European Association of Conveyor and Storage Technology
The European Association of handling and storage technology (FEM, after the French name of the Association Fédération Européenne de la Manutention , English European Federation of Materials Handling and Storage Equipment ) is a trade association and more than 1,000 companies representing the conveyor and storage technology in Europe. The organization was founded in 1953 and is based in Brussels , Belgium.
Members
Members of the FEM are made up of 13 national associations
- Belgium (Agoria asbl)
- Switzerland ( Swissmem )
- Germany ( Association of German Mechanical and Plant Engineering )
- Spain (Asociacion Espanola de Manutencion)
- France (CISMA)
- Finland (Technology Industries of Finland)
- Great Britain (British Materials Handling Federation)
- Italy (Associazione Italiana Sistemi di Sollevamento, Elevazione et Movimentazione)
- Luxembourg (Fédération des Industriels Luxembourgeois Groupement des Constructeurs et Fondeurs)
- Netherlands (Vereniging FME-CWM)
- Poland (ANEMM)
- Sweden (Teknikföretagen)
- Turkey (ISDER).
Direct membership of individual companies is not possible.
The technical rules issued by the association are highly regarded and have a similar status to standards. In Germany, the accident prevention regulations partly refer to the FEM rules.
Web links
- Official website
- Brief portrait on the news-ticker page from flurfoerderzeuge.de