UK and European industry trade bodies join forces on Brexit

Convened by EURIS - an organisation representing industrial product suppliers covered by the Single Market - the newly created European industrial product Network will pull together representatives from across Europe to advise government and industry and ensure that that the UK’s hugely important industrial product supply sector (a key component of multiple complex engineering supply chains) is properly considered during the Brexit process.

The launch of the network was announced at the end of a EURIS Brexit summit (Wednesday 9^th May) which brought together industry bodies from across Europe with representatives from UK government, industry and academia.  UK trade bodies involved in the discussions included MTA – which represents the UK’s manufacturing technology sector; automation body GAMBICA; and BEAMA (which represents manufacturers of electrical infrastructure products)

Talking at the conclusion of the summit BEAMA CEO and EURIS chair Dr Howard Porter explained that one of the main aims of the new network is to ensure that the sector – which spans product areas ranging from laboratory equipment to machine tools – is able to talk to the UK government with one voice and rapidly articulate the sector’s concerns during a fast-moving negotiation process.