Commenting on the outcome of today's European Council, Ceemet Director General Uwe Combüchen stated : uwe_201105_cm_048_lores.jpg “ As technology and industry employers, we welcome the positive signs coming from today’s...Read more
powd_cover_web.jpg The European Parliaments’ Employment & Social Affairs committee voted and adopted the report on the Posting of Workers Directive that is practical not applicable and could create a barrier...Read more
Ceemet calls on the EU Council of ministers and UK negotiators to focus on agreeing an early, time limited, transitional arrangement for business in the on-going negotiations between the EU...Read more
ceemet_vision_paper.jpg Over the last months a never seen alliance of industry associations have called the European Commission to come up with an industrial strategy - using #industry4europe - reinforcing industry...Read more
fowtallinn_kersti_kaljulaid.jpg Today and tomorrow a high-level conference on Future of Work: Making It e-Easy -attended by Ceemet- is being held in Tallinn. Together with the Tallinn Digital Summit -bringing together...Read more
joint_statement.4.jpg Over the last weeks we have seen various news articles in which concerned parties are trying to identify which economy would suffer most with the UK leaving the European...Read more
eu2017ee.jpg September 2017 will be a busy month for Estonia who holds for the 1 st time the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. One of the focus...Read more
Oliver Zander, Director General of the Federation of German Employers' Associations in the Metal and Electrical Engineering Industries ( Gesamtmetall ), has been elected as the new Chairman of Ceemet's...Read more
industry4eu.png during final conference in the European Parliament hosted by MEP Mady Delvaux . The project Industry 4.0 for the future of manufacturing in the EU was launched with the...Read more
Today the Council’s CORPER meeting voted on an agreement reached by the Council presidency, Parliament and Commission on the Commission's first proposal to amend the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive to...Read more
The release of the Vision Paper comes at half time of the mandate of EU decision makers in the Parliament and the Commission and follows the publication of European Commission’s...Read more
stamp-general-hwc-2016-17.jpg The EU-OSHA campaign on ‘healthy workplaces for all ages’ is entering its last 6 months. The project touches an important topic as by 2030, workers aged 55–64 are expected...Read more
industriAll European Trade Union and Ceemet unite/join forces to repeat their call for swift, ambitious action to be taken in the field of vocational education and training to guarantee VET...Read more
terry.4.jpg It’s been announced that Ceemet Chair and chief executive of EEF, Terry Scuoler , has been made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)...Read more
Europe Day, every 9 th of May, is an homage to the Schuman Declaration of May 9 th 1950. Determined to prevent another dreadful war, the French Minister of Foreign...Read more
Today the European Commission adopts a package of social policy initiatives within the framework of the European Pillar of Social Rights. The Commission’s goal is to achieve a European "Triple...Read more
c6puxpixmae2_di.jpg During the STEM Discovery week 2017 the STEM Alliance launched the new scheme Professionals Go Back to School #PGB2S. This tool that aims to help representatives of schools and...Read more
For the 2 nd and consecutive time Ceemet participated at the informal meeting of EU’s Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs (EPSCO), this time in Malta’s capital Valletta. The topic...Read more
Negotiations on UK exit must deliver “reasonable deal in reasonable time” for all European Manufacturers. European manufacturers are calling on the EU and UK negotiators to agree a deal that...Read more
Groups representing two hundred thousand manufacturers across Europe and the UK have called on EU and UK negotiators to agree a Brexit deal that supports trade and reduces the risk...Read more
The employer and worker representatives of the European Metal, Engineering and Technology-based industries underline the need for a responsible and objective discussion on the importance of the European project, notably...Read more
The focus this year was on digitisation – and by extension, automation and robotics too – the effect on employment. Ceemet Director General Uwe Combüchen described in his speech the...Read more
...is how the Ceemet Chief Economists Report 2017 can be resumed. fsr_4767.jpg After difficult years, the Metal, Engineering and Technology-based (MET) industries can present themselves (again) as an international interlinked...Read more
JOINT DECLARATION Europe is the cradle of the manufacturing industry and has been at the forefront of industrial revolutions and technological innovations. The industry directly employs over 34 million people...Read more
Today the Members of the European Parliament adopted in the plenary sessions the report of Mady Delvaux (S&D, LU) . In their Resolution the MEPs ask the EU Commission to...Read more