Welcome by the Director General of CECIMO
Dear all,
Welcome to the webpage of the CECIMO magazine. The machine tool industry is the keystone to ensure manufacturing in Europe. The machine tool sector contributes to the Lisbon Agenda aim to make the European Union the most competitive economy in the world. About this we want to communicate with you. This is what do you need to know! We want to inform and dialogue with you about the achievements and innovations of our sector, their challenges and the socio-economical and political issue they are confronted with.
We need manufacturing in Europe. A competitive European machine tool industry is a key element to achieve this objective. In order to remain competitive we need a business environment to market the most competitive manufacturing solutions worldwide. We need adequate legislation, skilled workforces, innovation, proper financing, good supply chain and infrastructure to name a few. Let us reflect with you in this Magazine how to reach this!
We want a exchange of views with you on how to boost our European machine tool industries competitiveness to face the challenges of globalisation, the fight against climate change / environmental protection, the importance of market surveillance/enforcement, the specific needs of SME’s and the lack of skilled labour force. We want to discuss and foster research and innovation.
May I also strongly encourage you to visit our website, a source of information on our technology and sector as well as on our opinions and position papers. The website also explains our structure, mission, objectives and activities.
We are a very promising sector. Therefore I would like to invite you to contribute to our work with ideas and knowledge. We will do all that we can to involve you in our work, and look forward to meeting with you to discuss ideas and proposals for topical and relevant policy work. So do not hesitate to post an article on our blog or to drop us an email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We will communicate about it in this Magazine.
Let’s get in touch!
Filip Geerts
