CECIMO Self-regulation Intiative on EuP Directive
1 January 2010

The Self Regulation Initiative (SRI) is CECIMO’s response to the European Commission’s plan on evaluating mandatory requirements for the metalworking industry. The machine tool industry prepares to commit itself, through a voluntary agreement with the Commission, to meet the energy reduction targets set by the eco-design directive.

“We have the Implementation Plan. We did a lot of work in a short period of time. There are concrete results, not least the creation of an ISO WG” stated Mr. Filip Geerts, CECIMO Director General, at the EuP Consultation Forum on 17 November 2009. At the meeting, the Commission welcomed the SRI on eco-design presented by CECIMO and decided to launch the sectoral evaluation study of the machine tool (MT) industry at the beginning of 2010.

Innovative, clear and transparent methodology

CECIMO EuP Steering Committee as well as CECIMO EuP Energy Efficiency Working Group composed of experts, researchers and design engineers were created to conduct the study on SRI. The CECIMO SRI is a unique initiative in terms of the number of manufacturers involved (1600 manufacturers associated with CECIMO).

Modular approach

The methodology of the concept is based on a modular view of a machine tool. This approach allows manufacturers to indicate the potential for energy improvement of a large variety of products without unnecessary comparison with any other competitive product. This ensures the confidentiality of information. This method gives each manufacturer the opportunity to declare their energy saving achievements by a product declaration.

Why SRI?

The most important benefit is that the complexity as well as the variety of products is taken into account. The individual evaluation of machines allows the manufacturers to protect themselves from unfair competition. The CECIMO Open Task Force will update the concept inline with the technological developments and help integrate the latest technologies in the list of improvement potentials.

Strong industrial commitment

The industry has been very active in R&D focusing on green technologies and eco-design (FP6 NEXT project, FP6 PROLIMA project etc.). The principles of eco-design are broadly implemented by the machine tool builders and the industry fully supports the Commission initiative as a milestone in reducing the energy use. CECIMO’s 60 years of experience in providing data and statistics on the MT industry puts it in an excellent position to lead the initiative. The MT industry is confident about its ability to implement the Self-regulation and achieve the energy reduction targets.

For more infornation contact:
CECIMO Technical Department
Ms. Magdalena Garczynska
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This article was published for the first time in CECIMO Magazine - Winter 2010.