💪 We were leading the way in 2025, ensuring that the European Rail Supply Industry can thrive, as global players continue to test Europe's competitiveness. #EURail #EUPolitics
UNIFE - the Association of the European Rail Supply Industry
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UNIFE represents the European Rail Supply Industry in Brussels since 1992. We promote the interests of companies that design & manufacture all aspects of rail transport. For more: www.unife.org
💪 Last year, UNIFE made significant progress. 💯 It is clear what we have to do - ensure the industry remains competitive, innovative and delivers quality.
As the year ends, our entire team want to extend our full thanks for your support and ongoing efforts in 2025 to ensure the European rail supply industry remains strong. #EUPolitics #EURail
UNIFE welcomes the @ec.europa.eu #MilitaryMobility Package and Stands Ready to Support its swift implementation! As a strategic partner, the EU 🚄 Supply Industry is committed to working closely with EU institutions, Member States, infrastructure managers and operators to ensure its full potential
📢 UNIFE is looking for a Technical Affairs Manager to coordinate its activities covering EU R&I project management, regulation, standardisation, and technical railway legislation! Interested⁉️ Learn more about it: www.unife.org/wp-content/u... Starting date: Jan-Feb 2026 #NowHiring
🇪🇺 🚄 This is big. We support the European Commission's announcement of an ambitious and emphatic High Speed Rail Plan. Europe has a political, customs and currency union – it’s time for a complete, modern transport union.
🎤 Yesterday, the @ec.europa.eu hosted a High-Level Dialogue on CBAM, which brought together key stakeholders to discuss extending coverage to downstream sectors, anti-circumvention measures, and export-related carbon leakage.
📰 On the Front Page! 🤖 It was an absolute pleasure for UNIFE to contribute to the latest edition of the InnoTrans' Report, with our piece highlighting the digital revolution our industry is on the cusp of!
EU Global Gateway Forum 2025 We are pleased to see substantial progress on scaling up #GlobalGateway. This year’s forum has brought plenty of announcements and initiatives which will contribute to boost EU rail suppliers' involvement in Global Gateway:
👀 Very, very interesting to see what Europe's mayors want most! 🇱🇹 Our Head of Public Affairs Jonathan Nguyen was at the Urban Mobility Days in #Vilnius this week, where Eurocities presented the priorities of mayors and local leaders across Europe.
🇮🇹 The UNIFE Team is ready to go at EXPO Ferroviaria in #Milano, with Matteo Barisione and Clara Piazza from our Public Affairs team, Tanvi Mishra from Communications and Alina S. from IRIS Certification®! #EURail #EUPolitics #railindustry #ExpoFerroviaria
🚆 What a week it's been at TRAKO in Gdansk! 🤝 We've been spending our time with members, partners, and stakeholders to explore new business opportunities, expand our network, and discuss the competitiveness of Europe's rail supply industry—especially in #Poland, a key market.
😅 TRAKO POLAND was off to a busy start this week! 🤝 On Monday, UNIFE met with Alan Beroud (CEO of PKP S.A.), while we built deeper bonds with JSC Ukrainian Railways (Oleksandr Pertsovskyi) on the eve of the conference.
⏱️ It's time to change the rules. 🖹 🇪🇺 Put simply, companies in non-EU countries are allowed to bid on EU public contracts, but often don't allow and prevent EU companies from bidding on public contracts in their country or jurisdiction.
👋 Now you have no excuse not to say hello. 💼 The UNIFE team will be at TRAKO in #Gdansk this week sharing industry trends, while giving our perspective and vital updates on EU affairs. 📍 We'll be at Hall E, Stand 109 - see you there! #EURail #EUPolitics #RailIndustry
➡️ Where will the European rail supply industry go next? 🎤 Back in July, our Director General Enno Wiebe sat down with Global Railway Review in a sweeping interview to talk about #innovation, #regulation, the future of #ERTMS, skills, rail funding and diversity in the rail industry.
🤝💻🚄 The good guys have to work together! In the latest edition of the Global Railway Review, our DG explains how to keep European rail networks cyber safe, as #geopolitics becomes more uncertain! ⬇️ Read it in the full edition here: www.globalrailwayreview.com/article/2246... #EUPolitics
🛡️ Rail is CRITICAL to Europe's military mobility. 🏛️ The UNIFE team was present at yesterday's Rail Forum Europe event at the @europarl.europa.eu, where key MEPs, @ec.europa.eu & the EEAS discussed the challenges and opportunities of military mobility in rail. #EURail #EUPolitics #Geopolitics
🎤🎧 Earlier this month, UNIFE's Director General Enno Wiebe sat down with Sebastian Sperker - the man behind the RAIL^UP Podcast - to talk all things #innovation, the future of the industry and EU policy!
😧 What a result! 🚄 🇪🇺 Connecting Europe Facility (Key Transport Fund) - Doubled 🔬 Horizon Europe - Doubled 💪 European Competitiveness Fund - New! 🔫 Military Mobility Fund - Multiplied by Ten! #EURail #EUPolitics
🔍 🇵🇦 🇨🇷 Scouting new markets and projects for our industry in Costa Rica and Panama! 🚄 Yesterday, DG INTPA (@ec.europa.eu) and UNIFE co-chaired the 4th Global Gateway Railway Working Group for Latin America and the Caribbean! #EURail #EUPolitics
🇧🇪 In Bruges! 🎤 We attended a panel discussion this morning on Digital Railways during the ETCR conference in #Bruges, together with Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking and one of our members Vossloh, to share experiences and best practices as we drive the digital rail solutions of the future.
🇩🇰 Hello Denmark, looks like you have a lot to do - so we want to help! 🇪🇺 As of today, Denmark now holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU, and is motivated by #climate action and improving EU security. #EURail #EUPolitics
📦🚄 Rail freight is more than climate solution. It as a strategic choice for Europe’s economy and citizens. The Net Zero Logistics Study finds the broad societal and economic value of investing in rail innovation and deployment in our logistics mix!
Yesterday at #SIFER2025, we participated in a presentation on the status of the Digital Automatic Coupling technology at the Railenium stand, along with Trans4MR representatives from Rail Logistics Europe!
🎂 🎉🎈 Happy 20th to the TEN-T! 🚃 🚗 ⛵ ✈️ Yesterday, the European Commission celebrated 20 years of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), emphasing its vital role in fostering seamless connectivity, economic growth, #sustainability, and security across Europe.
Bonjour! 🇫🇷 👋 We are back again at SIFER today, with the UNIFE team ready at the stand to talk to you about all issues regarding rail policy, quality and #innovation! Come visit us at Stand 2-154 in the main hall and say hello! #UNIFEevents #Lille #EURail #Railindustry #EUPolitics
💪We are an industry resilient in the faces of challenges and uncertainty - but how do we keep it that way? 🇫🇷 As part of SIFER 2025, UNIFE hosted a roundtable today, where we asked our participants how the competitiveness of the European Rail Supply Industry could be enhanced? #EUPolitics #EURail
Bonjour, ça va Lille? 🇫🇷 UNIFE are back at SIFER 2025, with our Director General Enno Wiebe delivering a welcome speech as part of the Opening Address ceremony! #EUPolitics #EURail #EUBudget #MFF
Bonjour Lille! 🇫🇷 We're at SIFER 2025, with the Opening Ceremony to begin very soon. 📍Come down to Stand 2-154 in the Main Hall, and come say hello! We can't wait to see you! #EUPolitics #EURail #SIFER2025