UNIFE | The European Rail Supply Industry Association

📢 You can now find UNIFE also on Bluesky 🦋 ! Based on the latest developments on the X platform in terms of content and outreach, UNIFE has decided to suspend its UNIFE, ERTMS and IRIS accounts on the platform from the end of March 2025. As we still see necessary to have a microblogging social media platform we have decided to migrate to Bluesky Social. No platform is perfect, nor it will reach all of our desired audiences, nonetheless it is the closest to the original concept of Twitter. It will take some time to rebuild our followers base but we are optimistic that this change will prove beneficial to our efforts to communicate and engage with our members, the EU and the Members States representatives, the rest of the rail and transport sector, as well as with the media, doing what we are doing best: Promoting the European Rail Supply Industry! So where will you still find us »»» UNIFE | The European Rail Supply Industry Association  LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/ek8JRqGd Bluesky: https://lnkd.in/eHS-nQJm YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eAZMVN3e ERTMS - European Rail Traffic Management System LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/eUivj9tr Bluesky: https://lnkd.in/exqKFjRD IRIS Certification   LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/erMGygnF

UNIFE Director General Enno Wiebe is co-chairing today the 3️⃣rd Global Gateway Railway Working Group for Latin America and Caribbean. We are discussing the opportunities of enhanced coordination of external EU financial tools namely synergies between ECAs export credits and DFIs packages to enhance the competitiveness of EU industries. We are also debriefing on the last EU mission to #Mexico as well as hearing new opportunities on rail projects coming from #Argentina and #Panama. Most importantly, we are discussing the case builder approach concept: a collaborative EU private sector initiative to drive projects in the region and helping EU companies to better position in the region. #GlobalGateway

ERTMS at Railtech🚦 🎤 Today, industry leaders gathered at RailTech Belgium 2025 to discuss the most pressing challenges, burning questions and opportunities in the rail sector. 🚆 Breaking Barriers in Rail: UNIFE’s Perspective 🟢 Today, Enno Wiebe, UNIFE Director General, joined George Gilkinet, Former Belgian Deputy PM & Mobility Minister, and Carole Coune, AERRL Secretary General, to discuss what’s holding rail back from reaching its full potential. UNIFE’s DG highlighted key challenges from the suppliers' perspective, including fragmentation in requirements and project implementation, as well as complexity in technical solutions, regulations, and migration from legacy systems. 🔹 Solutions? Policymakers and industry must: ✅ Address the cost drivers of ETCS with harmonised requirements ✅ Accelerate FRMCS rollout with stronger EU coordination ✅ Ensure reliable national & European financing 🚆 ERTMS Rollout: Accelerating Without Disrupting Operations 🟠At today’s 'Navigating the ERTMS Challenge' panel, Klaus Mindel, UNIFE’s UNISIG General Manager, joined industry leaders to discuss how to accelerate ERTMS deployment while ensuring cost-efficiency and standardisation across Europe. 🔹 Key takeaways from Klaus Mindel: ✅ Suppliers play a dual role – developing solutions that comply with standards while shaping cost-efficient, harmonised requirements. ✅ Standardisation is crucial – reducing national customisation cuts costs and complexity. ✅ Quicker Class B decommissioning will lower ETCS integration costs. ✅ Network-wide ERTMS implementation is more efficient than fragmented small-scale projects.   🚅 A harmonised and well-funded ERTMS rollout is key to Europe’s rail future! 👉 Head here to relive the panel highlights: https://lnkd.in/dfEHdmhA     #ERTMS #RailInnovation #UNIFE #Mobility #RailTransport #UNIFE #Mobility #RailTechBelgium25 #ERTMS #FRMCS #FutureRail

Some key takeaways from today's RailTech Belgium '25 UNIFE’s Director General Enno Wiebe during the debate "What's holding rail back from reaching its peak potential":   ➡️ We need to bring costs down by driving further harmonisation at EU level and refrain from national and company specific requirements. Priority shall be given to an accelerated ERTMS - European Rail Traffic Management System roll-out, increasing the performance of the system.   ➡️ FRMCS is at the top of our agenda and we believe that the sector stakeholders under the umbrella of European Commission, European Union Agency for Railways and Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking can collectively unfold their full potential for making FRMCS a success.   ➡️ ERTMS shall facilitate better military mobility - preferably as a dual use approach.   During the dabate "Navigating the ERTMS Challenge", UNIFE's UNISIG General Manager Klaus Mindel called for the roll-out of #ETCS and #FRMCS based on sound migration principles and operational harmonisation across the European Union. With ETCS having a positive business case once national systems are decommissioned! #RailTech Belgium '25

Have you registered for the 𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻® 𝗥𝗲𝘃.𝟬𝟰. 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿? 🎙️ We are pleased to present our speakers and the topics they will cover: ✔️ Welcome and introduction by Enno Wiebe (UNIFE | The European Rail Supply Industry Association) ✔️ Benefits of the IRIS Certification® by Stefan Siegler (Siemens Mobility) ✔️ Key updates on Rev.04 by Rachid Irbah (UNIFE) ✔️ A statistical overview of Rev.04 by Anish Bawa (UNIFE) ✔️ Experience of a certification body and auditor by Aysegul Durmaz Gokcol (TÜV NORD CERT) ✔️ Q&A session ✔️ … and more topics and speakers to come!   📅 Friday, 4 April 2025 🕚 11:00–12:30 CEST 📍 MS Teams 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/djbFb-PS #IRISCertification #Webinar #RailwayIndustry #Rev04

This is the year of ERTMS🚦🙋♂️ Don’t you think? 🙋♀️🚦 ERTMS is literally on🔥, and on the stage of the coming edition of 🚝RailTech Belgium😎   Wait what👀? 🔜 On March 27, industry leaders will gather at RailTech Belgium 2025 to discuss the most pressing challenges, burning questions and opportunities in the rail sector. 🟢 From UNIFE, Director General Enno Wiebe, will be taking the stage alongside Carole Coune, Secretary General of the AERRL and George Gilkinet, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for #Mobility in #Belgium, to discuss the barriers to rail growth. The session will examine infrastructure challenges, connectivity gaps, and policy solutions to increase rail’s competitiveness. 🟠The UNIFE’s UNISIG General Manager, Klaus Mindel, will be taking the stage at the ERTMS panel to discuss its rollout, and to address the critical role of suppliers in ensuring cost-effectiveness and a smooth transition through standardisation and innovation. Klaus Mindel will be sharing the panel with Jochen Bultinck, COO, Infrabel; Thilde Restofte Pedersen, CEO of Nordic Signals; Alexandre Bétis, CEO of The Signalling Company; and Sverre Kjenne, Managing Director of the ERTMS Users Group (EUG).   💡With topics covering ERTMS, FRMCS, AI-driven predictive maintenance, and Belgium’s Rail Vision 2040, RailTech.com Belgium 2025 promises to be a pivotal event shaping the future of European rail.   👉 Head here to learn all about this groundbreaking event: https://lnkd.in/dfEHdmhA #RailTechBelgium25 #ERTMS #FRMCS #RailTransport #Innovation #FutureRail

Following the election of Oana Gherghinescu as the new Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA), UNIFE | The European Rail Supply Industry Association has been in Valenciennes exchanging with ERA, the Network of National Safety Authorities and Network of Representative Bodies on the key technical items for sector cooperation – #FRMCS, Vehicle Authorisation, #TSIs, Railway Safety, and ERA Regulation.

The management board of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) selected Oana Gherghinescu to be the next ERA executive director on March 19. https://lnkd.in/ewpxu4S3

📢 The new European Union Agency for Railways Executive Director Oana Gherghinescu has the opportunity to shape the European Rail’s future! The appointment is welcomed by the European Rail Supply Industry, at a time when leadership and key regulatory decisions are required to ensure the European rail industry and broader sector remain as world leaders. The newly appointed Executive Director has many challenges and opportunities ready to meet, amongst them:  ➡️Decisive action on #ETCS, onboard signalling and operational rules harmonisation ➡️Streamlining of the Vehicle Authorisation and #ERTMS trackside approval processes ➡️#FRMCS and #DAC roll-out ➡️Simplification of the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (#TSIs) ➡️Ensuring an on-going focus on Cybersecurity and digital network resilience. ➡️Strengthening the Agency’s resources ➡️Completion of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and Single European Railway Area (SERA) UNIFE has an unwavering dedication to ERA and its overall mission, and backs the newly appointed Executive Director achieve her mandate. UNIFE Director General Enno Wiebe stated:  My warmest congratulations to Oana Gherghinescu, on her appointment. The Agency has consistently been a deeply valued and reliable partner with UNIFE, and we want to keep this relationship strong, for the benefit of consumers, the European industry, and the railway sector. It is now time to bring increased efficiency of procedures and regulatory predictability to the sector, which is vital to maintain the competitiveness of the European Rail Supply Industry. We are banking on the next ERA Executive Director to offer fresh ideas, problem-solving efforts, and practical methods that can achieve this goal in a supportive and collaborative environment. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eaxwZy4s Apostolos Tzitzikostas European Commission Tommaso Lecca Bárbara Machado Martina Sapio Railway Gazette International International Railway Journal Global Railway Review Railway PRO Pamela Luica Nick Kingsley Elizabeth Jordan Kevin Smith

🔊 Help us reduce rail noise! 🚆 We are conducting a survey on noise emissions from trains powered by new propulsion technologies such as hydrogen and batteries. This initiative is part of our #EU_Rail co-funded #QuieterRail project, which aims to assess noise in rolling stock and improve future rail designs.  💡 Whether you are a researcher, industry expert, or simply interested in railway innovation, we invite you to share your insights and contribute to a quieter rail future. 📝 Take the survey now: https://bit.ly/41Z0RHj