Swissmem
Swissmem is the association of the Swiss machine, electrical and metal industry (MEM industry) and related technology-oriented industries and comprises around 1,050 member companies. The MEM industry generates 7.4 percent (2016) of the gross domestic product and thus plays a key role in the Swiss economy. With around 320,000 employees, including 20,000 apprentices, it is Switzerland's largest industrial employer. With exports worth 63.2 billion Swiss francs, the industry accounts for almost a third of all goods exports.
history
The association emerged from the two associations of the Swiss Machine Industry Employers' Association (ASM) and the Swiss Machine Industry Association (VSM). The two associations have been operating under the common name Swissmem since 1999. At the beginning of 2007, the VSM was renamed Swissmem and took over all of the ASM's activities, except those related to the industry's collective labor agreement.
Swissmem is close to the FDP and negotiates collective labor agreements.
The association represents the interests of the MEM industry vis-à-vis politics, national and international organizations, employee representatives and the public and acts as a service center for its members. As an employer representative, Swissmem negotiates the provisions of the collective labor agreement (GAV) for the MEM industry with the unions. The GAV of the MEM industry is traditionally pioneering for numerous GAV in Switzerland and has developed to today's high level since the "Peace Agreement" agreed in 1937.
organization
The association has been chaired by Hans Hess since November 2010 . From 1999 until his election to the Federal Council , Johann Schneider-Ammann was President of Swissmem. In the past it has happened several times that important functionaries of Swissmem or ASM or VSM have risen to even more influential positions in the Swiss Employers' Association ( Peter Hasler , Thomas Daum ).
Stefan Brupbacher has been the director since 2019 .
Member companies
The members are divided into the following specialist groups:
- Drive technology
- Assembly and factory automation
- Additive manufacturing
- Automotive
- Dimensional measurement technology
- Airport suppliers
- Conveyor and storage technology
- Fluid technology
- Graphic machines
- Hand tools
- Compressors, compressed air and vacuum technology
- Plastic machines
- Photonics
- Precision tools
- Pump technology
- Space technology
- Welding and cutting technology
- Swiss ASD
- Textile machines
- environmental engineering
- Internal combustion engines
- Process engineering machine and apparatus construction
- Packaging technology
- Tool and Mold Making
- Machine tools and manufacturing technology
- Suppliers
Web links
- Official website
- Adrian Knoepfli: Swissmem. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ About the industry , Swissmem website. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ↑ Historical background. Swissmem website. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ↑ Split economy. In: NZZ Online . May 28, 2006.
- ^ Website of the social partners in the machine, electrical and metal industries. ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ↑ Hans Hess is the new Swissmem President. ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Media release from Swissmem. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
- ↑ I am delighted with the choice of Johann N. Schneider-Ammann. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Media release from Swissmem. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ↑ Specialist groups. Swissmem website, accessed on March 24, 2015.
