BEAMA services/member benefits
BEAMAStatistics is committed to confidentiality in creating bespoke statistics schemes for member and non-member groups.
Services include providing regular market statistics (based on member company data), contract price adjustment clause and formulae, labour and material cost indices, contract price adjustment advisory service.
BEAMAInternational: plays a leading role in the promotion of export opportunities for the electrotechnical industry, organising on behalf of members and industry a wide portfolio of overseas exhibitions.
BEAMA is an accredited Trade Organiser for the UK Trade & Investment Scheme.
Missions and exhibitions feature events in Europe, Japan, Middle East, Russia, South East Asia.
BEAMALegal: provides guidance and advice for member companies and associations, information, legislation monitoring and lobbying, contract conditions and legal training seminars.
BEAMADirectives and Standards Policy: lobbies on behalf of member interests, providing information and advice on sector legislation and standardisation.
The BEAMA Standards Policy Committee is the flagship policy committee on EU technical/environment directives such as LVD (Low Voltage Directive), EMCD (Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive) WEEE (Waste from Electric and Electronic Equipment), EUP (Energy Using Products) and standards and conformity assessment issues.
BEAMA’s influence on EU and UK legislation affecting members’ interests is enhanced via its membership of Orgalime - the European engineering industries association – the number one lobby towards the Commission and Parliament on issues affecting the electrotechnical sector.
For UK electrotechnical manufacturers the route to Orgalime is through the BEAMA network.
BEAMAConsulting: offers research, consultancy and project management services to BEAMA members and others. It is dedicated to providing high quality services to members and others in areas related to the electrical sectors, drawing upon the extensive experience of the BEAMA team.
It is especially well placed to coordinate projects involving multiple participants, governments and funding agencies.
BEAMAConsulting is actively engaged in projects funded by Government, industry and the European Commission.
BEAMA benefits
BEAMA members benefit from its unparalleled range of services and expertise encompassing:
- networking resource within the industry/product sectors
- ideas generation/facilitation of cross membership communal groups
- links with European companies highlighting economic/commercial trends, technical developments, emerging EU initiatives
- representation on policy and issues to Government and EC
- collective influence on policies (eg quality assurance, product certification/approval, contract conditions)
- participation in national/international standardisation activities
- development of industry-bases policies on technical issues
- unique cost efficient, added value specialist services
- up-to-the minute feedback on legislative/contractual and market issues, industry statistics
- strategic alliances – UK/Europe.