Orgalime

Orgalime (derived originally from Organisme de Liaison des Industries Métalliques Européennes) is the European Engineering Industries Association, speaking for 40 trade federations representing companies in the mechanical, electrical, electronics and metalworking and metal articles industries of 23 European countries. The industry employs about 10.9 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. Orgalime was elected Number 1 Manufacturing sector association in Brussels in 2015 and nominated in the top 5 Trade Associations in Brussels the same year. The Orgalime Director General was furthermore awarded the Association Leadership Award in 2017.

Orgalime is the prime voice of the EU engineering industry on selected issues that affect a broad range of its members. The aim is to excel in the:

Whilst a significant part of the output of the engineering industries are either capital goods or destined for Business-to-business transactions, there is also a large consumer goods output, particularly in the electrical and electronic branch.

The 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.

A team currently numbering 29 deals with the numerous policy issues.

Companies are overwhelmingly small and medium-sized enterprises and cover a broad industry cross-section in terms of product, market segment and geographical spread.

From November 2015, Mr Tomas Hedenborg, CEO of the Company - Fastems in Finland, became the President of Orgalime, replacing Mr Sandro Bonomi of Bonomi Enolgas.

Clients include –

Orgalime is part of an extensive network at European level which includes the Confederation of European Business (BUSINESSEUROPE), other branch federations, a sister organisation CEEMET representing the employers in the engineering industry, as well as a number of individual European sector committees/associations representing the interests of individual engineering products or product lines:

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