This year the board meeting of the European Committee of Associations of Manufacturers of Gears and Transmission Parts (EUROTRANS) took place at Harmonic Drive AG. The participants discussed the difficult economic environment and the continuous further development of drive technology. Modularization and networking of machines, new legal regulations and standards as well as increasing demands on reliability, efficiency, noise behaviour and functional diversity place rapidly changing demands on drive components, especially on gearboxes, and thus have an enormous influence on the industry.

"Due to our many years of commitment to the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), we are delighted to host the EUROTRANS board meeting this year. The fact that our highly developed drive solutions can be found all over the world today is a fact that would not have been possible without Europe. In the course of globalisation and the increasing pressure of global competition, a united Europe and a united industry are indispensable. European drive technology must strengthen itself internally in order to become more capable of acting externally. EUROTRANS is a priceless network for this," says CEO Ekrem Sirman.