Industrial Trucks
Scope
- Self-propelled industrial trucks
- Pedestrian-propelled manual and semi-manual trucks
- Driverless industrial trucks
- Industrial wheels and castors
Objectives
The main purpose of the Product Group is to safeguard the interests of the industry, in particular economic policy issues, e.g. statistics and all technical matters in the field of industrial trucks, including their accessories and components.
The Industrial Trucks Product Group is responsible for all subjects concerning:
- Industrial Trucks (including variable reach and rough terrain lift trucks, self-propelled, semi-manual and manually operated)
- Industrial Tractors and Trailers
- All types of wheels and castors, excluding those with pneumatic tyres and rubber solid tyres for pneumatic tyre rims
- Accessories and components for the above
- Systems embodying the above products (including automatic and semi-automatic systems)
Structure
- Plenary Meeting
- Management Commitee
- Standing Committees (Technical, Statistics and Wheels & Castors)
- Working Groups
Companies actively involved in the Product Group
Work in progress
Committee "Technic"
The current work items of the various technical committee working groups include:
- aisle width
- periodic inspection
- temporary use of working platforms with industrial trucks
- floor requirements, tolerances for VNA application
- foot protection
- outdoor noise Directive (2000/14/EC)
- new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
Committee "Statistics"
FEM IT Statistics
- Order Intake (monthly)
- Deliveries (quarterly)
- Exchange of delivery (quarterly) data of FEM IT with JIVA (Japan) and KOCEMA (Korea)
- FEM IT report data to third parties (e.g. suppliers) (quarterly)
- Official diagram statistics (annually, open to the public)
World IT Statistics (WITS)
- Order Intake (monthly)
- Deliveries (quarterly)
The current work items:
- Quality improvement of data input – avoiding errors of magnitude in the data reporting
- FEM IT reporting modes per country and brand
- FEM IT Reporting mode following the EU rules
- Statistics for industries
International Activities
Talks between the FEM IT Management Committee, the ITA Executive Board and the Board of JIVA and CITA (since 2008) take place annually in the form of an “Alliance”, alternately in North America, Japan, China and Europe. Major topics are the exchange of market information and statistical issues, legislations and regulations, engineering and the environment.
Free Technical Documents
| Reference | Topic | Edition |
|---|---|---|
| FEM 4.006 | Exceptional use of work platforms with industrial trucks (EN) | 03/2010 |
| FEM 4.005 | 90° stacking aisle width (EN) | 07/2005 |
| FEM 4.005 | 90° stacking aisle width (DE) | 07/2005 |
| FEM 4.004 | Periodic Inspection of Industrial Trucks (EN) | 05/2009 |
| FEM 4.004 | Periodic Inspection of Industrial Trucks (DE) | 05/2009 |
| FEM 4.003 | Information of the application of the EC Regulation on the noise of forklifts (EN) | 08/2009 |
| FEM 4.101 | Hour meter readings – terms and definitions for industrial trucks | 03/2012 |
Annual Factsheet
| Year | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Annual Factsheet |
| 2010 | Annual Factsheet |
| 2009 | Annual Factsheet |
| 2008 | Annual Factsheet |
| 2007 | Annual Factsheet |
| 2006 | Annual Factsheet |
| 2005 | Annual Factsheet |
World Industrial Trucks Statistics (WITS)
| Year | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Information Sheet |
| 2011 | Information Sheet |
Market surveillance guidelines
The Product Group is issuing thematic guidelines to help distinguish between compliant and non-compliant industrial trucks by describing essential criteria that can be checked even without in-depth knowledge and technical information.
See FEM Market Surveillance Section
President
Klaus-Dieter Rosenbach, Jungheinrich/DE
Members
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden.
Secretariat
Heiko Boekhoff
PO Box 710864
DE - 60498 FRANKFURT/NIEDERRAD
| Tel | +49 69 6603 1505 |
| Fax | +49 69 6603 2505 |
| heiko[dot]boekhoff[at]vdma[dot]org |
