Business on Rails congregates the Brazilian rail market

The fifth edition of the Business on Rails Show will be held from October  28 to 30 at the ITM Expo, in São Paulo, Brazil. The Show, organized by Revista Ferroviária, is now recognized as the biggest railway exhibition in Latin America. In 2001 it had 117 exhibitors. This year it should have some 150, among which Bombardier, Alstom, GE, Siemens, Balfour Beatty, Amsted-Maxion, SKF, Timken,  TTCI, Aceralia, Johnstown, Cattron, Huta Katowice, knorr, Mott McDonald, Pandrol, SAB Wabco and Safetran.  All the Brazilian railroads and the most important metros and commuter systems will participate as exhibitors .

The show has been growing each year running parallel with the Brazilian post-privatization market. The space started to be sold during the Business on Rails 2001, last October, and for the 2003 show booth sales shall start during Business on Rail 2002.

The Conference will take place at a 400 seat conference hall. As in previous years, the managers of the freight and passenger railways will present their business plans for the following year. There will be workshops held on freight and passenger technical innovations brought by the exhibitors and a Technical Course on Rail Transportation of Hazardous Materials.

Business on Rails 2002 will be organized with the full support of the National Association of Railway Carriers - ANTF - which brings together all the Brazilian freight railways, and of the São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company - CPTM - the most important commuter train operator in Brazil. The ANTF and the CPTM booths are among the biggest booths at the show.