The Mission of the GMV
The mission of the GMV is to promote the general interests of the members, in so far as these specifically relate to the research and development of and trade in or the design of machines and systems for the foods and allied products industries, for human and animal consumption.
A feature of membership is service and quality with respect to consumers!
The Objectives:
- to promote the collective commercial success of the members at home and abroad;
- to protect and develop professional standards in machine construction for the food industry;
- to promote the network of relationships;
- to create and maintain a network and the relevant external parties;
- to provide information on developments in technology, legislation and regulation;
- to channel, distribute, select and collect information for GMV purposes;
- to promote the transfer of information in the field of food technology.
The means which the sector organisation GMV can deploy for its members include:
- representing the sector professionally, in general and with the public sector;
- identifying the specialities of member companies;
- organising of projects and meetings;
- trade promotion;
- appearing as a technical "authority" (e.g., for standardisation issues);
- acting as an interlocutor for scientific institutes in the specialist area, etc.;
- profiling the sector image;
- training and education;
- mediating in know-how (by way of contacts with knowledge institutes);
- providing information;
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