1. CECIMO – Where manufacturing begins European machine tool industry: key figures CECIMO 1,500 companies - 80% SMEs 150,000 employees Almost the entire metalworking machine tool production in Europe Europe is the world’s largest producer and exporter €20 bn production in 2011 79% of the production is exported 35% of the global production 52% of the world’s exports CECIMO 33% CECIMO 52% Share of CECIMO in global output Share of CECIMO in world exports

2. CECIMO – Where manufacturing begins Machine tools and market surveillance Some of the EU directives which apply to machine tools

3. CECIMO – Where manufacturing begins Market Surveillance and machine tools Europe needs to rebuild its economy and address grand challenges The only way forward is to unleash Europe’s potential to manufacture and market future products and services Shortage of finance, decline in consumption in Europe, unfair competition from developing countries drive profit margins down Machine tool builders are exposed to unfair competition both outside Europe (protectionism) and in the Internal Market (weak market surveillance) European framework conditions need to be adjusted so that… Europe capitalizes on an economic model which enables manufacturers to create value through quality and performance, and to generate highly-skilled jobs.