
DITECFER District for Rail Technologies, High Speed, Networks Safety and Security
DITECFER Distretto per le Tecnologie Ferroviarie, l Alta Velocità e la Sicurezza delle Reti S.c.ar.l.
Overview
About us
DITECFER is the Rail Technologies Cluster based in Tuscany-Italy. It is composed by:
- companies working both in the segment of railway vehicles and components manufacturing and in the segment of technologies and installations for railway infrastructures;
- academia and research organisations with specific competences for the railway field (from industry 4.0 manufacturing process to ICT-based systems, from mechatronics to development of new materials, etc.);
- certification and homologation bodies for the railway sector;
- industry associations of the railway sector.
DITECFER supports its members in all research and innovation activities, acquisition of strategic know-how and business networking to grow the whole supply chain and open new international markets. In particular, the areas where DITECFER majorly operates are the following:
- Business Development
- Competitive Intelligence
- Innovation Networking
- International Development
- Fairs and Missions
- Calls for proposals and financing
- Project building and coordination
- Training, Empowerment and Education.
DITECFER has developed a strong know-how in the internationalisation field through development of joint activities for the members (more than 25 fairs and missions organised so far) and also as Coordinator of the "ESCP-4i PERES" (Promoting European Rail Excellence outSide EU).
DITECFER has also developed strong skills in Cluster Excellence and Leadership in Cluster Management as Coordinator of the EXXTRA ESCP-4X.
Also DITECFER is member of the European Commission Expert Group on the Competitiveness of the Rail Supply Industry, where it mainly contributes to the topic of SMEs' market access.
Established - 29 July 2014
Staff in the management team - 1-5
Support services for upskilling and reskilling of companies workforce
- Competence development
Cluster composition
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127Cluster Members
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102SME's
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13Large Companies
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8Research Organisations, Universities, Technology Centers
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1Number of civil society members
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3Other Ecosystem Actors
Legal form of the cluster organisation
Languages spoken
Link to the team description on the cluster organisation website
Sectorial and industrial focus
Sectoral industries
Sectoral Industries (NACE 4 digit)
Cross-sectoral industries
Industrial Alliances and Ecosystems
Technology fields
S3 EU priority areas
Services
Support services provided
Support services for upskilling and reskilling of companies workforce
Support programmes
EU Programmes
Name & description
ERDF Tuscany Region 2014-2020:
- Call Internationalization 2015 - Project "Think Rail Buy Tuscany": Internationalisation of SMEs in Third countries (Turkey, UAE)
- Call Technological Clusters - Project "TRail-Tech 2020": Cluster management and delivery of innovation services to members
- Call Internationalization 2017 - Project "TRailS to Asia and South America": Internationalisation of SMEs in Third countries (Brazil, Iran, Turkey, UAE).
Project name
DITECER is Leader of the project funded under the European Union's COSME Programme "STARS STrategic Alliances boosting Railway Smes".
DITECER is Leader of the project funded under the European Union's COSME Programme "S-ACCESS Smes ACCESS to international public procurements" (https://s-accessproject.eu).
DITECER is Leader of the project funded under the European Union's COSME Programme "EXXTRA EXcellence EXchange and Teaming-up between RAilway clusters and ecosystems" ESCP-4X (https://exxtraproject.eu).
DITECER is Leader of the project funded under the European Union's COSME Programme "PERES Promoting European Rail Excellence outSide EU" ESCP-4i (http://www.peresinfo.com).
DITECFER is Partner of the project funded under the European Union's HORIZON 2020 Programme "E-CORRIDOR" in the field of Digital Security (http://railactivation.eu).
DITECFER is Partner of the project funded under the European Union's HORIZON 2020-INNOSUP-2019-4 Programme "RailActivation" in the field of Workplace Innovation (http://railactivation.eu).
DITECFER is Partner of the project funded under the European Union's INTERREG EUROPE Programme "RECORD Regions in Europe Coordinate and Optimize innovation and competitiveness policy instruments towaRDs the sustainability of transport - study case of SMEs in the railway sector" (https://www.interregeurope.eu/record/).
Cooperation activities
International cooperation
Targeted countries
Transnational cooperation
Targeted countries
Transnational support activites
International support activites
Support to collaborative activities/etc.Connection to cluster organisation(s)
Profile name | Location | |
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Anatolian Rail Transportation Systems Cluster |
Turkey
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Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education Rail Innovation Centre (UK) |
United Kingdom
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Membership in cluster networks, meta clusters and national associations of clusters
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Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Trasporti Italia | |||
ERCI European Railway Cluster Initiative |
Membership in Cluster Partnerships or initiatives
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PERES-Promoting European Rail Excellence outSide EU |
Italy
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EXXTRA - EXcellence EXchange and Teaming-up between RAilway clusters and ecosystems |
Italy
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Latest news and documents
S-ACCESS launches the SME Survey to finetune assistance to support international tendering
DITECFER coordinates the new COSME-funded S-ACCESS project (Smes ACCESS to international public procurements)
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