Press articles about the European Federation of Materials Handling http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:47:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=153/ FEM Product Group Industrial trucks, together with representative bodies in Brazil, China, Japan, Korea and the US, is part of a statistical reporting programme tracking order and shipments of industrial trucks across the globe. Six trade groups report mo... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=154/ Whereas a revision of Directive 97/68 on exhaust emissions of non-road mobile machinery is under preparation, France has submitted a proposal for revising sell-off and flexibility schemes. FEM, together with other machinery industries (CECE, CEMA, EGMF an... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=152/ FEM and other machinery sectors have launched an Industry's Support Platform at the occasion of a conference on market surveillance for machinery organised by the European Commission on 24th November. In front of some 250 participants, the industry showed... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=151/ FEM Product Group Mobile Elevating Work Platforms has issued guidelines to assess compliance of MEWPs with requirements covering engine exhaust emissions, diesel engine compliance, noise emissions and warning & marking. Please visit http://fem-eur.com... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=150/ The 2011 Presidents' Forum took place in Palm Beach (Florida, US) hosted by the Industrial Trucks Association (ITA). Presidents of the FEM Product Group Industrial Trucks, the Chinese Industrial Trucks Association and the Japanese Industrial Vehicles Asso... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=149/ The Market Surveillance Industry Support Platform went live on Monday, 17th October. This joint initiative from several machinery industry sectors, in which FEM played a crucial role, aims at providing a resource database of technical documentation on c... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=148/ Upon joint effort from the machinery industry, in which FEM played a key role, the European Commission is organising a conference on market surveillance in machinery due to take place on 24th November 2011 in Brussels. The European materials industry w... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=147/ The Product Group has published a new position paper on Overload Testing of Mobile Cranes. This FEM paper summarises the position taken by manufacturers of mobile cranes, including background information. Each mobile crane is load-tested by the manufactu... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=146/ FEM Product Group Industrial Trucks has published its latest factsheet. In 2010 order intakes grew for all types of industrial trucks though forklift trucks showed a stronger growth than warehouse trucks, compensating for the bigger declines experienced... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=145/ FEM Product Group Intralogistic Systems has published its 2011 factsheet. The document provides indexed statistics on order intakes of storage and retrieval machines (2005-2010) and on projects (2006-20109). Incoming orders have continued their growth s... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=144/ VDMA Materials Handling and Logistics Systems association carried out an inspection on industrial trucks displayed at CeMAT 2011. The inspection revealed that over 50 exhibits did not meet European regulatory requirements related to machine safety, exhaus... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=143/ FEM Product Group Cranes & Lifting Equipment has adopted a position paper setting out requirements for lifting persons with mobile cranes. Beyond general aspects, the paper lists requirements related to the equipment, tests to be carried out before us... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=142/ FEM issued a position paper together with CECE (Construction equipment) and CEMA (Agricultural machinery) on air quality policy. It is addressed to the Commission in the context of the discussions on a stage V under Directive 97/68/EC on Emissions from No... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=141/ During CeMAT 2011, FEM organised two major events - a Legislative Workshop and a CEO Breakfast. The presentations made during these events are available for free download - please click here. ... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=140/ For the first time, FEM has compiled statistical data on the production value and external trade of materials handling, lifting and storage equipment, all product groups aggregated. The figures, which cover the period 2005-2009, are based on Eurostat data... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=139/ FEM Product Group Industrial Trucks has published a guideline on marking. It deals with the non-compliance of industrial trucks with regard to marking of machinery, documents and instructions according to directives 2006/42/EC, 2000/14/EC and 2004/108/EC.... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=138/ FEM Product Group Industrial Trucks has updated its market surveillance guidelines on outdoor noise. Check FEM market surveillance section... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=137/ FEM Product group Industrial Trucks has published guidelines on compliance control for noise, as part of a series of thematic guidelines to help identify non-compliant industrial trucks. After exhaust emissions, noise is the second theme addressed. G... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=136/ The first issue of the FEM newsletter is now available.... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=134/ FEM has launched a section dedicated to market surveillance on its website. The purpose is to present various industry-led initiatives at FEM, Product Group or National Committee level aimed at fostering market surveillance in a proactive spirit. The... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=133/ FEM and Deutsche Messe have signed a cooperation agreement entailing FEM membership in CeMAT Network and making FEM a supporter of all CeMAT events. The agreement reflects the mutual wish to strengthen ties between the two organisations, thereby consolida... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=132/ FEM Product Group Intralogistic Systems has published its first factsheet, covering the past few years. The document provides indexed statistics on order intakes of storage and retrieval machines (2005-2009) and on projects (2006-2009). Within one ye... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=131/ On 2 October 2010, FEM members gathered at the 33rd FEM Congress in Istanbul and unanimously elected John Meale as President for the period 2010-2012. Jan van der Velden, President of FEM Product Group Intralogistic Systems, was elected Vice-President of ... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=130/ FEM Product Group has adopted a position paper addressing the problem of placing "used" mobile cranes on the EU market for the first time.... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=129/ Following a black year 2009, which saw an average 30% drop in order intakes in the European materials handling industry with some countries experiencing a much greater loss, the recovery that started at the end of 2009 is consolidating. Alhtough some unce... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=127/ On 23rd June, Mr. Alan McIntyre, Member of FEM Board and President of the Product Group Mobile Elevating Work Platforms, gave an address on the issue of Market Surveillance at the Roundtable "Internal Market & manufacturing" organised by the... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=126/ FEM Product Group Industrial Trucks has released its annual factsheet for 2009. The industrial trucks sector was badly hit by the crisis with drops of 40% in Western Europe and 70% in Eastern Europe. So far, 2010 however shows signs of recovery. PG IT fa... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=125/ FEM officially adopts a Policy Paper 2009-2014 setting out the current and midterm challenges facing the European materials handling industry and proposing a number of responses to address them. See FEM Policy Paper 2009-2014... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=123/ FEM has sent its official reply to the European Commission's consultation on standardisation. FEM reply is available here... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=122/ Dott. Ambrogio Bollini was unanimously elected President of the FEM Product Group Industrial Trucks. For more information, see the Product Group News page....