The International Railway Equipment Exhibition (IREE) organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with the Ministry of Railways, Government of India, is the only international event in India for the Railway industry and its allied sectors. IREE has always been organized in association with the Indian Railways and they participate in a big way, displaying their capabilities and future requirements. We are presently staging the 9th Edition from 28-30 September 2011. The first edition of IREE was held in 1990 in Kolkata. The exhibition turned biennial in 2003.
The 9th IREE 2011 received an overwhelming response from both domestic and international participants. Over 200 exhibitors from 22 countries Australia, Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Ukraine, U.A.E, United Kingdom and U.S.A are participating in India’s largest railway show. The Indian Railways pavilion at the IREE 2011 includes display and active participation from all Production unit, regional Railways, PSUs and National Rail Museum. Some of the leading participants are Bombardier, Texmaco, Siemens, Daulat Ram Group, BEML,Titagarh, EMD, VaeVkn, Faively, Fedders Lloyd, China (CSR & CNR) amongst others.
IREE-2011 is also hosting an international rail with the theme “Rail Transportation in India: Moving to the Next Orbit” will focus mainly on future of rail transportation in India, rolling stock- emerging trends and technologies including diesel and electric locomotives, high speed trains, system components, rail infrastructure including Track modernization, Integrated Rail management, Advances in Signaling and Telecom, Dedicated Freight Corridor, Upgradation of Railway Bridges, Propulsion technology, PPP, finance, investment, Operations, Maintenance, logistics and the changing face of urban transportation in India. The International Conference will showcase new initiatives of the Indian railways and explore possibilities of how best the industry could assist in achieving the desired target of the Ministry of Railways. Conference, a major International Leadership forum, is expected to have a participation of over 300 industry leaders including policy makers and key stakeholders from the Railways and urban transport sector including SMEs to share their views and jointly take action towards the upliftment of Railway sector in India.
The objectives of the conference are: To showcase the large-scale business opportunity in India's railway sector, to discuss the Indian Railway's vision in adopting next- generation policy, procedural and regulatory initiatives needed to attract investments in the sector, to provide a platform for exchange of views, ideas and business opportunities among the global / domestic industry and Indian railways, to discuss the state of development and trends in benchmarking for the Indian railways in operation parameters and to highlight the railway's vision in freight management and passenger services.
We look forward to yet another successful edition of IREE this year, wherein, both the gross space, the number of domestic and overseas participants and the quality of the exhibition has increased to an extent that it is one of the most sought after shows which is hosted by CII along with the Ministry of Railways
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