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24 June 2009 – CEA International Business Group meeting
at Nylacast Ltd, 460 Thurmaston Boulevard, Leicester, LE4 9LN
The next meeting of the CEA International Business Group will be held on Wednesday 24 June 2009 from 10.00 to around 15.00 in Leicester by kind invitation of Nylacast Ltd. Coffee will be available from 09.30.
The main topic for the meeting will be North Africa – reputed to be the next big market for our sector thanks to the vast oil and gas reserves in Algeria and Libya. The day will feature:
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Algeria – a market case study
Including Gomaco, who are already active in Algeria, and the SITP Algiers exhibition.
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Getting your products to the North African market
Potential and pitfalls. Colin Steel from Neba Freight Ltd talks about letters of credit, tariffs and export documentation.
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Funding for export
How to get help from the government for exhibitions, seminars, export schemes and trade missions.
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Where to next?
The CEA’s upcoming overseas exhibition and seminar programme – plus your chance to give input into developing the future international events programme.
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Export markets round table forum
Where's hot ….. and where’s not.
• Nylacast factory visit
Plus update on Plastics in Construction Equipment from Professor Malcolm Fox, Leeds University.
Stop Press – extra speaker ..... Patrick Massardy, JCB Director – Overseas Regions including responsibility for the Middle East and Africa.
For further information and to book your place, please e-mail
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Aftermarket Excellence for Mining and Construction Equipment Manufacturers Seminar
8 July – National Motorcycle Museum (9.00am-1.00pm)
Discover how Syncron’s solutions have delivered significant and lasting benefits for construction equipment manufacturers and learn how they can provide substantial improvements for your company –
click here for details.
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Return to Growth – Going Global, Not Local
15-16 October 2009 – CECE Summit 2009 – Brussels
CECE are organising the next European Construction Equipment Summit in Brussels. The event will offer the perfect platform for industry to communicate with EU politicians and policy makers, inform them about the challenges our industry faces and the consequences of the crisis on our industry. It will also be the meeting place for European senior industry representatives of our sector.
Click here for pre-invitation.
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Brazil – Land of Opportunity?
The CEA’s Joanna Oliver is just back from a two week UK Trade & Investment supported scoping visit to Brazil. In addition to attending the very successful M&T Expo Exhibition in Sao Paulo, Joanna visited OEMs, leading contractors, distributors, environmental and community based schemes, trade associations and government officials.
Despite continued high import duties and a tangled red tape web of regulation, there would appear to be opportunities for UK manufacturers – especially those interested in joint manufacturing ventures, with niche products not presently manufactured in Brazil and in materials handling, environment and recycling. Erika Azevedo at the British Consulate in Sao Paulo proved to be of great help during the visit – and is looking forward to assisting other UK companies interested in doing business in the market
(erika.azevedo@fco.gov.uk).
Joanna will be producing a report on her findings, which will be launched later this summer. UK Trade & Investment will be running a high level conference to promote the UK’s capability as a centre of excellence for the Advanced Engineering sector. They will be promoting a major outward mission and event to Brazil in October and CEA members will be sent details shortly. |
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Excon
India
CEA UK Pavilion – Government grants and FREE British
Airways business class flights available!
25-29 November 2009 – Bangalore
Although the Indian market, in common with the rest of
the world, has seen a sharp decline in sales in the last
12 months, leading market research company, Off-Highway
Research, predicts a robust 28 per cent growth in 2010.
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(Continued
from previous column)
In
the period 2010-2013, the market trend is likely to grow
steadily between 14 and 19 per cent, and all types of
equipment will see outright growth, led by crawler
excavators, motor graders, backhoe loaders, wheeled
loaders, cranes and compaction equipment. Importantly, specialist equipment for particular applications that have sold only in small numbers in the past, may also witness increased demand, and so mini and wheeled excavators, and skid-steer loaders might well become more than the niche products that they are now.
The CEA will run a UK Pavilion at Excon – giving you cost effective and fully fitted shell scheme stands at the show.
Click here for the CEA UK Group prospectus for the exhibition. In addition, government grants of £1,400 are available to eligible exhibitors – an application form is at the end of the prospectus.
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India – Meet the Buyer Seminar : Tuesday 24 November
The CEA will also run a Meet the Buyer Seminar – giving you the opportunity to showcase your products and promote the UK’s manufacturing capability. Six speaking opportunities exist – please e-mail
joanna@aslnorth.co.uk
if you are interested. Participation is free to eligible UK companies.
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Free Flights!! British Airways are offering free business class flights to eligible exhibitors at Excon and also to speakers at the CEA’s Meet the Buyer Seminar. Flights are limited to the first 10 applicants so visit the web link in the Excon prospectus for more details.
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Batteries Directive (2006/66/EC) – it applies to you!
The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 implement in the UK the waste battery provisions of the EU Directive on Batteries and Accumulators and Waste Batteries and Accumulators 2006/66/EC. The Regulations set out requirements for waste battery collection, treatment, recycling and disposal for all battery types including arrangements by which the UK intends to meet waste portable battery separate collection targets of 25% by 2012 and 45% by 2016. Any persons wishing to place on the market new primary (single use) batteries and accumulators (more commonly known as rechargeable batteries), and
products that may contain batteries and accumulators, will be obligated. These Regulations supplement the Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008, which introduced a range of product design requirements, including restrictions on the use of mercury and cadmium in new batteries, new battery labelling requirements and requirements for new appliances to be designed so that batteries can be easily removed.
The Regulations cover three broad categories of batteries – portable, industrial and automotive. The obligations for each category are different but by far the most onerous are those for portable batteries. OEMs are likely to be placing mostly automotive, and some industrial, batteries on the market and, as such, are required to register with BERR by 15 October 2009. During a meeting with BERR on 2 June the CEA learned that the obligations will rest with the legal entity that places the batteries, or the product containing the batteries, on the UK market for the first time. Visit
www.berr.gov.uk/files/file51268.pdf
for the UK guidance notes. The CEA has invited BERR officers to explain the obligations at the next General Technical Committee meeting in September at Volvo,
Duxford. For further information e-mail tim@admin.co.uk.
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New Government Department – Business, Innovation and Skills
The government has created a new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whose key role will be to build Britain’s capabilities to complete in the global economy. The Department will be created by merging BERR and DIUS – creating a single department committed to building Britain’s future economic strengths. Visit
www.berr.gov.uk/aboutus/pressroom/page51711.html.
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Extension to Government's Trade Credit Insurance Top-up Scheme
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has announced changes that will mean many more firms can now purchase top-up cover as part of the government's trade credit insurance scheme. For further information visit
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Summary of Government Measures to assist UK companies in the current Economic Downturn
HMG is acutely aware of the problems facing the business sector and is serious in providing assistance to help companies get through the current economic downturn and lay solid foundations for recovery when the upturn comes.
Co-ordinated action is being taken by all relevant government departments and agencies. For a list of some of the principal measures
click
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