OPEN HOUSE
AES Group Chairman of the Board Mr. İsmet Toktaş, was elected as a member of the board of directors at the annual general assembly elections of EUMABOIS (European Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers Federation) held in Krakow, Poland on 22 - 23 September.
The annual General Assembly of Eumabois was hosted by the Polish Association DROMA on September 22nd and 23rd in Krakow. After 6 years as President and 3 years as Vice-President, Jürgen Köppel handed over the steering wheel of the European Federation to Luigi De Vito, who has been supporting the Federation already as Vice President since 2016.
Frederik Meyer (Homag Group) is the new Vice President. The Eumabois Board of Directors was also renewed. The new Board with Wolfgang Rohner (IMA Schelling), Daniel Bucher (Striebig) and Ismet Toktas (AES Group), can count on a composition at the highest levels in the sector.
İsmet Toktaş, Chairman of the Board of Directors, said: "It is very valuable for us to represent the Turkish woodworking machinery sector at EUMABOIS. In this 3-year period in which we will represent Turkey, in addition to the activities currently underway, we will put new issues such as EU projects, standards and participation in technical committees on the agenda. We will also take care to bring the suggestions of the AIMSAD board of directors and our members to the agenda. We are very pleased to be on this platform on behalf of Turkish machinists and to have a say in the creation of European ideas that will affect the developments in the world. With the support of EUMABOIS, the European woodworking machinery sector is setting trends and expanding its field worldwide. This platform is very important for us to be able to directly address the problems such as customs, standardization, etc. that we experience in our sector and to accelerate the growth of our sector. In addition, our relations with other country associations and companies on this platform are getting stronger day by day. In this way, the way is opened for our producers to open up to new markets and establish solution partnerships with other member companies."
In his farewell speech, Köppel said: "I am very pleased that such top-class representatives of our industry are supporting at European level and are thus driving our common European ideas worldwide. European woodworking machines and tools are setting trends worldwide and this leading position needs to be secured and expanded with the support of our Federation. I would like to thank everyone who has supported me in my work, especially I want to thank Luigi De Vito, because in the past 6 years of working together, he, as a former competitor, has become a strong comrade-in-arms and friend."
Luigi De Vito said in his inaugural speech as the new President: “I want to express my best wishes to the new Board of Directors that will be in office for the next three years-term. My heartfelt thanks go to all the outgoing Board members I have worked with and who, in recent years, have contributed to bringing Eumabois to its current levels of quality and influence worldwide. Finally, a very special thanks goes to Jürgen Köppel, the years spent together have been fueled by a strong spirit of collaboration and mutual esteem and I can say that I am very proud of the work done together and of the results achieved."
