Every year, ERCI honours pioneering innovation projects of European rail industry companies with the yearly ERCI Innovation Awards.
Innovation Awards are organized and attributed by the clusters, members of ERCI, to European companies that provide products, systems, technologies, processes or services, with proven innovative features. The contest is first organized at a national or regional level (according to ERCI clusters’ geographical scope of action) to select companies. Then, the contest is organized at a European level. Winners are selected by a European jury of independent experts representing industry, research and public authorities.
Selection of winners is based on the following criteria:
On Tuesday 19 September 2023, during the 15th International Railway Fair TRAKO at Gdańsk International Fair AMBEREXPO, ul. Żaglowa 11, 80-560 Gdańsk, the European Railway Clusters Initiative (ERCI) awarded prizes
Best Small and Medium Enterprise: Vanguard Sustainable Transport Solutions Best Large Enterprise: iXblue Coup de Cœur Winner: Metropolitano de Tenerife S.A. On Wednesday 21 September 2022, during the InnoTrans
On Tuesday 26 October 2021, during the SIFER Expo at Lille Grand Palais, the European Railway Clusters Initiative (ERCI) awarded prizes to the best European innovations in the railway industry
ERCI intends to nominate and reward a person which has performed activities in the railway and intermodality and/or has been near ERCI.
The Award is organized by ERCI (European Railway Clusters Initiative), the European network of Innovative Railway Clusters.
The first Award has been assigned in 2022 to Mr Jean Verrier (1st President of ERCI at the beginning of this enterprise since 2010).
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