Industry Organizations
Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA)
Valuable training programs. Industry-exclusive networking events. Market-leading publications and trade shows. FMA's resources help our metal and manufacturing professionals thrive.
We're where thousands of manufacturing professionals unite — individuals, businesses, students — under a common purpose: grow the metal processing, forming, and fabricating industries. To do it, we've built a workforce lifecycle that supports individuals and businesses at every point in their development. Ensure they flourish. Get better at what we do, give back to our community. Expand our skills, our businesses, and our careers. Pave the way forward, with fresh ideas and technologies.
Danish Technological Institute
Danish Technological Institute is a self-owned and non-profit research and development institute. We work to improve business, society and people’s lives. Technology is our tool - progress is our goal. We develop, apply and disseminate research- and technologically-based knowledge for the Danish and International business sector. As such we participate in development projects which are of use to society in close collaboration with leading research and educational institutions both in Denmark and abroad.
On top of this we carry out consultancy and standardisation services, which contribute to a dynamic and harmonious development of society. Finally we play our part in strengthening the Danish labour force’s competences together with educational institutions and through the Insitute’s own courses, certification and lectures.
Our most important task is to ensure that new knowledge and technology can quickly be converted into value for our customers in the form of new or improved products, materials, processes, methods and organisational structures. We work together with new and existing companies, either individually or in groups, on ways to enhance technological and management restructuring and efficiency, across a broad range of industries as well as in leading edge sectors.
We focus on:
- Innovation and competitiveness
- Training and management
- Sustainable exploitation of resources
- Cost-effectiveness in company and society
Danish Technological Institute is approved by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation as a GTS-institute. Her Majesty the Queen is patron of Danish Technological Institute.
Trailblazer Summits GmbH
Modern B2B events connecting industry leaders and innovators
Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA)
The Manufacturing Technologies Association is the UK’s trade association for companies in the manufacturing technology sector. MTA members design, manufacture and supply the advanced machinery, equipment and intellectual property that enable the creation of the products we rely on from day to day and that drive our economy.
Industrial Engineering & Operations Management (IEOM) Society
IEOM Society’s core purpose is to globally foster critical thinking and its effective utilization in the field of Industrial Engineering (IE) and Operations Management (OM) by providing means to communicate and network among diversified people, especially in emerging countries, motivated by similar interests.
European Machine Vision Association (EMVA)
The European Machine Vision Association EMVA is a non-for-profit and non-commercial association representing the Machine Vision industry in Europe. The association has been founded in 2003 in Barcelona by industry representatives from all over Europe as a network to promote the development and use of machine vision technology.
The EMVA is open for all types of organizations having a stake in machine vision, computer vision, embedded vision or imaging technologies: manufacturers, system and machine builders, integrators, distributors, consultancies, research organizations and academia. All members – as the 100% owners of the association – benefit from the networking, cooperation and the numerous and diverse activities of the EMVA.
Chinese Mobile Robot Alliance (CMRA)
Serving as A non-profit social organization and industry service organization, CMRA is rooted in the common interests of the contracting parties, guided by the needs of enterprises, integrating relevant technological resources, establishing a public technological innovation platform, and creating a long-term cooperation mechanism and strategic partnerships between industry, academia, and research. The goal is to achieve resource sharing, form a technological innovation chain, and provide a supporting platform for improving technology and market in the intelligent logistics and mobile robot industries.
Automate UK
Automate UK, formerly the PPMA Group of Associations, is the leading trade association for automation suppliers and end users of technology across processing, packaging, robotics and machine vision. We’re committed to supporting your growth and ensuring automation is at the heart of manufacturing.
International Federation of Robotics
The International Federation of Robotics connects the world of robotics around the globe. The IFR was established as a non-profit organization in 1987. Our institutional members come from the robotics industry, national or international industry associations and research & development institutes. Our federation directly represents over 90 members from more than 20 countries.