Midlands Track Microsite

Upcoming Events

Herein you will find the upcoming engagement for HMTC Africa, these include but are not limited to webinars, conferences, exhibitions, and mission both inward and outward.

This is an exclusive opportunity for you to gain insights into a range of major rail infrastructure projects, as well as rolling stock, due to be delivered across His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner (HMTC) regions, led by Africa and supported by Latin America and the Caribbean (LATAC) and Turkiye.

It is a chance to promote your expertise and capabilities in the field, have initial conversations with the rail projects owners, financiers, their appointed contractors, and operators about their procurement requirements, and learn how to join their vendor lists and establish new business relationships. Below are upcoming engagements led or supported by the Department for Business and Trade, these are subject to change.

The below information is not final and is subject to change.

Midlands Track Series Events

Midlands Track 2025: Virtual Meet the Buyers from Türkiye and South Africa, plus market introduction from DBT Argentina.
Date: 26 February 2025
Time: 14:00-15:30 UK time

Join DBT, The Rail Forum and buyers from Türkiye and South Africa to gain an introduction to their business, past and current projects, their procurement requirements, and to learn how to join their vendor lists and establish new business relationships.
The sessions will highlight opportunities in the following sub-sectors:
• Rolling stock and locomotives
• Electrification
• Signalling
• Telecommunication
• Track equipment
• Commuter stations
• Depot freight, cargo, and bulk materials handling

To find out more and register please click below.

Register Here

Midlands Track: Coffee & Conversation

We will be announcing further Coffee and Conversation sessions with DBTs Rail Sector Specialists across Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean for 2025 in due course.

Outward Missions

TBC

Past Webinars:

Private and Public Sector Rail Export Opportunities in the Baltics, Peru and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Date: 9^th September 2024
Watch the Recording here

For further information on Traxtion Africa: https://traxtion.africa/ .

29 January 2025 2pm – 3pm
Meet our colleagues from the Balkans, Türkiye, Sub-Saharan Africa and LATAC

DBT specialists joining this coffee and conversation session will include:

Diana Nimac, Country Director Croatia, British Embassy Zagreb
Yigit Gumusok, Senior Trade Adviser, British Consulate-General Istanbul.
Daniela Sampaio, Infrastructure Trade Adviser, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Past Events:

Southern African Railway Association Conference and Exhibition
20 - 23 August 2024
Sandton Convention Centre, South Africa.

Details here.
For more information contact: Mr. Shaan Padayachy; +27 (0)83 853 3528; email shaan.padayachy@fcdo.gov.uk

Led by Rail Forum, Main contact: Mrs. Cat Appleby, +44 (0)779 22 55 040, email: events@railforum.uk visit: www.railforum.uk

Event Programme
Floorplan and Inward Mission Programme available upon request

Rail Outward Mission to Morocco
22-24 October 2024

In partnership, UK railway suppliers are invited to join a Railway Industry Association (RIA) and the UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT) trade mission to Morocco. Participants will meet key players and find out more about opportunities in this strong railway market.

Find the details or register here.

For further information, please contact Neil Walker, Exports Director at the Railway Industry Association.
E: neil.walker@riagb.org.uk
T: 020 7201 0777

World Cup 2030
October 2024
Rabat, Morocco

This opportunity is targeted at companies based within the Midlands who are export ready with a High Export Potential (HEP). HEP businesses are defined as:

Having experience or interest in either emerging markets, or interest in Africa
Having a clearly defined export plan linked to the targeted market and/or as part of the support process from DBT (Midlands); (Optional)
Having a product or service suitable for export
Having a turnover of £500,000 or more per annum.

For more information contact: Mrs. Radwa Sultan; +2 0100 109 1319/ 0100 269 9965, email: radwa.sultan@fcdo.gov.uk
Find the programme here:
Led by Rail Industry Association, Main contact: Mr. Neil Walker.

Contact DBT Midlands

If you have any queries relating to international trade why not contact us. With staff in offices across the globe, we can help you find the answers.

email: dbtmidlands@businessandtrade.gov.uk

call: 0300 303 8955

visit: great.gov.uk