Mar. 5 – Piedmont companies have no intention to let Turkey go, and so 10 regional companies active in the railway sector are taking part in Eurasia Rail, the international exhibition dedicated to infrastructure and logistics, held in Istanbul until March 7. The initiative is part of Integrated Supply Chain Project (Pif) Turin – Piedmont Railway managed by the Foreign Centre for internationalization (CeiPiemonte) on behalf of the Piedmont Region, Unioncamere and the Chambers of Commerce of Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta. Across the Bosphorus tunnel, Turkey is the only standard gauge railway access from Asia to Europe, which is why Korean and Chinese manufacturers have settled here. More generally, the country is becoming globally attractive thanks to the government’s new FDI policy. And so it should come as no surprise that Italy is Turkey’s fourth largest trading partner. “The Turkish government, in the transportation sector, has planned total investments for $350 billion by 2023, of which $45 billion dedicated to railways: there are projects for 3500 km of high speed lines, to reach a total of 25,000 km rail links – comments Guido Bolatto, Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce of Turin – This is of great interest for Piedmont companies, who can take advantage of significant business opportunities. Our region has a particularly developed sector, thanks to the presence on the territory of Ansaldo / STS, Alstom and large first level suppliers, like Faiveley.” Eurasia Rail favors the meeting between government authorities and the private sector; the key themes of the event this year are: infrastructure, interiors, public transport and tunnel construction, freight, subassemblies and components, systems maintenance vehicles, interior, and electronics / computer. The Fair has continued to grow, welcoming visitors and exhibitors from around the globe, who believe it is a great window of opportunity. In 2014, Eurasia Rail hosted 300 exhibitors, including international companies and authorities, as well as 17.000 visitors from 50 countries. The popularity of the event has grown to the point that the next edition will become biennial so as to not overlap with Berlin’s Innotrans, a key initiative of the sector at the European level. (Red)
