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Europe-India Day Symposium at Bauma Forum

During Bauma 2022, “Europe- India Day” was organised by the CECE, ICEMA and VDMA India on October 26, 2022.

Enhancing collaboration in construction machinery between Europe and India

CECE President Alexandre Marchetta and ICEMA President Dimitrov Krishnan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding extending the cooperation between the two continental organisations.

Europe and India: Enhancing trade relations in construction machinery

CECE President Alexandre Marchetta and ICEMA President Dimitrov Krishnan have signed today

CE sector secures jobs in a difficult environment

Globally, sales of construction machinery fell by three per cent in 2020, but the Chinese market grew by 30 per cent, so the global market excluding China actually slowed by 17 per cent.

CE sector secures jobs in a difficult environment

Last year, the industry turnover of construction machinery from German production was 10.5 billion euros. This corresponds to a minus of 17 per cent compared to the high level in 2019.

Cautiously Optimistic

The members of VDMA Construction Equipment are looking at the future with confidence. Industry representatives expect a slight decline in sales of 3-5 per cent this year at an overall stable level.

New president at CECE

Enrico Prandini has taken over as the new president of the Committee for European Construction Equipment (CECE), effective January 1, 2018. Prandini is managing director of Komatsu Italia Manufacturing, one of Komatsu?s global officers, and vice president of the Italian Construction Equipment Association (UNACEA).

Soilmec joins Unacea

Soilmec SpA, a company specialised in the design, manufacture and distribution of equipment for the ground engineering industry, has joined Unacea, the Italian trade association of construction equipment firms.

New Sec General at the helm of CECE

CECE, the Committee for European construction equipment industry, has hired a new Secretary General from July. Sigrid de Vries, partner in the public relations agency Quick Communications, will represent the sector towards the EU institutions and manage the association?s Brussels office.

CECE gets new president

Eric Lepine, General Manager of Caterpillar France, took over as the new president of the Committee for European Construction Equipment (CECE). During his 26 years of experience in the industry,

The contribution of emerging countries has changed the composition of global demand

We expect that the companies will be able to gather a lot of good quality contacts, to improve their knowledge of the Indian market, find local dealers, collecting the necessary information to see which kind of investments they can do, says Luca Nutarelli, Secretary General, Unacea (Italian Construction Equipment Association)

Sailer at the helm of VDMA CE

The members of the Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery Association within VDMA eV,the German Engineering Federation, have unanimously elected Johann Sailer, Managing Partner at GEDA-Dechentreiter GmbH & Co KG.

In the Right Direction

The markets for German manufacturers in this sector have seen a prominent geographical shift. The example of earth-moving machinery highlights this. In 2005, the market in India and China which was 3 per cent and 18 per cent respectively, exploded to 6 per cent and 52 per cent,