EFAC CONFERENCE 2005 IN DAVOS DELVES DEEPLY INTO GLOBALIZATION ISSUES

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EFAC CONFERENCE 2005 IN DAVOS DELVES DEEPLY INTO GLOBALIZATION ISSUES
19 February 2005 - European Factory Automation Committee

Professor Dr. Mario Salmon, Contract Professor at Milan Polytechnic, who chaired the round-table on the A.I.d.A. Assembly Manual, an initiative of the Italian assembly association A.I.d.A., concludes: 'The manual is a guide book that – in a concurrent engineering and co-design framework – assists designers in defining a product suited for automated assembly and production managers in selecting the most appropriate assembly machine'.

Hans van der Spek of FME, Netherlands, the chairman of the round-table 'Strategies for improving supply chain performance', summarizes: 'The session on the demand chain navigator reflected the interest of the attendees in searching for answers to the growing dynamics in our market. Due to this ever increasing turbulence, time-to market, flexibility and reduced cycle times are of paramount importance. The group discussed the contribution of supply chain management tools towards increasing flexibility.'

Dr. Svetan Ratchev, Reader in Precision Engineering at the University of Nottingham, chaired the round-table on the European Precision Assembly Forum EPAF: 'The round table concluded that the industry is not maximising the effect of the publicly funded research in Europe. It was agreed that there was a need of a coordinated action in the domain of precision assembly to provide better information on the latest technological developments, to better link industrial companies with academic and research organisations and to actively set up the precision assembly research agenda in Europe. A number of industrial concerns were expressed regarding IPR protection in EU funding projects and the need of better understanding by industry of the funding mechanisms in the EU research programmes'. Ample space was given to networking opportunities, such as the Swiss Night Out! on top of the Rinerhorn mountain. The next EFAC Conference is scheduled to take place in January 2007 in Davos.

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About: European Factory Automation Committee
EFAC - the European Factory Automation Committee - was founded on the 15 March 2000 in Zürich. It is the European information and communication platform for manufacturers of assembly and handling technology.

Members are trade association of Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. Trade associations of other European countries are expected to follow in the near future.

As a European sector committee representing the assembly and handling technology industry, the tasks of EFAC include:

Providing statistics and collecting market and benchmarking data on assembly and handling technology throughout Europe Organizing international business conferences

Representing the industry before the European institutions

Pursuing trade fair policy

Developing EFAC Recommendations

Providing information on the industry

President of EFAC is Hans-Dieter Baumtrog, Managing Director of sortimat Technology, Winnenden, Germany.

Vice-President of EFAC is François Paillusseau, Chief Executive Officer, Lagniel S.A., Douvres-la-Délivrande, France.

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