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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.
In this Sustainability supplement: Fair competition for sustainable railways (Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Transport); Towards greener and cleaner rail diesel vehicles (Judit Sandor, Sustainability and Environment Manager, UNIFE / Roberto Palacin, Senior Researcher and Head of the Rail Systems Group, NewRail / Henning Schwarz, Senior…
In this Bogies & Wheelsets supplement: EURAXLES – paving the way to enhanced railway safety (Raimund Abele, Chairman of the EURAXLES Steering Committee / Léa Paties, Project Manager at UNIFE and EURAXLES Project Coordinator); Bombardier drives innovation with creation of new Bogie Technical Center (Harro Effertz, Head of Contracts, Legal…
27 February 2013 | By UIC
Rail is vital to the well-being of Europe’s society and the strength of its economy...
1 February 2013 | By UNIFE
UNIFE welcomes the proposal of the European Commission for the Fourth Railway Package...
In this Supplement: Industry experts discuss simplifying and improving the acoustic certification process of new rolling stock and reducing noise and vibration from ballasted track...
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…
