Press articles about the European Federation of Materials Handling http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/ Sat, 18 May 2013 21:12:49 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=191/ FEM and its machinery sectors partners CECE, CECIMO, CEMA and EUROMAP have adopted a joint position on the proposal for a Regulation on Market Surveillance. The position generally welcomes the Commission's proposal but also makes proposals for improvement... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=190/ The second 2013 issue of the FEM newsletter has just been distributed to members. In the Table of Content, you can see the issues discussed within FEM. For further questions on these issues, please contact FEM Secretariat.... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=189/ FEM has provided a detailed response to the European Commission's online consultation on "Reforming the internal market for industrial products". FEM brought up issues such as the importance of market surveillance, the problem posed by technical... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=188/ FEM has provided a detailed contribution to a European Commission consultation on the revision of Directive 97/68/EC on emissions from non-road mobile machinery engines. FEM generally welcomes the evolution of the Directive and supports the alignment with... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=187/ FEM Product Group Cranes & Lifting Equipment - Subgroup Mobile Cranes has published 3 new documents available on the Product Group's webpage: N0485 - Mobile cranes: CE marking & engine emissions N0513 - Indication of stability limits i... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=185/ The next FEM biennial Congress will take place on 18-19 September 2014 in York (UK). The event will be hosted by FEM British member association, BMHF. Contrarily to previous editions, the Congress will start on Thursday with Product Groups, meetings. The ... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=184/ The FEM German National Committee held its annual press conference on 12th March and reported a 7% turnover in growth in 2012. For 2013, the sector “cautiously” forecasts 3% growth. It was also officially announced that the VDMA Materials Hand... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=183/ FEM Product Group Cranes & Lifting Equipment has published the 2nd edition of its Technical Recommendation FEM 5.016 "Guidelines - Safety issues in wind turbine installation & transportation" (English). The updated document is available ... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=182/ The first 2013 issue of the FEM newsletter has just been distributed to members. In the Table of Content, you can see the issues discussed within FEM. For further questions on these issues, please contact FEM Secretariat.... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=181/ The research project “Environmental Impacts of Material Handling Equipment in Intralogistic Systems” undertaken by the leading German Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is now completed and available in German on the Intralogistic Systems Produ... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=180/ The European machinery industry, represented by CECE, CECIMO, CEMA, FEM and EUROMAP, warmly welcomes the proposal from the Commission, as it reflects many of the suggestions that our industry has made during the past months. Whilst we fully support the po... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=179/ FEM Product Group Cranes & Lifting Equipment, subgroup Mobile Cranes, has released a guide for the identification of non-compliant mobile cranes. The guide follows the standard structure of non-compliance guides already drawn up for industrial trucks ... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=178/ European materials handling production value rebounded by 16% in at € 63bn, sustained by still dynamic exports but also a domestic demand which increased for the first time in 3 years. For more information, please see FEM Statistics 2005-2011 an... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=177/ The sixth 2012 issue of the FEM newsletter has just been distributed to members. In the Table of Content, you can see the issues discussed within FEM. For further questions on these issues, please contact FEM Secretariat.... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=175/ FEM Product Group Cranes & Lifting Equipment has just released a techincal recommendation: Guidelines - Safety issues in wind turbines installation & transportation (FEM 5.016). The document is available in English on the Product Group's page... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=174/ The third 2012 issue of the FEM newsletter has just been distributed to members. In the Table of Content, you can see the issues discussed within FEM. For further questions on these issues, please contact FEM Secretariat. ... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=173/ FEM Product Group Industrial Trucks published its factsheet 2011. In 2011 the European market for industrial trucks experienced another strong upturn with further recovery in demand. Mainly driven by replacement purchases all types of industrial tr... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=171/ FEM Product Groups Intralogistic Systems and Racking & Shelving have adopted a joint technical recommendation, FEM 9.831-1 / 10.3.01-1: Basis of calculations for storage & retrieval machines - Tolerances, deformations and clearances in the storage... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=172/ FEM welcomes the inclusion of market surveillance of machinery in the list of priorities outlined in the European Commission's Communication on Industrial Policy flagship initiative - "A Stronger European Industry for Growth and Economic Recovery&quo... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=169/ Some 200 participants from the European and international materials handling industry attended the 34th FEM Congress on 13-15 September in Stresa (Italy). On 15th September, FEM General Assembly unanimously elected Jan van der Velden as President for th... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=168/ The FEM Product Group Intralogistic Systems has published its annual factsheet. Since the second half of 2011, the situation of incoming orders has decreased although the level in 2006 has not yet been reached. First figures for 2012 show a slight increa... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=167/ The 2012 World Industrial Truck Statistics (WITS) information sheet has been published, giving an overview of figures for 2011. The report shows world market growth of over 27%, so 2011 was a very good year for the industrial trucks sector. The main growt... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=166/ The third 2012 issue of the FEM newsletter has just been distributed to members. In the Table of Content, you can see the issues discussed within FEM. For further questions on these issues, please contact FEM Secretariat.... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=165/ In preparation for the upcoming European Commission's Market Surveillance Package, FEM has joined forces with CECE, CECIMO and CEMA and issued recommendations to streamline market surveillance in the EU and to restore credibility in the Internal Market. T... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=164/ Continuing the translation process of the FEM market surveillance guides to assess compliance of equipment with a variety of EU regulatory requirements, the guides are now available in German. For more information see our Market Surveillance page.... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=163/ As part of the translation process of the FEM market surveillance guides to assess compliance of equipment with a variety of EU regulatory requirements, the guides are now available in Italian.  For more info see our Market Surveillance page.... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=161/ On 16 May 2011, the FEM Product Group Cranes and Lifting Equipment Sub Group Mobile Cranes issued a position paper on the use of mobile cranes for the lifting of persons (FEM N0284). The group has now issued a guidance document which gives an explanation ... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=160/ The second 2012 issue of the FEM newsletter has just been distributed to members. In the Table of Content, you can see the issues discussed within FEM. For further questions on these issues, please contact FEM Secretariat.... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=159/ FEM has embarked on a translation process of its market surveillance guides to assess compliance of its equipment with a variety of EU regulatory requirements. The guides are now available in Spanish. Translation into other languages is ongoing. For more ... http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/news/en/nid=162/ Leading European manufacturers of light cranes in FEM Product Group Cranes and Lifting Equipment have drawn up a new technical recommendation - FEM 9.771 Light Cranes Systems. This FEM document gives added value to the European standards referring to cran...