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ORGALIME — The European Engineering Industries Association representing the interests of the mechanical, electrical, electronic and metal-working industries. Orgalime's member federations directly or indirectly represent some 130,000 companies of an industry which employs some 7 million people. The companies which are overwhelmingly small and medium-sized enterprises cover a broad industry cross-section in terms of product, market segment and geographical spread. The engineering industry is the largest industrial branch in the EU, with a turnover of over 1,200 billion euros per year. The industry accounts for some 27% of the EU's manufactured output and a third of manufactured exports.
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CEEMET — Council of European Employers for the Metal, Engineering and Technology-based industries.
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EBC — European Builder Confederation, which counts 500,000 affiliated small and medium construction enterprises and craftsmen. Total annual turnover of the European construction industry is almost 1000 billion euros and consists of 2.3 million enterprises.