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WE ARE ACTIVE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

• the representation of members’ interests in the area of the metal processing and in drafting industry-relevant legislation;
• monitoring of the situation regarding human resources employed in the industry and proposing measures for the development profession and vocational and occupational education;
• the provision of business information and advice within the framework of the Association’s field of work;
• the participation in channelling foreign-trade promotion in the field of its activity;
• membership of the international business and employers’ associations in the area of metal-processing;
• the realisation of other interests members

OUR PRIORITY OBJECTIVES ARE:

• to create the competitive environment for doing business and for the development of the member enterprises of the Metals Industry Association,
• to step up research and development activities; technological development tailored to meet the needs and wishes of membership by building bridges with the aim to connect the industry, research and development institutions and educational institutions, as well as other stakeholders,
• to strengthen technological, management and governance knowledge in the enterprises, which operate as links of the value chains in which the metal-processing industry plays its role,
• to co-create specific industry legislation, conditions for staff hiring and industry-specific  training,
• to support the companies in the course of carrying out the economic activities in the global market,
• to provide efficient assistance to its members through services and projects organised i.e. carried out by the Metals Industry Association.

SECTIONS AND WORKING BODIES OF THE ASSOCIATION:

• Toolmaking Board
• Steel Structure Board
• Fluid Techniques Board
• Security Equipment Section

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL AREA:

The Association is member of international associations of manufacturers with common interests and objectives by taking into account production i.e. output:

• ORGALIME - the European Engineering Industries Association
• CEEMET – the Council of European Metal, Engineering and Technology-based Industries - European employers’ organisation representing the interests of the metal, engineering and technology-based industries
• ISTMA- the International Special Tooling & Machining Association
• ECCS- the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork
• CETOP- the European Fluid Power Committee - the international umbrella organisation for national fluid power associations in Europe
• EUROSAFE- the initiative aimed at promoting the convergence of technical nuclear safety practices in Europe that finds its expression in three communication media that pool the ideas of various European safety organisations

BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLE

Metal Industry Association collaborates with the Slovenian technology platform MANUFUTURE.

Manufuture is the supporting, innovative and advanced horizontal platform designed to serve as a high quality infrastructure for the needs of vertical integration of tooling and mechatronics, which operates within the framework of the EU Manufuture technology platform. The mission of MANUFUTURE is to propose a strategy based on research institutions and innovation, capable of speeding up the rate of industrial transformation in Europe, securing high added value employment and winning a major share of world manufacturing output in the future knowledge driven economy.

The principal objectives to be achieved through the activities carried out within the framework of the Manufuture technology platform are:

• To reverse the trend of relocating toolmaking to “low cost countries” (China, Taiwan, Korea)
• To revitalise toolmaking
• To encourage innovation in toolmaking shops
• To boost competitive abilities of toolmaking and mechatronics
• To promote a positive public image of toolmaking / mechatronics as the environment-friendly activity

In order to achieve the above listed objectives set for the Manufuture technology platform, adequate tools for the realisation of these objectives must be available. This toolkit comprises:

• Boosting the average value added in the EU to 90,000 EUR/ employee
• Boosting the technological level of manufacturing
• Shorter time needed for the development and manufacture of tools / mechatronic assembly (by 70% in comparison with 2004)
• Cost reduction (lowering production costs by 60% in comparison with costs in 2004)
• Boosting reputation of the occupation
• Raising the level of the positive public image of the occupation
• Boosting the education structure of employees
• Boosting communication skills among member companies and among other technological platforms (TPs)
• Promoting the positive image of toolmaking and mechatronics as important factors for technological progress in Slovenia and across the EU  Member States