Fast Track for Business Development

London  Wednesday, 13th April 2011 at 3 p.m. BST Frost & Sullivan will hold a complimentary web conference, entitled Fast Track for the Development of the Global High Speed Rail Market, with Vice President Growth Consulting, Franck Leveque, and Industry Analyst, Donald Ivan, will provide valuable inputs on the trends driving this shift, the developments across regions and an analysis on the market opportunities for infrastructure and rolling stock across the global high speed rail sector. Highlights of the web conference include an analysis of rail megatrends, future demand for track side infrastructure, a region-wise forecast of rolling stock demand and the global competitive landscape.  While the European industry players will enjoy a preferential treatment to cater to this immense internal demand, they are likely to face intense competition from their newly established Asian counterparts, bidding for international projects outside Europe. Emerging Asian rolling stock manufacturers like Rotem Hyundai and China Railways High Speed (CRH) are to play a significant role in projects across Middle East/Africa and the USA and are expected to grab over ten per cent of the global HSR rolling stock market share by 2020. Blown by the alarming pressure of these new entrants, European OEMs so far dominating the market are looking at ways to form strategic partnerships and to connect closely with domestic players in order to retain their dominance and to successfully participate in projects across emerging economies of Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. The web conference will benefit global rolling stock manufacturers, rail infrastructure developers, rail network managers and operators, rail component suppliers, investment bankers and government entities as well as all companies involved in the mobility industry.Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company’s Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO’s Growth Team with disciplined research and best-practice models to drive the generation, evaluation, and implementation of powerful growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan leverages over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from 40 offices on six continents. To join our Growth Partnership, please visit http://www.frost.com.