| The Agricultural Engineers Association
(AEA) and its affiliated groups have become members of the
Engineering and Machinery Alliance (EAMA) to lobby in the
UK and Europe on behalf of agricultural and outdoor power
machinery manufacturers, importers and distributors.
EAMA already comprises ten trade associations,
representing 1,400 firms with a turnover of some £7
billion in the mechanical engineering sector.
Martin Walder, EAMA chairman: “We are
delighted to welcome AEA into membership and the added dimension
this important sector brings to EAMA’s representational
spread, particularly in policies related to sustainability
and ensuring competitive exports.”
Roger Lane-Nott, Director General AEA: “The
AEA is delighted to join EAMA. As a Trade Association that
has been going since 1875 we are used to change and there
is plenty around at the moment. We believe that working
together will provide a much greater voice for the engineering
and machinery businesses in UK and we look forward to playing
our full part in EAMA.”
UK mechanical engineering turnover is
some £32 billion according to the latest ABI figures,
including £1.7 billion from the agricultural and forestry
machinery producers.
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Notes to Editors:
- Formed in 2001, EAMA’s ten
member associations are: British Automation and Robot
Association (BARA), British Paper Machinery Suppliers
Association (BPMSA), British Plastics Federation (BPF),
British Turned Part Manufacturers Association (BTMA),
Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM), Gauge and
Toolmakers Association (GTMA), Manufacturing Technologies
Association (MTA), Printing, Papermaking and Converting
Suppliers Association (PICON), Processing and Packaging
Machinery Association (PPMA), UK Industrial Vision Association
(UKIVA).
- Roger Lane-Nott can be reached
on: Tel: 01733 207 601
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