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European Federation of Materials Handling - FEM
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La Fédération Européenne de la Manutention (FEM - European Federation of Materials Handling) is a European not-for-profit association representing manufacturers of materials handling, lifting and storage equipment. Founded in 1953, FEM counts 13 national member committees from the European Union, Switzerland and Turkey, as well as 2 associate members and one individual member, voicing the interests of some 1,000 companies employing about 160,000 people. The European materials handling industry Materials handling, lifting and storage equipment ensures the flow of goods in manufacturing processes. This equipment is found in every factory, warehouse or logistic centre: wherever goods are moved, stored, sorted, packed and otherwise handled. Such variety of equipment is reflected in the 7 product groups that compose FEM: * Conveyors for bulk handling: conveyors moving bulk materials along a predetermined path by means of machine * Cranes and lifting equipment: lifting and hoisting equipment, tower and harbour cranes, mobile cranes * Elevating equipment: lift tables, dock levellers and tail lifts for vehicles * Industrial trucks: self-propelled industrial trucks, pedestrian-propelled manual and semi-manual trucks, driverless industrial trucks, industrial wheels and castors * Intralogistic systems: automation, control and information technologies, and integration of several types of materials handling equipment into one system * Mobile elevating work platforms: scissor lifts, self propelled booms lifts, vehicle mounted platforms, trailer push-around, vertical personnel platforms, insulated aerial devices... * Racking & shelving: adjustable pallet racking, drive-in racking, gravity live storage racking, plastic storage containers... Materials handling equipment is becoming more and more automated and integrated into complete systems: in addition to mechatronic products, special attention is given to system controls, information processing and telecommunications. Activities FEM represents the technical, economic and political interests of the industry, and communicates with the European institutions on its concerns and needs. FEM aims at developing a network to allow efficient exchange of information between its members and its product groups, and elaborate and defend common positions on matters affecting its industrial base. FEM encourages technical progress and safety at work through the establishment of technical recommendations, guidelines and business codes. In this framework, FEM closely collaborates with CEN, the European Committee for Standardization. The FEM Product Groups are the working bodies of FEM. They cover the wide range of products manufactured by the sector. Product groups draft and publish technical documents, follow marketing trends and serve as industry meeting points. FEM President, Mr. Philippe Frantz, was elected in September 2008. See Also
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