Promoting and strengthening the presence of our members in third markets is our reason of being. Our objective is to contribute to the identification of new commercial opportunities by reinforcing the positioning of the sector.
To achieve this goal, we use strategic actions such as the organisation of:
We provide sectoral information and support the identification and analysis of the markets of greatest interest.
The objective is to support members companies in the search for opportunities, as well as in the decision making relating to priority geographic markets.
To achieve this, we develop different activities and services related to market intelligence:
The fairness of trade relations between countries is one of the concerns of any industry.
That is why at Mafex we closely observe the access of our companies to public procurement markets (and vice versa), tariff and non-tariff barriers, national instruments to support internationalisation, foreign subsidies and any protectionist measure that limits the competitiveness of the sector at European and global level.
We work on the identification of calls at national and European level. We boost and manage consortia for the presentation of projects promoting the participation of partner companies in R&D projects in a collaborative way.
We support the communication and dissemination activities of the projects and the exploitation of the results.
These meetings address the following contents and themes:
At the moment we have:
One of the main challenges facing the railway industry is the development and management of talent, of new specialised profiles, more cross-cutting roles and training that meets the needs of the sector.
To respond to this challenge, we develop different activities in terms of training and employment to help all associated members in their needs for employability, attraction, and retention of talent:
Mafex represents and defends, since 2004, the interests of the Spanish railway industry. This can only be achieved in close collaboration, both nationally and internationally, with the main agents, operators and authorities in the sector.
From an online and offline strategy, we reference the products and services of our members and promote the image of the Spanish rail industry as a successful brand. Able to offer a “turnkey” service that covers from the first steps of planning and financing to the final commissioning. And this is precisely where the value of Spanish companies lies, their high level of knowledge and experience, capable of designing, building and maintaining metro, tram or high-speed rail lines anywhere in the world, with national technology, but adapting to the needs and particularities of each country.
Among the tools we use to carry out this positioning:
