ECED attended the CECE Roundtable Discussion on Manufacturers’ Key Drivers at the IRF World Meeting 2010

Please see the Agenda of the Round Table below. To see the presentations, please click on the name of a particular speaker.

The crisis has forced road professionals to change the way they see things, and they are getting back to basics, to what might be called the Essentials. Road equipment manufacturers are rivalling each other in the ingenuity stakes to offer sustainable solutions in a European regulatory framework, but with innovation and economy still firmly in their minds. The Roundtable aimed at defining the main elements of this trend.

President: Jacques BONVALLET (CECE)

A. Introduction

Major trends in the Evolution of the manufacturer’s product range, which is both global and local. Contribution of manufacturers to the supply of sustainable solutions. Jacques BONVALLET (CECE)

B. Regulatory European framework and its international standing.

B1. Reminder of the Machinery and Emissions Directive, the profession has drawn up a roadmap for reducing emission levels and improving work conditions (Safety and Ergonomics). Cosette DUSSAUGEY (CISMA France & CECE)

B2. Practicalities and specific consequences of the regulations for the profession in terms of emissions. Giorgio BILLI (Unacoma &CECE)

C. What are manufacturers doing in practical terms?

C1. Equipment in cities, discreet work, new motors and urban design for road and sweeping equipment. Karel GOEDKOOP (Ravo)

C2. Evolution of machinery motors, biofuel and hybrid solutions are no longer pipe dreams. Pierre GUYOT (John Deere)

C3. Quick rundown of hot, low-energy and cold recycling equipment types. Jacques BONVALLET (Fayat)

C4. Batch high-rate bitumen asphalt recycling with new equipment. Christian JAKOBI (Ammann)

C5. Ecodesign and Ecoconcepts are taken on board by manufacturers with ambitious objectives. John FERRARIS (Caterpillar)

D. Practical cases of manufacturers’ contributions: two entrepreneurs’ viewpoint.

D1. Constructive solutions provided by production plant manufacturers for developing a low-energy process. Alain ROMIER (LEACO)

D2. A prototype becomes an industrial machine and spreads glass fibres on surface dressings, through a manufacturer/entrepreneur partnership. François CHAIGNON (Colas)