Association to represent the European maritime technology industry

Both institutions said the main reason to pursue the forming of the association was that European shipbuilders and the maritime engineering and manufacturing companies shared common interests, concerns and policy objectives. They serve global, highly competitive markets with the highest technology requirements. Under the given conditions, European enterprises succeed based on know-how, innovation, productivity, quality, service and full customer satisfaction. This is only possible with a well-trained workforce and with framework conditions allowing global competition on a level playing field.
The new associations, which is still nameless, is said to be going to represent close to 100% of the European shipbuilding industry in 18 nations, encompassing the production, maintenance, repair and conversion of all types of ships and floating structures, commercial as well as naval, including the full supply chain with the various producers of maritime systems, equipment material, and services
The boards of CESA and EMEC nominated Lars Gørvell-Dahll, president of EMEC, as first chairman and Bernard Meyer, CEO of Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, as first vice chairman. Reinhard Lüken, secretary general of CESA, will take the operative responsibility as secretary general of the new organisation, with Douwe Cunningham, acting secretary general of EMEC, as deputy secretary general. The first general assembly will be held in June 2012.