- Orgalime
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Orgalime [1] (derived originally from Organisme de Liaison des Industries Métalliques Européennes) is the European Engineering Industries Association, speaking for 33 trade federations representing some 130,000 companies in the mechanical, electrical, electronics and metalworking and metal articles industries of 22 European countries. The industry employs about 9.7 million people in Europe and not only represents some 28% of the output of manufactured products, but also a third of the manufactured exports of the European Union.
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Overview
The engineering industries are the enabling industries, providing the technology, equipment and services for all industry and service sectors. Clients include:
- Suppliers - the energy and primary transformation industries.
- Transport industry - the automotive, aeronautics and rail equipment producers.
- All process industries - agro-industry and food industry in general, the chemical, petrochemical and plastics industries.
- Consumers in the form of ICT products and household appliances.
The engineering industries are also the suppliers of the equipment and technology for the health, social and leisure sectors and for the area of the environment including water, wastewater and air treatment equipment which are essential to the creation and maintenance of a safe environment.
From 1st January 2010, Mr Richard Dick, Chairman and Managing Director (since 1990) of W Lucy and Co. Ltd [2], in Oxford, United Kingdom, became the President of Orgalime, replacing Mr Robert Mahler from Alstom. Lucy’s origins date back to about 1812 and the business became a limited company in 1897. The Lucy Group's main activities are the design and manufacture of electrical switchgear, the manufacture of iron castings and the management and development of residential property. The Group employs some 550 people and has 4 sites in the UK and 3 overseas. Until 2005 much of the business was operating on the original site in the Jericho area of Oxford, although the Eagle Works, as it is known, is now just the head office.
Orgalime's vision is to actively promote the development in Europe of the necessary competitive framework conditions under which companies can flourish, provide growth and employment both today and in the long term as manufacturers in the EU, and to ensure that the trading conditions they face are fair, both in the EU and on export markets. Additionally, they aim to provide added value to members and to industry by providing a wide range of services to members, to individual sectors of the industry, and, through their large selection of publications, to companies and to those who advise them. Orgalime also aim to provide members with a network where they can exchange information and together develop services which are useful to their member companies.
Activities
Orgalime publishes information on regulations and legislation in the EU. It organises conferences and provides information for members.
In July 2011, Orgalime issued a guide to the RoHS recast Directive. The legislation, which restricts the use of six hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, such as TVs, laptops, washing machines, fridges and lighting equipment has now been extended to progressively phase in medical devices, monitoring and control equipment and other electrical and electronic equipment into the scope. To aid our industry, Orgalime has compiled a guide to the RoHS recast – available for download on our publications website. Indeed, many other publications are available (guides on WEEE, RoHS 1, REACH and Pressure Equipment) to help industry through the complex web of European legislation.
As part of its service Orgalime publishes a range of standard conditions of contract for:
- Supply of mechanical, electrical and electronical products (S2000)
- Supply and erection of mechanical, electrical and electronical products (SE01)
- Turnkey projects / EPC
It also publishes contract supplements for: computer software, specially designed components (design-build), series processing, supervision of erection, repair, maintenance and provision of technical personnel abroad.
The turn-key standard-contract is intended for industrial works. Unlike Anglo-Saxon contracts (e.g. FIDIC standard-contract), it follows a strict "two-parties" approach, without the concept of an engineer as a third party. It is intended as a balanced contract between contractor and purchaser.
References
Orgalime is quoted in the Register of interest representative (European Transparency Initiative) [1]
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