FEM - Racking & Shelving Product Group

As the FEM Racking and Shelving Product Group, we represent the interests of manufacturers of:

Adjustable Pallet Racking for general or specialised warehouse use
Drive in Racking for more specialised bulk storage
Push Back Racking for Higher Density storage at relatively low height levels
Gravity Live Storage Racking and Shelving for first in - first out utilisation
Mobile Racking and Shelving for high density low turn round systems
Clip together Metal Shelving systems for general storage purposes
Library Shelving for book and other storage in archives and elsewhere
Bolted Slotted angle for the construction of storage and other Systems
Plastic Storage Containers, Steel Lockers and Cupboards
Mezzanines together with Rack or Shelving supported floors

Objectives

To represent, promote and protect the interests of the European racking, shelving and related products industry.
To establish a source of information for manufacturers, control organisations, users, teaching bodies and government authorities.
To facilitate discussion about technical, commercial and economic storage equipment and methods issues.
To facilitate collaboration on definition and classification of equipment, terminology, development of standards, quality, market data, and research and development.
To publish a range of studies and documents promoting better utilisation of storage equipment.
To promote any other activity of value to manufacturers and users.

Structure

The Product Group operates through an Annual General Meeting, Management Board and Working Groups, considering specific aspects of racking or shelving.

Current officers of the Product Group that meet as a Management Board are:

President (Eugen Talmann, Germany)
Technical Chairman (Stefano Sesana, Italy) from end December 2020
Secretary General (Olaf Heptner, Germany)
Technical Expert (Stefano Calzolari, Italy)
Representatives from up to 7 Member National Associations: currently Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Scandinavia, Netherlands and UK.

The Product Group was formally established as the “European Racking Federation” (ERF) in UK Company law in September 2004.

Work in Progress

The current work plan consists of a number of Working Groups involving engineers from across our membership:-

Liaison meetings with the FEM Industrial Trucks Product Group.
Preparation work for the conversion of 10.2.06 Shelving to a CEN code.
Preparation work for the conversion of the Rack Protection code to a CEN Code.
CEN TC344 Annual General Meetings are held in conjunction with the R&S Annual General Meeting. Chair of this group is Giuseppe Fabbri.
Work to create a new code for Industrial Steel Platforms.
Production of Technical Bulletins on relevant issues for the industry.
Responding to Technical queries on relevant issues or concerns.

President

Eugen Talmann, Germany

Members

National Associations or individual companies in Norway, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Poland, France, Germany, UK, Italy, Austria, Turkey and Romania.

There are also two Associate Members from Australia and Egypt.

Secretariat

Olaf Heptner - Secretary General

FEM Racking & Shelving Product Group
WIB Service- und Verwaltungs GmbH, Neumarktstr. 2 b, D-58095 Hagen

Tel: +49 (0) 2331 2008-0
Fax: +49 (0) 2331 2008-40
Email: info@fem-rands.org