Bogdan Tudorache
German investors present in the delegation organized by AHK Romania (Romanian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry) told energynomics.ro that there is a growing interest, in the last two years, from local municipalities, for urban mobility and smart city projects.
“Among the most active cities in the discussions with us are Iasi and Cluj,” said Rafael de Mestre, general manager of TRON Consulting. “I am optimistic, in the last two years I have noticed a growing interest from the local municipalities,” also said Cătălin Coman, Smart City and IoT Business manager, Deutsche Telekom.
Coman claims that Deutsche Telekom has already implemented several projects in countries in the region, and although discussions in Romania and Bulgaria have stalled on for many years, there is now growing interest from local builders.
AHK Romania (Romanian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry) organized on January 20-23, 2020 in Cluj and Bucharest the business delegation for Sustainable mobility, traffic solutions, public transport and logistics.
The project started in Cluj-Napoca on January 21, with meetings with representatives of the City Hall as well as individual meetings between representatives of German companies participating in the project and representatives of Romanian companies from the region interested in collaborating in this field.
The 11 German companies participating in the project (Bosch Engineering GmbH, CN-Consult GmbH, Deutsche Telekom, Ecobi GmbH, e-TroFit GmbH, Franken Plastik GmbH, Mosolf Gruppe, TRON Consulting GmbH&Co. KG , TX Logistik AG, Universal Transport, Voltabox AG) are active in areas such as development for vehicle and engine manufacturers, hardware and software development for trains, telecommunications, electromobility and car sharing, commercial vehicle transformation, signaling, logistics and transport systems.
The project aims to facilitate market penetration or to develop export business in Romania for German companies and to contribute to the growth of German exports and to increase Romanian-German cooperation in the fields of urban and logistics mobility.