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Final Cluster Analysis envIronmental DrIvers The use of wood as a bio fuel can be both a threat and an advantage for the woodworking industry. The threat comes from prime wood being used directly for energy generation rather than passing through a value-adding cycle - the cascade use of wood. Unjustifi ed subsidies for renewable energy could cause raw materials to be directed away from existing woodworking facilities. The advantage comes from energy providing an outlet for used wood at the end of its value chain, or in localities where market outlets for forest produce are limited. Another positive face of bio fuel is the fact that the woodworking industry itself is seen as a major channel for developing renewable energy initiatives. The forest industry as a whole is a signifi cant producer of renewable energy and as such, this represents a strong position for the industry in a key global issue. PolItIcal DrIvers The Communication on Innovative and Sustainable Forestbased Industries in the EU was adopted on the 27 February 2008. It addresses the challenges that these industries face in a 19-point action plan. The challenges of the forest-based industries relate to innovation, increased global competition, access to third-country markets, climate change and high energy and transport costs. Moreover, the access and availability of both virgin and recovered raw material at competitive prices and the strategic role of these industries in limiting climate change impacts are issues that need to be addressed specifi cally. Furthermore, and in particular in the woodworking and printing sectors, the SME dimension is especially relevant. In 2003, Roadmap 2010 for the European Woodworking Industries following the Lisbon Agenda 2000 was promulgated. Overall objective of the Roadmap is to trigger a common strategy to make wood the leading material in construction and interior solutions by 2010. 42 © Narva Business Advisory Services Foundation, St. Petersburg Information and Analytical Center, Synergy International Ltd. 2008
11.4. metalWorKIng sector The key drivers in the woodworking sector are presented below with a brief description. socIologIcal DrIvers Metalworking is a traditional industry that is very well developed in the EU. The number of incoming workers also varies from country to country, so it is common with woodworking industry. Globalization processes, job mobility, social protection, safety at work, unemployment and other factors such as EU enlargement entail new challenges both for the fi rms and for the workers in this sector, in particular for those belonging to EU recent accession and candidate countries. Strengthening social dialogue might help workers’ organizations and employers’ organizations to cope with the sector’s deep transformation. Being aware of facing a common challenge and recognizing, in particular, the existence of skill shortages on both sides, in 2006 the two main European employers’ and workers’ associations, i.e. CEEMET1 (the Council of European Employers of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-based Industries) and the EMF (European Metalworkers’ Federation), established a permanent working group in Brussels in order to discuss competitiveness and employment issues in the sector over next 2 years. In 2007, the EMF and CEEMET also agreed to set up a permanent social dialogue body to “seek to contribute to creating and maintaining an environment that ensures a competitive manufacturing sector able to deliver high quality and sustainable employment. Equipping workforces and companies in the metal sectors to meet the challenges arising from globalization and the need to cope with ever faster technological and organizational changes is of vital importance in this context”. Final Cluster Analysis The Centre’s Employers’ Activities Programme, for its part, is seeking to equip metalworking employers’ organizations with modern tools and skills with which to attract more members and serve them better, with a view to promoting the interests of the companies in this sector through eff ective social dialogue. A fi rst workshop took place in Turin in 2008 and provided an opportunity for 18 high-level executives from metal industry employers’ organizations in Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia to exchange views with their peers from Belgium, England and Germany. Another critical issue in the sector is that workers can be exposed to the fl uids by breathing aerosols generated in the machining process, or through skin contact when they handle parts, tools, and equipment covered with the fl uids. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) defi nes MWF aerosol as the mist and all contaminants in the mist generated during grinding and machining operations involving products from metal and metal substitutes. technologIcal DrIvers Little major innovation is expected in this sector as it is deemed already mature. The current technology trends seem more likely to be incremental improvements in the various value chain processes. In the heavy metals sector, innovation mainly concerns aspects like the improved use of gravel as a form of ore, the improved extraction of lower grade ore by developing improved reduction and extraction techniques and the more effi cient use of energy. More innovations are expected in the light metals sector, specifi cally aluminum, magnesium, titanium and the development of alloys with focus on the development of a cheaper, continuous extraction processes for magnesium and titanium. The EU metals industry has a global lead in many technological areas. Sound research performance is 43
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