Project goal: PRODUCTION OF INTELLIGENT FREIGHT WAGONS IN PORTUGAL

The Innovation Pact “SMARTWAGONS” aims to develop smart wagons for transporting goods by rail and to increase production capacity in Portugal for their manufacture, as a response to the technological challenges and market gaps in the national rail sector. The development of smartwagons and new high value-added technologies for their production and operation/maintenance will make it possible to increase operational capacity, sustainability and competitiveness, and a range of advantages in the Portuguese rail sector:

• Change the specialization profile by reinventing the production capacity of rail vehicles
• Boosting industry and creating skilled jobs
• Increasing the productive potential and internationalization of technology, products and services
• Improve energy and environmental efficiency for a more competitive and attractive offer
• Smarter, safer and more efficient operations with lower operating/maintenance costs or communication/monitoring problems.
   

Co-funding: Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência | República Portuguesa | Funded by the European Union | IAPMEI