What is CECOF ?

CECOF is a non-profit organisation, aiming to promote the European industrial furnace and heating equipment industry, to protect its business interests and to deal with all matters being of relevance to its members. Technical and marketing issues such as sponsoring trade fairs and standardisation activities have particular importance.

Member Countries

• Austria (FMS)
• Belgium (AGORIA)
• Czech Republic (ATTZ)
• France (CISMA)
• Germany (TPT Association of VDMA)
• Great Britain (BIFCA)
• Hungary (Individual member)
• Italy (CICOF)
• Norway (individual member)
• Poland (individual member)
• Romania (individual member)
• Spain (individual member)
• Sweden (SHTE)
• Switzerland (SWISSMEM)

Associate Member

• USA (IHEA)

CECOF member countries are ahead in world exports

The CECOF association members of 9 European nations are holding an important share in the world exports of industrial furnaces, burners and firing equipment: More than half of the total world exports of thermoprocessing plants and machinery are originating from these 9 countries. Concretely, exports from CECOF countries are amounting to 54 % (which corresponds to approx. 3 bn € out of the 5.5 bn €) of total world exports in the field of industrial furnace and heating equipment. CECOF countries are mainly exporting within the European Union (40 %), while Asia is the second largest sales market for thermoprocessing equipment with a share of 30 %. The CECOF exports to the U.S. only amount to 5 %. In the year 2005, the 9 CECOF member states produced industrial furnaces, burners and firing equipment with a value of 5.3 bn €. The biggest producer is Germany with 36 % of the total production value, followed by Italy (26 %), France (14 %) and Great Britain (11 %).

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CECOF Presentation

Please find here the general presentation of CECOF.

Since 1989 CECOF has been intensively dealing with the harmonisation of national rules, regulations and standards in Europe concerning the safety of industrial furnaces and heating equipment.

The standards for industrial furnaces and heating equipment are jointly elaborated by the representatives of the relevant mechanical engineering companies, the national supervisory boards as well as the equipment users. Most of the TC experts are working for CECOF member companies and they are aiming to ensure that their interests are taken into account in the process of safety standardisation.

Another reason for the elementary interest of CECOF in standardisation issues is that the harmonisation of the legislative directives for thermoprocessing equipment might lead to a removal of trade barriers within the European community.

CECOF has therefore entered into a liaison with CEN/TC 186 under its chairman Mike Debier, who is also the CECOF President. The CEN/TC 186 secretariat is held by DIN and its secretary is Beneke who is a staff member of VDMA.

CEN/TC 186 is authorised by the European Committee for Standardisation CEN and thus has a mandate to elaborate standards for the safety requirements to industrial heating equipment. For details about contents and status please refer to the following paragraphs.

NOTE: Harmonisation of European Standards in the field of Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment - All harmonised standards have to be revised according to the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EG!

EN 746 Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment

Part 1 - Common Safety Requirements for Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment

This part was ratified as a European Standard by CEN on February 15^th, 1997 and was listed as such in the Official Journal of the European Community No. 1997/C 169/4 on June 4^th,1997.

Status: According to CEN regulations, the part was subject to revision after a 5-years period. Several editorial modifications were agreed upon in a meeting of working group 1 of CEN/TC 186 which is responsible for the revision of this part.

After completion of part 2, the revision of part 1 will be initiated immediately in order to implement the relevant statements with regard to the explosion directive and - if necessary - with regard to control systems.

Mr. Anders Jerregard from the Swedish member association SHTE was appointed as the new convenor for part 1 (September 2007).

EN 746 Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment

Part 2 - Safety Requirements for Combustion and Fuel Handling Systems

This part was ratified as a European Standard by CEN on February 15^th, 1997 and was listed as such in the Official Journal of the European Community No. 1997/C 169/4 on June 4^th,1997.

Status: For the time being, part 2 is revised by working group 2 of CEN/TC 186 under its convenor Mr. Mike Debier from Belgium and is available as prEN 746-2 version meanwhile. The public inquiry to the national standards institutes of the CEN members was positive without any dissenting votes. The comments received about the prEN version will be negotiated in January 2007, i.e. the standard is expected to be passed for approval during the course of the year 2007.

The revisions made should help to solve some ambiguities in the text, implement the state-of-the-art technology (electronic control, O₂ etc.) and adapt the part to more recent directives (ATEX). Further information with regard to this topic can be found under Technical Issues/General.

EN 746 Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment

Part 3 - Safety Requirements for the Generation and Use of Atmosphere Gases

This part was ratified as a European Standard by CEN on February 15^th, 1997 and was listed as such in the Official Journal of the European Community No. 1997/C 169/4 on June 4^th,1997.

Status: According to CEN regulations, the part was subject to revision after a 5-years period. For the time being, part 3 is revised by working group 3 of CEN/TC 186 under its convenor Mr. Helmut Egger from Germany (company: Wolfgang Kohnle Waermebehandlungsanlagen GmbH). In a meeting of the working group several editorial modifications were agreed upon. After completion of part 2, the revision of part 3 will be initiated immediately in order to implement the relevant statements with regard to the explosion directive and - if necessary - with regard to control systems.

EN 746 Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment

Part 4 - Particular Safety Requirements for Hot Dip Galvanising Thermoprocessing Equipment

This part was ratified as a European Standard by CEN on November 22^nd,1999 and was listed as such in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. 2000/C167/04 on June 16^th, 2000.

Status: For the time being, part 4 is revised by working group 4 of CEN/TC 186 under its convenor Mr. Bob Drywood from Great Britain (BSI Standardisation Institute) according to the modifications obtained by the European General Galvanizers Association (EGGA). An amendment was agreed upon in a meeting of the Working Group.

EN 746 Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment

Part 5 - Particular Safety Requirements for Salt Bath Thermoprocessing Equipment

This part was ratified as a European Standards by CEN on September 20^th, 2000 and was listed as such in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. 2001/C 332/02 on November 27^th, 2001

Status: For the time being, part 5 is revised by working group 4 of CEN/TC 186 under its convenor Mr. Bob Drywood from Great Britain (BSI Standardisation Institute).

EN 746 Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment

Part 6 - Particular Safety Requirements for Liquid Phase Treatment Thermoprocessing Equipment

Status: : For the time being, part 6 is revised by working group 4 of CEN/TC 186 under its convenor Mr. Bob Drywood from Great Britain (BSI Standardisation Institute). The working group has implemented fundamental requirements of the CEN Consultant. After completion of part 2, the elaboration of part 6 will be initiated immediately in order to implement the relevant statements with regard to the explosion directive and - if necessary - with regard to control systems.

EN 746 Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment

Part 7 - Particular Safety Requirements for Vacuum Thermoprocessing Equipment

Status: For the time being, part 7 is revised by working group 4 of CEN/TC 186 under its convenor Mr. Bob Drywood from Great Britain (BSI Standardisation Institute) and the working group has implemented fundamental requirements of the CEN Consultant. After completion of part 2, the elaboration of part 7 will be initiated immediately in order to implement the relevant statements with regard to the explosion directive and - if necessary - with regard to control systems.

EN 746 Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment

Part 8 - Particular Safety Requirements for Quenching Equipment

This part was ratified as European Standards by CEN on November 22^sd, 1999 and was listed as such in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. 2001/C 332/02 on November 27^th, 2001.

For the time being, part 8 is revised by working group 4 of CEN/TC 186 under its convenor Mr. Bob Drywood from Great Britain (BSI Standardisation Institute).

EN 1547 Noise Test Code for Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment

This part was ratified as European Standard by CEN on January 1^st, 2000 and was listed as such in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. 2002/C 141/05 on June 14^th, 2002.

For the time being, this part is revised by working group 5 of CEN/TC 186 under its convenor Mr. Mike Debier from Belgium.

ATEX

Please find here some explanations concerning the applicability of the ATEX Directive to the thermoprocessing industry.

Thermoprocessing equipment is not intended for the use in explosive atmospheres and is thus not subject to the requirements of the EU directive 94/9/EG. However, such equipment has to fulfill the safety requirements of the EU directive 98/37/EG (machinery directive).

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IHEA-CECOF Interpretive Guide

This document was elaborated by the CEN/TC 186 Chairman Mike Debier in 2003 and is intended to compare the U.S. standard NFPA 86:1999 with the European standard EN 746 Part 2:1997. N.B.: both standards are under revision for the time being, i.e. the document does not take into consideration the latest status of discussions.

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Acceptance and ordering of thermoprocessing equipment for the steel, iron and non-ferrous metals industries

The attached standard sheet was compiled by the thermoprocessing technology work group of the Thermoprocessing Association (TPT) within VDMA (the German Engineering Federation) as well as representatives of further education institutes, operators and manufacturers of industrial thermoprocessing equipment. CECOF thanks VDMA for having agreed to publish this information in English language on its website.

Please click here for further information.

VDMA standard sheets are exclusively available at Beuth Verlag GmbH,

D-10772 Berlin. Beuth Verlag, Berlin

CE-Marking

Manufacturers who intend to place Industrial Thermoprocessing Equipment (IThE) on the market of a EC-member state have to set up a risk assessment as well as a declaration of conformity according to the EC-machinery directive 98/37/EG(MD). By this procedure which is prescribed legally, the manufacturer guarantees that all relevant regulations for the safety of the IThE have been complied with and that he is authorised to mark the equipment with a CE-sign.

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Please find below a list of the CECOF member associations and individual members.

Note: For detailed information please directly contact the national member associations by using the established Just click on the association / company name or E-mail address in question.

Please find here a list of the European companies represented by the national CECOF member associations.

Association members (national secretariats):

Austria:

FMMI - Fachverband der Maschinen- und Metallwaren Industrie

Contact: Harald Rankl

Wiedner Hauptstr. 63

A-1045 Wien

Phone: +43 (5) 9 09 00-34 79

Fax: +43 (1) 5 05-10 20

e-mail:

Belgium:

AGORIA

Contact: Christian Dierick

Boulevard A. Reyers 80

"DIAMANT" BUILDING

B-1030 Bruxelles

Phone:+32 (2) 7 06 79 55

Fax: +32 (2) 7 06 79 88

e-mail:

Czech Republic:

ATTZ

Asociace výrobců tepelně technických zařízení České republiky

Contact: Frantisek Jares

U Elektry 650

198 00 Praha 9

Phone: +42 (02) 81868188, 83005396

Fax: +42 (02) 81 86 60 16

e-mail:

France:

CISMA

Groupe FT

Contact: Rémy Leclerc

F-92038 Paris La Défense Cedex

Phone: +33 (1) 471763-14

Fax: +33 (1) 47176260

e-mail:

Germany:

Contact: Dr. Gutmann Habig

Lyoner Str. 18

D-60528 Frankfurt

Phone: +49 (69) 6603-1278

Fax: +49 (69) 6603-2278

e-mail:

Great Britain:

BIFCA British Industrial

Furnace Constructors Association

Contact: David Corns

National Metalforming Centre
47 Birmingham Road
West Bromwich
GB-WEST MIDLANDS , UK
B70 6PY

Phone: +44 (0) 121 601 6350
Fax: +44 (0) 121 601 6387

e-mail: enquiry@bifca.org.uk

Italy:

(c/o ANIMA)

Contact: Ing. Marco Scarascia

Via Scarsellini, no. 13

20161 Milano

Phone: +39 (02) 45 41 85 32

Fax: +39 (02) 45 41 87 13

e-mail:

Sweden:

Swedish Suppliers of Heat Treatment Equipment

Contact: Per Westerhult

SHTE - Swedish Suppliers of Heat Treatment Equipment

Grev Turegatan 12 A

102 42 Stockholm

Phone:  +46 (8) 7 91 29 37

Fax:     +46 (8) 6 79 94 04

e-mail: per.westerhult@svets.se

Switzerland:

Contact: Christoph Blättler

Kirchenweg 4

8032 Zürich

Phone: +41 (1) 384 41 11

Fax: +41 (1) 384 42 42

e-mail: c.blaettler@swissmem.ch

Individual members:

Hungary:

Tüki Tüzeléstechnikai Kutató És Fejlestztő RT.

Contact: Dr. Tibor Kapros

Postafiók 3

3515 Miskolc-Egyetemváros

Phone: +36 (46) 555-081

Fax: +36 (46) 555-078

e-mail:

Norway:

C.H. Evensen Industriovner AS

Contact: Henrik Johan Wulff

Tomteveien 19

N-1618 FREDRIKSTAD

Phone: +47 69 94 91 00

Fax: +47 69 94 91 01

e-mail: henrik@che.no

Poland:

SECO / Warwick Ltd.

Contact: Andrzej Zawistowski

Ul. Sobieskiego, 8PL-66-200 SWIEBODZIN

Phone: +48 (68) 382 05 00

Fax: +48 (68) 982 05 55

e-mail:

Romania:

Contact: Professor Leontin Druga

Sos. Oltenitej Nr. 105E, Sector 4

041303 BUCHAREST

ROMANIA

Phone: +40 (21) 3 32 59 87

Fax: (+40 21) 3 32 59 87

e-mail:

Spain:

Contact: Miguel Alferieff

Doctor Maranon, 11

E-28220 MAJADAHONDA

Phone: +34 (91) 6 39 69 11

Fax: +34 (91) 6 39 48 18

e-mail: alferieff@alferieff.com

División Hornos Industriales

Contact: Enrique Uriarte

Avda. Cervantes, 6 – Apartado 109

E-48970 BASAURI (VlZCAYA)

Phone: +34 (94) 4 40 94 20

Fax: +34 (94) 4 49 66 24

e-mail:

Associate Member:

USA:

Contact: Anne Goyer

P.O. Box 54172

Cincinnati, OH 45254

Phone: +1 (513) 231 31 42

Fax: +1 (513) 624 06 01

e-mail: ihea@ihea.org

Furthermore, CECOF closely co-operates with:

Japan:

- The Japan Industrial Furnace

Manufacturers Association

Contact: Morihiko Imada

3-2-10 Iwamoto-cho

4 Fl. SN Iwamotocho Building

101-0032 TOKYO, CHIYODA-KU

Phone: +81 6 64 49 37 22

Fax: +81 6 64 45 01 61

e-mail:

Executive Committee

 The CECOF Executive Committee meets twice a year. Please find here the relevant information and meeting documentation (only for members):

Last Meeting:

September 27 ^th, 2007 in Valencia, Spain 

Next Meeting:

May 29 ^th, 2008 in Sweden (location still to be defined)

CECOF Delegates Assembly

 The annual CECOF Delegates Assembly is the gathering of important industry representatives and national member associations as well as guests from overseas and is held at alternating locations in Europe. It offers a platform for networking and information exchange on international level.

Last Meeting:

September 27^th to 29^th, in Valencia, Spain

Please click here to download the meeting minutes and presentations (only for members).

Next Meeting:

May 29^th - 31 ^st, 2008 in Sweden (at a location still to be defined)

Further information will be available here in due time.

 CECOF Delegates Assembly meeting venues since 1972

Other Meetings:

CECOF present at the IHEA 78^th Annual Meeting, April 11-14, 2007 in San Diego, California and IHEA Fall Business Conference 2007 in Chicago

As in previous years CECOF President Mike Debier and General Secretary Dr. Gutmann Habig attended the above meeting. The CECOF presentation 2007 with a special focus on the situation of the mechanical engineering industry in Europe and worldwide can be downloaded here.

Furthermore, CECOF was represented at the IHEA Fall Business Conference (November 6 – 7, 2007 in Chicago) by its President Mike Debier.

For more information about IHEA please click here.

Facts and figures on the Thermoprocess Technology Industry can be found here:

Press Articles:

"Thermoprocess Technology progresses well", Heat Processing Journal 07/2005, Vulkan Verlag

 "Steady Export High in the Thermoprocessing Technology Branch", Heat Processing Journal 10/2006, Vulkan Verlag

Diagrams / Graphics:

• Export of CECOF countries by destination 2006

• Share of exports of industrial furnaces and burners to China 1994 to 2006

• Production and apparent consumption of industrial furnaces and burners in the EU, U.S. and Japan, 2005 / 2006

• World Export of Industrial Furnaces and Burners, 2006

Presentations:

• China - market, source of supply, competitor! Some remarks from an European perspective
  
  
• The mechanical engineering industry 2007

Further information can also be obtained from the CECOF General Secretariat

Phone:+49 (69) 6603-12 78

Fax: +49 (69) 6603-22 78

e-mail:

The CECOF exhibition policy follows the guideline to recommend European and international fairs, which, over a number of years, have been important to the manufacturers and customers of the thermoprocessing equipment industry. By doing so the further proliferation of events shall be avoided and exhibition cycles which meet the interests of the industry shall be supported.

Further information about any exhibition of interest can be obtained from the organizers directly. For all relevant and contact details as well as exhibition data and statistics please refer to the database of AUMA - Association of the German Trade Fair Industry and VDMA – The German Engineering Federation.

Furthermore, please find here the Qualified Exhibition Calendar of CECOF.

Further information can also be obtained from the CECOF General Secretariat

Phone:  +49 (69) 6603-12 78
Fax:     +49 (69) 6603-22 78
e-mail: cecof@vdma.org

Preview:

CECOF is glad to support and promote the following exhibitions in 2008:

June 3 – 6, 2008

Shanghai, China

Organizers:

China Iron and Steel Association (CISA)

China Foundry Association (CFA)

Metallurgical Council of CCPIT (MC-CCPIT)

Industrial Furnace Institution of CMES

Hannover-Messe International GmbH

Hannover Fairs Shanghai Ltd.

CIEC Exhibition company Ltd., CIEC Group

September 23 – 25, 2008

Essen, Germany

Organizer:

Reed Exhibitions Deutschland GmbH

October 16 – 19, 2008

Istanbul, Turkey

Organizer:

Hannover Messe Ankiros Fuarcilik A.S.

Please click here for the Announcement Press Release

Review:

The following events have been sponsored by CECOF in 2006 and 2007:

GIFA/METEC/THERMPROCESS 2007

June 12 – 16, 2007

Duesseldorf, Germany
Organizer:

Messe Duesseldorf

Please click here to see the final press release

ANKIROS/ANNOFER 2006

Please click here to see the official Final Report of the exhibition.

Please click here to see the final exhibition report of CEMAFON.

November 09 – 12, 2006

Istanbul, Turkey

Organizer:

Hannover Messe International

ALUMINIUM 2006

Please click here to see the Final Report of the exhibition.

Please click here to see the final exhibition report of CECOF.

September 20 - 22, 2006

Essen, Germany

Organizer:

Reed Exhibitions Deutschland GmbH

 Metal & Metallurgy China 2006

Please click here to see the Final Report of the exhibition.

April 18 - 21, 2006

Beijing, China

Organizers:

CIEC - China International Exhibition Centre

CFA – China Foundry Association

CCPIT – China Council for the Promotion of International Trade

CECOF Delegates Assembly 2007

36 Delegates from 11 European countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain and Sweden) as well as guests from IHEA (USA) and JIFMA (Japan) attended the CECOF Delegates Assembly from September 27 to 29, 2007 in Valencia/ Spain. They learnt and debated about the recent and future challenges of CECOF, had an opportunity to establish and fresh up personal relations and to get an insight into the business development of the thermoprocessing industry in Europe. The conference was accompanied by an attractive partner and frame programme which was well attended. Further information

CECOF representatives at the IHEA Annual Meeting 2007 in San Diego, California and IHEA Fall Business Conference 2007

Being an associate member of the American association, both the CECOF President Mike Debier and Secretary General Dr. Gutmann Habig attended IHEA’s Annual Meeting held on April 11 - 14, 2007 in San Diego, California. The CECOF presentation 2007 with a special focus on the situation of the mechanical engineering industry in Europe and worldwide can be downloaded here.

Furthermore, CECOF was represented at the IHEA Fall Business Conference (November 6 – 7, 2007 in Chicago) by its President Mike Debier.

SHTE Heat Treating Conference 2007

SHTE Heat Treating Conference

Every two years the CECOF Member Association SHTE (Swedish Suppliers of Heat Treatment Equipment) is organising its Heat Treating Conference. This year's event including exhibition and plant visit was held at Volvo Construction Equipments Demo Centre in Eskilstuna / Sweden, September 13^th – 14^th 2007 with a focus on "Heat Treating for the Automotive Industry".

For further information please contact per.westerhult@svets.se.

The BIFCA Technical Series

The BIFCA Technical Series is a series of courses covering a number of topics that are of interest to the designers, manufacturers and users of industrial furnaces. The range of topics will be developed over a period of time, taking into account the requirements of the industry. For more information on the Series please visit the BIFCA website.

Handbook of Thermoprocessing Technologies available as of January 2005

 With reference to discounts for CECOF members please contact the General Secretariat mailto:cecof@vdma.org

Fundamentals – Processes - Components - Safety

Edited by A. von Starck, A. Mühlbauer, C. Kramer

820 Pages, 662 Figures, 91 Tables, 81 Authors

16,5x23 cm, hardcover, EUR 160,00

ISBN 3-8027-2933-1

For orders please contact:

Vulkan-VerlagRedaktion FachzeitschriftenHerr Vulkan-Verlag, Essen, 2005

In Europe , thermoprocessing is the third largest energy consumption sector following traffic and room heating. Its structure is very much diversified and complex. Therefore it is split into a large number of subdivisions, each of them having a high importance for the industrial economy. Accordingly we find the application know-how for the design and the execution of respective equipment represented by a multitude of small but very specialized and significant companies and their experts.

As a result there was only little chance to find a comprehensive survey of the practical side of this technology so far. This gap is now filled by the new "Handbook of Thermoprocessing Technologies" based on the contributions of many highly experienced, outstanding engineers working in this field.