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CEA TRADE SHOW - PLANTWORX 2013 Launched
The CEA can confirm that it will be organising a new major UK working construction event, PLANTWORX. The first show will be held at Stoneleigh Park (Warwickshire) on 14th/15th/16th May 2013. At last week’s London press launch it was confirmed that the event already has the support of many of the leading equipment manufacturers. PLANTWORX will be held every two years, alternating with the Hillhead (Buxton) event. At the core of the show will be a strong focus on machinery demonstration
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Advanced Manufacturing Growth Summit
Last week the CEA was represented amongst leading industrialists at the BIS Advanced Manufacturing Growth Summit. Around 200 top industrialists and representative organisations were briefed by a ministerial team led by Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg. He called for a radical rebalancing of the British economy “in almost every aspect” – with manufacturing taking a leading role. Business Secretary, Dr Vince Cable, confirmed that although manufacturing currently only represents 12 per cent of GDP, Britain remained the sixth largest manufacturing nation more…

Positive Crime Figures
A recent police report underlined the success of CESAR in both deterring theft and aiding the recovery of machines more…

CEA China Trade Mission – over £16 million worth of trade predicted
Following an extremely busy week at the Bauma China exhibition in Shanghai, the CEA ran a very successful trade mission to Liuzhou and Changsha in China more…

Algeria Visit
The CEA’s Joanna Oliver has just returned from a scoping visit to Algeria, supported by UK Trade & Investment and organised by the British Embassy in Algiers. Arriving the day after the riots ended, Joanna found the city calm and back to normal more…

M&T Parts and Services and Brazil Trade Mission
The CEA will run a UK Pavilion at the new M&T Expo Parts and Services exhibition to be held in Sao Paulo 10-13 August 2011 more…

UKTI Support CEA Networking Reception at Conexpo
If you are visiting or exhibiting at Conexpo, Las Vegas, in March, you are cordially invited to join the CEA, UK and international guests at a Networking Reception, generously supported by UK Trade & Investment on Tuesday 22 March from 17.30-19.30 at the Las Vegas Hilton more…

EC Proposal for New Tractor Regulations
The European Commission has proposed to simplify EU law on agricultural and forestry vehicles (tractors, trailers and towed equipment): 50 Directives and the related implementing legislation of 27 Member States would be replaced by just five Regulations more…

Market Surveillance
Each Member State is now required to show that it has an effective national policy on market surveillance. The General National Market Surveillance Programme for the United Kingdom 2010 was published by BIS in December 2009 and includes sections on Organisation of Market Surveillance, General Approach, Priority Setting, General Principles governing the Evaluation of Risks, Co-operation and Co-ordination and priority Features of the Programme more…

CEA Subscription Invoices Issued
CEA subscription invoices have been issued – and members will be pleased to see that the scales have again been frozen more…

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