14-12-2023

The partnership includes an agreement to support distinctive and advanced Made-in-Italy solutions worldwide and in strategic sectors for the country system.

 A partnership to promote digital solutions in the transportation and logistics sector, both internationally and domestically.

This is the objective of the Letter of Intent signed by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, also through its subsidiary FS Technology, and Almaviva, an Italian digital innovation group.

The agreement was signed by Roberto Tundo (Chief Technology, Innovation & Digital Officer of the Italian FS Group), Marco Iacomussi (CEO of FS Technology), and Marco Tripi (CEO of Almaviva) in the presence of Luigi Ferraris (CEO of the Italian FS Group) and Alberto Tripi (President of Almaviva).

The Letter of Intent foresees the establishment of a consortium between FS Italiane, FS Tech, and Almaviva, with the objective of offering digital solutions, including Traffic Planning & Management, Transport Planning & Management, Digital Twin & State Health Monitoring Infrastructure, Multimodal Integrated Mobility (including Mobility As a Service - MaaS),Ticketing, and Infomobility in international markets where major investments in transportation infrastructure are expected to be made. Furthermore, regarding the national market, the consortium will be able to propose projects that support strategic sectors for the country’s system, aimed at the development and management of nationally relevant digital platforms that serve sustainable mobility, tourism, monitoring of transport infrastructure, and intermodal logistics.

“The Letter of Intent signed by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane with Almaviva represents an opportunity,” explains Roberto Tundo, Chief Technology, Innovation, & Digital Officer of the FS Italiane Group, “as it will allow us to offer technological services both abroad and in Italy that will contribute to improving the transportation system, in alignment with the ongoing digital transformation process outlined in our 10-year industrial plan, while also encouraging the insourcing of core skills and technologies.”

“The partnership with FS marks the beginning of a fresh collaborative challenge with a major player that we’ve been working alongside of for decades, reaffirming their trust in us,” comments Marco Tripi, CEO of Almaviva. “This confirms the distinctive and international competitiveness of the MOOVA platform, a technologically advanced Made-in-Italy solution that represents a new generation of systems designed to meet the growing needs of sustainable mobility and flexibility of services, in complex ecosystems, with the requirements of operational efficiency and interoperability among multiple stakeholders.”

The partnership between the FS Group, a key player in national and international multimodal mobility, and Almaviva, a leading Italian provider in the Information & Communications Technology sector, will allow FS to strengthen its role as a global ambassador of Italian excellence in transportation. It will, furthermore, accelerate the development of digital platforms that promote more efficient, effective, and sustainable modes of transportation for people and goods, to the benefit of the community.

Through the agreement, which leverages the well-established commercial and industrial partnership with the FS Group, Almaviva aims to accelerate its international expansion by exporting advanced and distinctive Italian technology, specifically the MOOVA platform for integrated mobility, to promote sustainable modes of transportation, tourism, infrastructure monitoring (railways and roads), intermodal logistics, and services that are more functional for travelers.