Month: April 2017

Building the European data economy

FEM has replied to the European Commission’s public consultation on “Building the European data economy”. Most types of materials handling equipment have become smart and connected, and thus generate substantial quantities of industrial data. Data has now become an essential innovation driver that creates better machines, new services and new business models. Our companies have… Read more »

The joint industry NRMM Frequently Asked Questions Document is now published!

FEM, together with CECE, CEMA, EGMF, Eunited Municipal Equipment, EUROMOT and EUROPGEN published today, 13 April, a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document on the NRMM Regulation (EU) 2017/1628 and its supplementing legislation (also released on 13 April in the EU Official Journal). This document has been drafted with the aim of providing practical information and guidance… Read more »

The joint industry NRMM Frequently Asked Questions Document is now published!

The Machinery Directive is still fit for purpose

FEM has submitted its first position paper on the evaluation of the Machinery Directive to the European  Commission and the consultant in charge of the evaluation study. FEM generally assesses the Machinery Directive as a piece of legislation which continues to be fit for purpose, relevant and effective. More specifically, the paper emphasizes that the… Read more »

Check what happened at CeMAT TransAsia 2017

CeMAT TransAsia has just released a video report of the first edition of this exhibition that took place early March 2017 in Jakarta and which FEM attended. See For more information about FEM’s participation, see http://www.fem-eur.com/event/cemat-southeast-asia/