Dr Anne-Marie Grossmann
Managing Director, Windhoff Bahn- und Anlagentechnik GmbH Together We Start the Mobility Revolution “I’m itching to get going. We just heard we need a mobility revolution. But our society is still talking far too much about individual mobility and is supporting buyer’s premiums for the automobile industry. We need this revolution now. That requires people to start thinking differently. People in industry and in government. Dear government, dear viewers – please help. We are in this crisis now. The drop in turnover in rail freight in Q2 of 2020 is almost 20%. Passenger figures in April collapsed by 90%. We – a member organisation of VDB – are expecting a significant drop
in exports in 2020/21. At the same time we want to achieve the climate transition and we’re aware of the goals of the Paris Agreement. If we stay on our current path, we’ll miss them by a very great deal. Our industry knows the answer to both problems. From an ecological perspective, rail is unbeatable while having competitive costs and acceptable delivery periods. It is the alternative for people and goods. We – German SMEs – are both willing and able to make a contribution to overcoming the crisis, if you will let us. We deliver innovations that contribute substantially to
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protecting our climate. In the global railway technology sector, many German SMEs are, hidden champions – market leaders. Windhoff is an example. Since 1889 we have been solving our customers’ challenges in vehicle and shunting technology. You only achieve such a position with the best-trained employees who incorporate their knowledge in innovative solutions, which we implement flexibly and without bureaucracy. Windhoff’s multipurpose vehicles help build and maintain our railways. The innovative multi-purpose
