ANNUAL REPORT optimising railways Head Office SMA und Partner AG Gubelstrasse 28 8050 Zurich, Switzerland Branch Office SMA et associés SA Avenue de la Gare 1 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland Subsidiaries SMA Rail Consulting + IT, Corp. 2677 North Main Street, Suite 825 Santa Ana, CA 92705, USA SMA (Deutschland) GmbH Stresemannallee 30 60596 Frankfurt, Germany SMA (France) SAS 45/47 Rue d’Hauteville 75010 Paris, France
[email protected] www.sma-partner.com To illustrate this year’s annual report, we have Editorial services looked for unusual perspectives that describe our SMA und Partner AG, Zurich office locations: five exciting cities, five striking science communications GmbH, Zurich images and five special figures. Visual concept Eggmann-Design, CH-Wernetshausen Printing Linkgroup, Zurich Photo credits Cover Urs Villiger Page 7 David Kündig | www.davidkuendig.com Page 11 Peter Stoick Page 19 Panthermedia Page 35 Ariane Coerper | www.photografikart.de Page 39 Panthermedia © SMA und Partner AG | May 2016 Contents 5 Introduction 8 Integrated mobility as the future of rail? 11 Going West: SMA in California 13 Viriato.FF – A Success Story 15 ZLR Running Time Calculator – Versatile use with Various Operating Systems 18 A selection of projects from 2015 36 Events and publications 40 Key figures 41 Publisher’s imprint Introduction Dear Readers, Against a backdrop of rapid economic, political and social change in the international arena, defining and implementing a clear business strategy has become a significant challenge. We have taken up this mandate and made strong progress last year in transitioning from an export focussed company to establishing an international presence with global field offices.