The General Assembly, which comprises all members of FEM, is the supreme governing body deciding on objectives and general policy. Every two years, the FEM General Assembly is held in conjunction with the biennial FEM Congress, which gathers all FEM members and Product Groups.
Composed of industry executives elected every two years, the Board manages FEM. It formulates the association’s vision and policy, and represents the European industry at trade fairs and at institutional level both in Europe and worldwide. The Board also supervises the activities of the Executive Committee and the General Secretariat.
The European industry has an annual turnover of nearly 72.4 billion euros (2024). In total, FEM represents more than 1,000 companies with about 160,000 employees, covering around 80% of all eligible European companies. It thus accounts for more than half of the world’s total production.
Ernesto Dominguez
President
Representing Industrial Trucks Product Group
Franck van Dijck
Vice-President
Representing Intralogistic
Systems Product Group
Vincent Berier
Board Member
Representing Mobile Elevating Work Platforms Product Group
Pieter De Geeter
Board Member
Representing Racking & Shelving Equipment Product Group
Franz Schulte
Board Member
Representing Cranes & Lifting Equipment Product Group
Jocelyn Gourlet
Board Member
Representing French National Committee
Sascha Schmel
Board Member
Representing German National Committee
Jouni Törnqvist
Board Member
Representing Finnish National Committee
Eva Virtute
Board Member
Representing Italian National Committee
The Executive Committee, which includes association executives from the product groups and the national committees, is responsible for translating the Board’s decisions into concrete actions. It meets on a regular basis to discuss technical and legislative issues in the product groups and national committees. The Executive Committee also discusses industry positions relating to European legislation.
The Product Groups are the working bodies of FEM at equipment level. They cover the wide range of products manufactured by the sector. The product groups issue technical documents, follow marketing trends and serve as industry meeting points.
Several working bodies follow technical and regulatory horizontal issues. Thematic task forces prepare positions on proposed European legislation, supervise advocacy campaigns and give guidance to manufacturers on existing European legislation. They are composed of both product group and national committee experts and work under the coordination of the general secretariat.
