In his speech Aleksey Belinskiy stressed the importance of development of modern technologies in the field of traction rolling stock repair and maintenance. The use of innovative solutions contributes to the development of production and the enhancement of operational efficiency.

Aleksey Belinsky noted: “In our work we take into account the best world practices. The Smart Locomotive system is innovative for Russia. During its development the foreign experience of such industrial giants as, for example, GE, was used. The implementation of the system will significantly reduce the costs of servicing the locomotive complex of Russian Railways, our specialists will be able to monitor and predict the technical condition of the locomotive throughout its lifecycle."

Locomotive Technologies is the largest provider of locomotive fleet maintenance services in 1520 gauge territory. The company annually serves more than 15 thousands locomotives. The Smart Locomotive system (developed in cooperation with Clover Group Company) will help to identify malfunctions and monitor the technical condition of locomotives in virtually online mode. As a result, the quality and speed of repair will significantly increase. In its turn it will allow to increase the technical availability ratio (the main production indicator) of the locomotive fleet of the Russian Railways.

The international congress-exhibition Intellectual Production and Industrial Internet of Things is held with the participation and support of the Skolkovo Foundation. The aim of the congress is to unite the leaders of the largest industrial enterprises of the Russian Federation and the world's leading experts in the area of innovative, intellectual, digital and Internet technologies for the prompt transition of the Russian industry to the next level of industrial development and introduction of new models of efficient production.

The main sections of the programme: intelligent systems for managing production processes, the use of cloud technologies, production robotization, solutions in the area of the Internet of things and others.