法國鐵路國際網站正式開通

一步之遙：法國鐵路國際網站正式開通

法國商務專員公署（UBIFRANCE）和法國鐵路跨行業協會「法國鐵路協會」（Fer de France）於二零一四年三月二十一日在巴黎簽署合作夥伴關係協議。當天，法國鐵路的首個國際推廣網站亦正式向公眾開放。

開發英文網站www.French-rail-industry.com具有雙重意義：

 提高全球鐵路界專業人士對法國鐵路業重要專有技術的關注。法國鐵路業的領先技術享譽全球。網站將向全球推廣法國鐵路業，公佈國際化公司的最新消息。另外，網站上還會介紹駐外法國企業的主要戰績及重大事件，如法國企業積極參與國際展覽，特別是將於二零一四年九月二十三至二十六日在德國柏林舉辦的「國際軌道交通技術展覽會」（INNOTRANS）。
 促進國際採購商及法國供應商之間建立聯繫。該網站會介紹法國鐵路業的各公司，方便國際採購商瞭解法國相關企業的概況，並可通過網站的通訊系統，直接與這些企業聯繫。

網站上介紹的法國供應商分為八個主要類別：
 鐵路基礎設施
 機車車輛
 鐵路車輛的裝修
 列車電子系統
 機車車輛的機械部件
 乘客資訊和票務系統
 乘客公共運輸企業
 鐵路工程和檢測

由於這些企業具有豐富經驗、領先技術及創新能力，法國的鐵路工業的實力舉世公認，全球排名第三；歐洲排名第二，僅次於德國。共有一千五百多家企業，年營業額高達四十億歐元，其中四分之一為出口。

關於法國商務專員公署（UBIFRANCE）：
法國商務專員公署是法國經濟、財政和外貿部下屬的部門，是法國對外貿易中的重要公共機構。法國商務專員公署遍佈全球七十個國家，共八十多個辦事處，一千四百多名工作人員，為法國企業在外國市場拓展上提供一系列完整的支援產品和服務，詳情可瀏覽官網www.ubifrance.com。

關於法國鐵路協會（Fer de France）：

法國鐵路協會創於二零一二年法國鐵路大會之際，協會成員包括主宰鐵路業經濟的各公司主席。職責主要為：一是提高法國鐵路系統的服務質量；二是團結業界所有公司以拓展外國市場。

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France’s railway offerings accessible with a single click!

The first web portal to promote France’s railway offerings to the world will go live on March 21st, 2014 in Paris to coincide with the signing of a partnership between UBIFRANCE, the French Agency for International Business Development and Fer de France, the French railway sector’s Inter-professional Association.

The website is being developed in English at www.French-rail-industry.com to meet a twofold objective:

• To help raise the awareness among industry professionals worldwide of the know-how prevalent in France’s railway sector, a widely acknowledged and greatly praised centre of excellence. The website will promote the entire business sector with pages devoted to the latest international company news. It will also list a number of remarkable achievements by French companies abroad, as well as the year’s top events like international tradeshows where France has a substantial presence (especially INNOTRANS, from September 23rd to 26th, 2014 in Berlin).

• To help put international buyers and French suppliers in touch with one another. The website will feature a showcase of France’s players in the railway sector, making it easy for foreign ordering parties to browse the profiles of any French company they choose and to contact them directly via a messaging interface integrated into the website.

The French suppliers featured on that platform are broken down into 8 main categories:
- Railway infrastructure
- Rolling stock
- Rail car layout
- Electronic systems embedded in the trains
- Mechanical components on rolling stock
- Passenger Information and ticketing systems
- Passenger public transport companies
- Railway testing and engineering

Thanks to the expertise, technological skills and innovative ability of those companies, France’s railway industry enjoys international recognition as the world’s 3rd-ranking country. Within Europe, the French railway sector, with 1,500 companies making in excess of €4b (25% in export), ranks 2nd behind Germany.

About UBIFRANCE:
UBIFRANCE, the French Agency for International Business Development, is a public-sector entity reporting to the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Foreign Commerce and intended to support foreign trade. With a network of 80 branches in 70 countries and over 1,400 agents, UBIFRANCE provides a comprehensive range of business support products and services aimed at French companies to help them develop their business in foreign markets.
Check out France’s offer on www.ubifrance.com

About Fer de France:
Founded in the wake of the Railway Assises in 2012, Fer de France is the French railway sector’s Inter-professional Association bringing together the Chairmen of all the companies involved in the “railway economy”.
Its role is twofold: to work on improving the nation’s railway system and on its performance, and to foster solidarity in promoting the tools that can help France’s railway players to develop foreign markets.