After two years of steady growth, the European materials handling production value increased more moderately by 1.5% at €62.4bn. Although exports dropped by 10%, domestic demand bounced by 15%. For the third year in a raw, the European materials handling production value increased in 2016. It grew by 1.5% at €62.4bn, of which repair and… Read more »
Cumulated production value of materials handling equipment in China, Japan, the E.U. and the U.S. was stable at €147bn in 2016. The drop experienced by cranes & lifting equipment was compensated by sustained growth if intralogistics systems and industrial trucks. Contrarily to the year before, the four regions experienced different developments. Whereas the production value… Read more »
FEM has released a new Guidance Document “FEM 5.024: Guideline – Safe Use of High Performance Fibre Ropes in Mobile Crane Applications“. The document is only available in English. It is available at the following link. You can see the whole list of FEM Technical Guidance Documents (for all FEM Product Categories, including mobile cranes… Read more »
FEM together with CECE (construction equipment), CEMA (agricultural machinery), EGMF (garden equipment), and EUnited Municipal Equipment, as part of the informal Inter-Task Force (ITF) Road Circulation, has published today a joint position paper which highlights the industry’s objectives and recommendations on harmonisation of requirements for mobile machinery occasionally travelling on public roads. Our industries welcome… Read more »
