photo: RAILTARGET/"There Are Many Opportunities for Cooperation Between Czechia and Germany", says Dirk-Ulrich Krüger, Managing Director of Rail.S
In an exclusive interview with RAILTARGET, Dirk-Ulrich Krüger, Managing Director of Rail.S, talked about the company and shared his stance on cooperation with the Czech Republic and the opportunities it brings.
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You are the Managing Director of Rail.S, one of the largest railway technology clusters in Germany. Could you briefly introduce the activities of this cluster?
Yes, we have a membershipped organization. We work for our approximately 100 members from the industry mainly. We provide opportunities to do business together with each other. We work on talent scouting and, most importantly, on innovation delivery for the rail sector and the internalization of activities for our members.
Could you name some important members of this cluster?
All of our members are important, of course, but we have big and famous ones like Alstom, Siemens, and Deutsche Bahn. We have the hidden champions companies like MV automation systems that probably people in the niche have heard of, but they are as important as the big ones to keep the industry going.
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Thank you! From your point of view, in what areas is it possible to cooperate with the Czech Republic?
There are many areas with possibilities because we both have a strong railway and railway supply industry. As of today, supply relations exist from Germany to companies like Škoda and CZ LOKO and the other way around. We can work together, especially in the cross-border improvement of transportation and capabilities of the railroads across borders and, therefore, increased capacity. There are many testbed opportunities like advanced signaling, and, of course, the largest and most important project is the tunnel through the Ore mountains from Saxony to the Czech Republic.
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How do you evaluate the Czech-Saxon Workshop which took place under the patronage of the Transport Section of the Czech Chamber of Commerce?
I am very pleased with the outcome so far because up until now, we have had too few of those types of activities between the Czech Republic and Saxony, so I am very happy with the attendance — we have thirty people here today — and, as I can see from here, several talks are going on, and I hope for this to continue.