Target your marketing. Influence business leaders.
Your business is about much more than just knocking on doors. Your marketing strategy is much more than a lead generator. To generate sales, you need brand credibility and a genuine leadership position. To generate awareness and response, you need targeted, decision-maker focused, geographically effective marketing. To generate profits, you need marketing ROI.
With one cost-effective investment, Africa Rail 2008 will:
- Put your CEO on a platform with your top prospects
- Build your brand with the decision-makers
- Give you the best African coverage of any marketing channel
- Target your message to your precise audience
Sponsors can select from packages including:
- Event sponsorship (Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze sponsorship)
- Official event cocktail function sponsor
- Conference networking luncheon sponsor
- Visitor & delegate badge sponsor
- Gala Dinner sponsor
- Or simply take a stand at our exhibition and meet key decision makers over the three days
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Gold Sponsor
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 Alcatel and Thales have a strong international track record in telecommunications and automation for the rail transport industry.
Following the recent Alcatel – Lucent merger, Alcatel transferred its rail automation assets into Thales Rail Signalling Solutions, and concurrently substantially increased its stockholding in Thales. Accordingly, the local unit of Alcatel – Lucent will provide the channel to market for Thales Rail Signalling Solutions in Southern and Eastern Africa, embracing a broad suite of signalling and automation solutions.
Combining international product strength with local service capabilities, Alcatel-Lucent is ready to address your rail communication and automation requirements.
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 ANSALDO STS (Signalling & Transportation Systems) has been serving the rail industry for more than 150 years and is a world leader in the design, manufacture, installation, testing and commissioning of signalling, communications, automation and control equipment and systems for the railway and mass transit industries. |
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 Electro-Motive Sibanye Joint Venture is a co-operative effort between Electro-Motive Diesel Inc., the leading diesel-electric locomotive manufacturer from the USA and Sibanye Trade and Services, a leading South African BEE company dealing with locomotives and spares. Electro-Motive Sibanye Joint Venture was formed for the purpose of manufacturing locomotives in South Africa with a combination of imported technology and local content. |
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Silver Sponsor
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 By its position, the Botswana Railways network facilitates an essential unbroken rail link facilitating trade within the Southern African Region, therefore offering its customers:
- A cost effective 24 hour operation
- No overnight border stops
- 48 hours transit between South Africa and Zimbabwe
- Internationally recognised, bonded, inland ports that leverage trunking and facilitate roal
– rail integration, at cheaper prices compared to road.
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Bronze Sponsor
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 The Schaeffler Group is a leading manufacturer of rolling bearings and linear products worldwide as well as a renowned supplier to the automotive industry. With its three strong brands – INA, FAG and LuK – the Schaeffler Group is active in the automotive, industrial and aerospace sectors.
The Schaeffler Group sees itself as a development and engineering partner for its customers and has developed technologies, machines and control systems in-house to achieve fast and flexible manufacturing processes.
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Gala Dinner
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 Engen is an African-based petrochemical company that has a keen focus on the downstream market and related businesses. As an independent oil company, Engen is not restricted to one source of technology and can access the world’s high-tech laboratories for cutting-edge lubrication technologies. This local decision-making process places Engen in the unique position of being able to introduce new technology products and innovative solutions long before the international major competitors. We test and apply our own stringent quality controls throughout the manufacturing process to ensure that our products meet the harsh operating conditions in Africa.
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 The Railway Safety Regulator primarily is about overseeing and ensuring safety railway operations. In achieving this, the National Railway Safety Regulator Act outlines five thrusts amongst others is setting up of regulatory institution for overseeing safe rail operation and promote the use of rail as a mode of transportation through improved safety performance. |
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