Innovation and regional support: experiences from the. industry The case of EFACEC Transportation Systems

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1 METRIC Conference, Brussels,19 th March 2015 Innovation and regional support: experiences from the industry The case of EFACEC Transportation Systems Cipriano Lomba, Telecom & Signaling Managing Director EFACEC Transportation Business Unit Portugal

2 Agenda The EFACEC Group Transportation Business Unit Recent innovations in EFACEC Transportation offer RTD projects RTD projects organization Critical factors for RTD success Concluding remarks

3 EFACEC Group Created in 1905, in Porto, North of Portugal, private shareholders; Presence in over 65 countries, more than 3000 employees; Strong technological competences and industrial facilities in Power Transformers, Energy Automation/Smart Grids, Medium Voltage Switchgear and Electrical Mobility; Long experience and strong technological competencies in turn-key integrated projects in the sectors of Energy, Transportation, Environment, etc.; Major industrial facilities in Portugal, Argentina and India; About 600 M turnover, more than 75% outside of Portugal;

4 Efacec - Transportation Bussiness Unit Core competencies centered on applying IC technologies (R&D, Engineering, Implementation and After-sales Services) to develop and implement turn-key customized solutions for Transport / Mobility Systems Railways, Metros and Light Rail Trams Roadways and Road Traffic

5 Solutions for Light Rail Tram, Metro and Rail Reference Concept - Turnkey solutions

6 Worldwide References Infrastructures, Rail, Metro & Light Rail Light Rail and Metro Algeria: Alger, Oran and Constantine Brazil: S. Paulo, Rio de Janeiro Chile: Santiago Metro Egypt: Cairo France: Reims Ireland: Dublin Italy: Messina Norway: Bergen Philippines: Manila Portugal: Oporto and Lisbon Singapore: Punggol and Sengkang Spain: Cadiz, Tenerife and Barcelona Tunisia: Tunis Turkey: Bursa United Kingdom: Nottingham Heavy Rail & Main Line Algeria: ANESRIF Australia: RailCorp Bosnia: BHRPC Brazil: CPTM Iran: RAI Morocco: ONCF Malaysia: Klang Valley MRT Portugal: REFER, CP and Fertagus Romania: SPIACT Tunisia: SNCFT Infrastructures & Comms Algeria: Algerie Telecom, CEEG, SONATRACH, SONELGAZ Angola: ENE, Movicel, MSTelcom, Unitel Morocco: Meditel Mozambique: EDM, MCEL Successful projects in the 5 continents Portugal: EDP, Optimus, PT, Vodafone

7 Recent Innovations in transportation offer TimeKeeper: Integrated Solution for Vehicle Location and Operations Optimization (Radio/TETRA, Public Information Systems, OCC SW); TramKeeper: SW Platform for Automated Depot Operation and Management; AEGIS: SIL-4 Electronic Rail Signaling for Light Rail Trams / Secondary Rail Lines; EFARail: Integrated Unified Operation and Control Centre SW for Rail Applications; SmartRoad: Operations Control Centre SW for Road Monitoring (Security and Safety) and Telematics.

8 RTD Projects R&D team of more than 20 full time dedicated resources (annual investment > 1M ); In recent years, EFACEC has lead several RTD projects to reinforce its technological offer in transportation systems, being the main initiatives: IPSILON Smarter Systems for Tramway Management (2013/14) - Depot Management System for Light Rail Trams (TramKeeper); - Demonstration prototype of a safe train detector using fiber optic sensors; MERCURY Transportation Made Easy (2012) - Quality-of-Service middleware platform to support the integration of different applications in unified Operations Control Centers (EFARail); SMARTCENTER Platform for Operational and Safety management of Transport Systems (2010) - Integration platform for Operational and Safety management of Roads / Tunnels (SmartRoad); PROSINAL SIL-4 Electronic Signaling System (2009) Advanced SIL-4 signaling system for Light Rail Trams and Secondary Railway Lines, using HW&SW COTS (AEGIS);

9 RTD Projects Organization Project Leader: EFACEC Transportation BU Industrial company, knows market requirements (functional, technical and economics), defines overall specifications, will become owner/promoter of the final solution, and takes main investment risks; Project Partners: Universities, R&D Institutions and SMEs partners bring technological competencies required in specific fields; Potential Customers (in some Projects) contribute with functional specifications, but mainly to host the implementation of prof-of-concept technological pilots, and to bring end-user requirements/experience/pragmatism; Financial support from Portuguese RTD Programs / European Funds, but support programs and level of financing have been reduced in the last years.

10 RTD Projects Success critical factors EFACEC RTD initiatives were mainly structured from Market Needs/Requirements to Technology Development; Project consortium balance (Market + Industry + Technology + R&D) is critical: Universities and R&D Institutions enrolment is important to assure the use of more updated technologies/techniques; SMEs partners bring focused know-how and innovative technologies that can be decisive for the success of the project, in terms of final results; End-customers participation, showed to be very relevant for clear definition of final objectives; The implementation of technological pilots in real scenarios proved to be decisive for product final tuning, industrialization aspects and future market acceptance; Pragmatic definition of the RTD Project main objectives and required resources is very important; Geographical scale of application of regional innovation results is difficult to achieve, but very important for industry success.

11 Concluding Remarks To be innovative in transport systems at regional level is a challenging task, also because of the global trend for turnkey integrated contracts from transport customers; The existence of a large entity that takes the lead in RTD activities and calls for the participation of other specialized local stakeholders is critical regional innovative eco-systems in transports; Enrolment of customers/end-users in RTD projects is very relevant for success; At regional level, finanial support for RTD Projects is essential, but has become more difficult over recent years; Participation of an outsider large company in European RTD Consortiums in Transportation Systems is becoming more difficult; The existence of specific mechanisms at regional level to support industry in developing innovative specialized technologies for transport systems is very important, but should consider the enrolment of the different local stakeholders (public entities, transport operators, industry, specialized SMEs, Universities, end-users, ); The development of more Open European Standards at Interface Level, i.e. to access public domain data, would stimulate regional specialized innovation on transport systems and increase the possibility of success for innovative companies, namely SMEs.

12 Thank you