East Japan Railway Company
East Japan Railway Company(JR East) seeks the best technologies and products from the EU. JR East is also interested in business in theEU.
East Japan Railway Company (JR East) was established by the reforming national railway copmapny in 1987. JR East owns infrastrasture and operats passenger transport (highspeed, metropolitan, regional). JR East carries 17 million passengers/day. JR East is the largest railway company in Japan.
Mr Hiroyuki WATANABE
Senior ManagerETRA I+D
ETRA is a large business group that offers technologically advanced solutions for an efficient management for people mobility. It has a wide range of solutions in traffic, transport, parking, access, lighting, energy and telecommunications areas.
Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology
Mr Ingolf Schaedler
Deputy Director GeneralHaCon Ing. GmbH
Based in Hannover, Germany, HaCon was founded in 1984 on the expertise of three engineers specialising in public transport, freight traffic and railway operation research. Now, with over 30 years’ experience and a dedicated team of more than 250 specialists in transport planning and IT, HaCon has firmly established itself as one of Europe’s lead players in developing highquality traffic software planning, scheduling and information solutions.
HaCon is also home to a dedicated team of consultants specialising in rail freight and combined transport projects. Using a highly integrated and results-orientated approach, the group aims to assist customers through the combined skills of transport engineers, geographers, lawyers and IT specialists. Working with project sponsors, including the EC, HaCon has amassed a considerable amount of project management experience. Among its service portfolio are successes in requisition and subsidies, the completion of financial and administrative formalities and the overall coordination of all parties involved such as railway companies, shipping agents, institutions and associations.