CECIMO launches Ecodesign webpage

In the new Ecodesign section on the CECIMO website, we will provide all the necessary information about the Ecodesign Directive and its possible impact on the machine tool industry. Moreover, we will inform and update all the interested stakeholders about the CECIMO Self-Regulatory Initiative in order to keep this process as open, transperant and accessible as possible.

The scope of the Ecodesign Directive(2005/32/EC) establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirementsfor energy-using products has been extended to energy-related products including machine tools. The recast version of the directive adopted by the Council in September 2009 entered into force on 10 November 2009.

Click on the Ecodesign / EuP Section icon on the main menu of our website to visit the CECIMO Ecodesign webpages.

CECIMO MAGAZINE NOW ONLINE!

CECIMO magazine - Winter 2010

CECIMO magazine is your primary source of information on the most recent developments in the European machine tool industry. It will help you update your knowledge on the innovations and achievements of the machine tools industry, the EU legislative and political initiatives affecting the sector as well as on the latest news and events.

CECIMO magazine is a biannual journal on the machine tools sector with a special focus on the European level. It is published by CECIMO – European Association of the Machine Tool Industries twice a year, in summer and winter.

Click here to reach the homepage of our magazine and download the latest issue.

The Fall General Assembly hosted by MTA in London: 6-7 November 2009

Preparing for an expected upturn…

This Fall’s General Assembly took place in London on 6th and 7th November 2009. Attendees had the chance to get involved in the workings and strategy of your European association CECIMO. Topics which were discussed included future business and technology trends, the use of OEE metrics to measure operational excellence and “green” as the new paradigm, and revolutionized intelligent manufacturing systems.

Michael Hauser was elected new President of CECIMO after Mr Javier Eguren who has filled two years in this position.

Click here to donwload the press release on Mr Hauser's election to Presidency.

THE 2009 EVENT: EMO in MILAN

Positive results for EMO Milano

The ‘machine tool world exhibition’, promoted by CECIMO, European Association of the Machine Tool Industries, was held on 5-10 October 2009 at the state-of-the-art exhibition centre fieramilano, in Milan. The organiser of the show EFIM, the subsidiary of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, reported that 1,400 companies and representing 39 countries were present at the show over a net stand area of 100,000 square metres.

The figures delivered by UCIMU tell us that in total 124,660 visitors from 99 countries from five continents were registered during the six days of the exhibition. The impressive rate of foreign attendance, representing 41% of the total, has underlined the well-deserved reputation of the event as the international machine tool show. Alongside the consolidated attendance by operators from the old continent, non-European visitors scored a notable attendance rate of 40.1% of the total number of the international visitors. Furthermore, 377 journalists from all around the globe were present at the show and the official website of EMO Milano 2009 recorded a million hits since it was put online.

CECIMO organised two major events during the exhibition:

The EU Day

The event hosted a round table discussion between some EU officials and a selection of European machine tool builders around the topic of 'Innovation for a competitive and sustainable European manufacturing industry'. It was followed by a guided visit to the booths of machine tool companies identified by CECIMO member associations. The presentations from the round table discussion can be downloaded here.

The NEXT Generation Production Systems Conference

The NEXT conference attracted more than 130 people. Experts from the project consortium made presentations on the final results of the EU-funded project. After the conference, the attendees participated in a guided tour to visit the NEXT booth at the exhibition hall. The presentation of the conference are available on the project website. Click here.

The next edition of EMO will take place in Hannover on 19^th -24^th September 2011.

Click here for more information.

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