FEM - European Materials Handling Federation

𝐅𝐄𝐌'𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 S𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 🌍 Over the past five years, our industry has faced unprecedented global challenges, compounded by a wave of EU regulations. This has placed a heavy burden on R&D, stifling innovation and putting us at a competitive disadvantage. Despite these hurdles, there's hope on the horizon. Automation, AI, and sustainability offer immense opportunities for innovation and competitiveness. To seize these opportunities, we need to: 1️⃣ Stop the regulatory tsunami and focus on guidance and support. 2️⃣ Rebuild trust between industry and policymakers. 3️⃣ Enforce compliance through effective market surveillance. 4️⃣ Support industrial competitiveness by avoiding legislation that hinders innovation. 5️⃣ Provide financial support in strategic areas to foster private investments. With the right framework, our industry can contribute to Europe's green and digital transition through creating sustainable logistic systems, innovative logistic process automation, and generating jobs and growth. It's time for European political leaders to remove unnecessary regulatory obstacles and allow our industry to thrive, innovate, and secure long-term competitiveness. #Innovation #Sustainability #AI #Automation #EURegulations #IndustryGrowth Read the Strategic Vision here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ebu-h8h4

💬 Check out this interview with FEM's President, Frank van Dijck, to find out more about his role and what he sees as the main challenges and opportunities 👇

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👏 Andreas Kuehn from KION Group (right) hands over the baton to Mikael Johansson (left) from Toyota Material Handling Europe as Chair of the FEM Task Force Machinery. 🙏 A huge thank you to Andreas for his years of successfuk lead on a major topic for the European materials handling industry. Luckily, FEM will continue benefiting from his expertise 😊

🔦 You want to know why FEM's new President Frank van Dijck loves the materials handling industry? Check his "Getting to know interview" by FORKLIFTACTION https://lnkd.in/eG9F8Rg4

Difficult to capture 3 days in 1 minute... Hats off to İSDER TURKEY for that great video! 🤩 And thanks again for hosting us 🙏

📢 Frank van Dijck is the new President of FEM   Frank van Dijck was elected as FEM President on 27 September 2024, on the occasion of the FEM Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, organised by İSDER TURKEY. CTO and Member of the Board at Vanderlande, Frank joined FEM in 2020. In 2022, he took the lead of the Intralogistics Systems Product Group and joined the Board of FEM.   Reacting to his election, he said: “As we navigate challenging times, whether economically, environmentally or geopolitically, a strong and stable representative organisation is a must to ensure that our collective interests are preserved. As President of FEM, I will do my utmost to empower the European materials handling industry thanks to a supportive European policy framework with achievable regulations that serve their purpose.”   Meanwhile, Ernesto Dominguez Porta, President of Toyota Material Handling Europe and Chairman of the Industrial Trucks Product Group was elected Vice-President of FEM.   Two new members also joined the Board. Vincent BERIER, Regulation and Compliance Department Manager at Haulotte Group, replaced Luisa Parisotto as Product Group Mobile Elevating Work Platforms President. Luisa stepped down after a remarkable tenure during which she notably managed to formally establish MEWPs as a full-fledged FEM Product Group. Finally, Jocelyn Gourlet, Senior Vice President KION Group Industrial Trucks & Services France, joined as representative of the French National Committee EVOLIS - Organisation professionnelle . Jocelyn will also lead the recently created group on Autonomous Intralogistic Vehicles.   At the dawn of a new 5-year EU cycle, hopefully with the competitiveness of the European industry in focus, FEM is well equipped with a strong leadership to stir the European materials handling industry towards a positive future.

📢 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗕𝗔𝗠 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱   As major downstream users of steel and aluminium, European materials handling equipment manufacturers are heavily impacted by CBAM.   9 months after the beginning of the transition period, companies are faced with numerous challenges to fulfill their reporting obligations. We take stock of these and put forward concrete recommendations to facilitate compliance:   👉 Allow unrestricted use of default values to overcome unsolvable challenges to get emissions data from suppliers 👉 Encourage customs authorities to release data to importers 👉 Provide guidance on how to carry out the reporting 👉 Extend the grace period from one to two months 👉 Extend the reporting cycles from quarterly to biannual 👉 Simplify reporting templates   In addition, we call on the European Commission to assess the exact impact of CBAM on competitiveness of European downstream users and propose offsetting measures accordingly. 🔗 read our detailed recommendations here: https://lnkd.in/efsTUimM #CBAM #steel

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