spot-on, as the Indian Railways is looking at modernizing and expanding its infrastructure: this platform will provide a constant and daily update on the market opportunities for the Italian companies,” said Mr. Claudio Maffioletti, Secretary General, The Indo-Italian Chamber.

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This cooperation comes at the backdrop of increased collaborations between the two countries that recently saw India’s Commerce Minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman visiting Firema Trasporti SpA the railway coach factory in Caserta (south Italy). The unit has been recently acquired by the Kolkata based Titagarh Wagons.

The platform will include scouting for projects in the Indian railways industry, providing maret intelligence, liaising between local clients and customers and exchanging technological knowhow among other activities, updated Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.