EEF the manufacturers organisation
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EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, (formerly the Engineering Employers' Federation) works with manufacturing
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...

, engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

 and technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

-based businesses in the UK.

EEF is the largest sectoral employers' organisation in the UK. It aims to build an environment in which manufacturing
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...

 businesses can evolve, innovate and compete in a fast-changing world.

It delivers services at national level and local level through a network of regional offices throughout England and Wales.

Purpose

EEF provides businesses with advice, guidance and support in employment law, employee relations, health, safety, climate and environment, information and research and occupational health.

It also delivers internationally-recognised training and consultancy in the UK and overseas.

EEF’s services help businesses manage compliance with their ethical and legal obligations, improve performance and gain competitive advantage.

Through offices in London and Brussels, EEF provides political representation on behalf of UK business in the engineering, manufacturing and technology-based sectors: lobbying government, MPs, regional development agencies, MEPs and European institutions.

History

EEF was formed in 1896 as the Engineering Employers' Federation and merged in 1918 with the National Employers' Federation.
A history of the EEF cited in states that the original purpose of the EEF was "collective action to protect individual firms and local associations, the preservation of the ‘power to manage’, and the maintenance of industrial peace through established procedure." The EEF funtioned as a 'Union' of Employers and negotiated from this stance with Trades Unions
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

, for instance "twice, in 1897-8 and 1922, the Federation organised nationwide lock-outs. Procedural agreements for the avoidance of disputes were made with the unions at the conclusion of each of these lock-outs. These agreements provided for local and national joint conferences on disputed matters".

In November 2003 the EEF rebranded itself from the 'Engineering Employers' Federation' to 'EEF The Manufacturers' Association'.

The EEF archive is curated by Warwick University's Modern Records Centre.

Membership

Membership of EEF is corporate: organisations and companies are members, not the individuals that represent them.

Board Members


Terry Scuoler
Chief Executive, EEF

Martin Temple
Martin Temple
Martin Temple CBE is a non-executive director and chairman of The 600 Group. He was the Director-General of EEF from 1999 to February 2008, when he became Chairman....

 CBE
Chairman, EEF

Simon Charlick,
Finance Director, EEF

John Peel OBE

Barrie Williams

Phil Elliot

Peter Wilson
Managing Director, Crane Ltd

John Tissiman MBE
Chairman, Edward Pryor & Son
Michael Kirk OBE

Alan Wood CBE
Chief Executive, Siemens

Gareth Jenkins
Managing Director, FSG Tool & Die Ltd

Niels Vinther
Managing Director, Grundfos Manufacturing Ltd

Grahame Nix OBE
Deputy Managing Director, Marshall of Cambridge Aerospace

Tony Hammersley
Manufacturing Director, TEV Ltd

Ian Fowler
Managing Director, WH Rowe Ltd

Mark Pickering
Director of Operations, Warwick Manufacturing Group

Senior personnel

Stephen Radley
Chief Economist, EEF

Gary Booton
Director of Health, Safety, Climate & Environment, EEF

Peter Schofield
Director, HR and Legal, EEF

Caroline Gumble
Human Resources Director

David Ost
Region Director, North West, EEF

Alan Hall
Region Director, North East, EEF

Terry Slater
Region Director, South West, EEF

David Seall
Region Director, South East, EEF

Martin Wassell
Region Director, Midlands, EEF

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