ÿþ<html> <head> <title>EKIP</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" text="#818181"> <style type="text/css"> a { color: #e63d00; } </style> <table width="763" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" background="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/header.jpg" style=" background-repeat: no-repeat"> <tr> <td height="224" width="400">&nbsp;</td> <td height="224" width="363" style="padding-top: 160px; font-size: 20px; color: #ed7703; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <b> October 2008 </b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" background="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuFond.jpg" style=" background-repeat: repeat-y;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2" background="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuFondHaut.jpg" style=" background-repeat: no-repeat; padding: 0 65px 0 50px;" > <table> <tr> <td valign="top"> <img src="http://www.koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/150/1584_roue.jpg" style="margin: 10px 10px 20px 0;"> </td> <td valign="top" style=" margin-bottom: 40px; font-size: 12px;"> <div style=" padding-bottom: 10px;"> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuPuceTitre.jpg" /> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#dd8d00"> <b> WELCOME TO THE EKIP NEWSLETTER! </b> </font> </div> <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#818181" style=" font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> <p>EKIP, the French association of catering equipment manufacturers, is launching an e-newsletter to enhance its communications. Alongside the EKIP website, the newsletter (initially twice yearly) will bring you plenty of useful information on French catering equipment manufacturers. <br /><br />Themed reports, article summaries, interviews, website reviews... All the hot topics of the sector will be covered.<br /><br />We hope you find the newsletter interesting and useful, and that it improves your understanding of the quality of French equipment and all the latest innovations.<br /><br />This first issue serves as an introduction to EKIP, the French association of catering equipment manufacturers. We explain our role, how we operate, the work we do, and how we are structured.<br /><br />Once introduced to EKIP, we are sure you ll get along well!<br /> </p> </font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style=" margin-bottom: 40px;"> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuSoulignage.jpg" /> </td> </tr> </table> <table> <tr> <td valign="top"> <img src="http://www.koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/150/1585_IMG00319.jpg" style="margin: 10px 10px 20px 0;"> </td> <td valign="top" style=" margin-bottom: 40px; font-size: 12px;"> <div style=" padding-bottom: 10px;"> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuPuceTitre.jpg" /> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#dd8d00"> <b> EKIP IN FIGURES </b> </font> </div> <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#818181" style=" font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> <p>EKIP currently represents around 50 equipment manufacturers in France, mainly supplying the bakery and patisserie sectors.<br /><br />Sales of ¬ 550 million (excl. VAT)<br />40% of sales on average through exports<br />3,500 employees<br /><br />EKIP members supply equipment all along the wheat/flour supply chain (cereal farmers, millers, ingredient manufacturers, artisan bakers, industrial bakers, patissiers, supermarkets, etc.).<br />EKIP is also gradually widening its scope to cover other food industry segments, representing new markets.</p><p><a href="http://www.ekip.com/index.asp?sid=241&cid=2845&lid=2">EKIP representatives</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ekip.com/index.asp?sid=241&cid=3933&lid=2">EKIP partners</a><br /><br /><br /><br /> </p><p> </p> </font> </p> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuPucePDF.jpg" style=" margin-top: 10px;" /> <a href="http://www.koama.com/00_koama/visu_afipa/getdocument.asp?doc=943&sid=241" style=" padding-right: 50px;color: #e63d00; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> EKIP means </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style=" margin-bottom: 40px;"> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuSoulignage.jpg" /> </td> </tr> </table> <table> <tr> <td valign="top"> <img src="http://www.koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/150/1586_IMG00595.jpg" style="margin: 10px 10px 20px 0;"> </td> <td valign="top" style=" margin-bottom: 40px; font-size: 12px;"> <div style=" padding-bottom: 10px;"> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuPuceTitre.jpg" /> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#dd8d00"> <b> A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES WORKING IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH BUSINESSES </b> </font> </div> <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#818181" style=" font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> <p>EKIP, as a professional body, is uniquely well placed to work directly on behalf of its member companies. For example, it organises French  bakeries and related events at key international trade fairs, participates in working groups monitoring industry regulations and standards, commissions market reports offering excellent value for money thanks to the sharing of costs, organises training sessions for a variety of skill areas, provides an international customer database which is regularly updated, and so on.</p><p><a href="http://www.ekip.com/index.asp?sid=241&cid=4297&lid=2">Promoting the profession</a></p><p><br /><br /><br /> </p> </font> </p> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuPucePDF.jpg" style=" margin-top: 10px;" /> <a href="http://www.koama.com/00_koama/visu_afipa/getdocument.asp?doc=944&sid=241" style=" padding-right: 50px;color: #e63d00; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> EKIP''s ACTIONS </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style=" margin-bottom: 40px;"> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuSoulignage.jpg" /> </td> </tr> </table> <table> <tr> <td valign="top"> <img src="http://www.koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/150/1588_Carte-Monde-International.jpg" style="margin: 10px 10px 20px 0;"> </td> <td valign="top" style=" margin-bottom: 40px; font-size: 12px;"> <div style=" padding-bottom: 10px;"> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuPuceTitre.jpg" /> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#dd8d00"> <b> HIGH-IMPACT ACTIVITIES WITH AN INTERNATIONAL SCOPE </b> </font> </div> <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#818181" style=" font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> <p>EKIP has a number of members that contribute strongly to French exports. On average, members generate 40% of their sales through export, and for some this rises as high as 90%.<br /><br />In the light of these impressive results, EKIP has created a committee dedicated to ultra-dynamic exports.<br /><br />The committee is very active in this area, arranging conferences and meetings at trade fairs and independently, commissioning market reports, organising demo stands representing France at industry events, exporting French know-how of French equipment to professional colleges, and more.<a href="http://www.ekip.com/index.asp?sid=241&cid=2848&lid=2"> To find out more</a><br /> </p> </font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style=" margin-bottom: 40px;"> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuSoulignage.jpg" /> </td> </tr> </table> <table> <tr> <td valign="top"> <img src="http://www.koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/150/1589_-DSC0884.JPG" style="margin: 10px 10px 20px 0;"> </td> <td valign="top" style=" margin-bottom: 40px; font-size: 12px;"> <div style=" padding-bottom: 10px;"> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuPuceTitre.jpg" /> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#dd8d00"> <b> TARGETED TRAINING </b> </font> </div> <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#818181" style=" font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> <p>EKIP offers specialised training on machines and products:<br /><br />- training on machines in partnership with LEMPA, which tests food equipment and products<br /><br />- training on products in partnership with FRANCE FORMATION EXPORT  <a href="http://www.ekip.com/index.asp?sid=241&cid=2846&lid=2"> Read more</a></p><p><a href="http://www.koama.com/00_koama/visu_ffe/index.asp?sid=343&lid=2">FRANCE FORMATION EXPORT website</a><br /> </p><p> </p> </font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style=" margin-bottom: 40px;"> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuSoulignage.jpg" /> </td> </tr> </table> <table> <tr> <td valign="top"> <img src="http://www.koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/150/1590_technique.jpg" style="margin: 10px 10px 20px 0;"> </td> <td valign="top" style=" margin-bottom: 40px; font-size: 12px;"> <div style=" padding-bottom: 10px;"> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuPuceTitre.jpg" /> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#dd8d00"> <b> MONITORING OF TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN FRANCE AND ACROSS EUROPE </b> </font> </div> <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#818181" style=" font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> <p>Monitoring of standards and certification in liaison with CETIM, the technical centre for mechanical industries.</p><p><a href="http://www.ekip.com/index.asp?sid=241&cid=3456&lid=2">Read more</a></p><p> </p> </font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style=" margin-bottom: 40px;"> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuSoulignage.jpg" /> </td> </tr> </table> <table> <tr> <td valign="top"> <img src="http://www.koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/150/1591_IMG00348.jpg" style="margin: 10px 10px 20px 0;"> </td> <td valign="top" style=" margin-bottom: 40px; font-size: 12px;"> <div style=" padding-bottom: 10px;"> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuPuceTitre.jpg" /> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#dd8d00"> <b> TOP-QUALITY INDUSTRY EVENTS </b> </font> </div> <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#818181" style=" font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> <p>EKIP owns two events that provide very strong impetus for the sector:<br /><a href="http://www.europain.com/en/home/index.html">EUROPAIN</a> (International Bakery and Patisserie Exhibition), which last took place from 29 March to 2 April 2008, with the next to be held from 6 to 10 March 2010. <br /><a href="http://www.factomessage.com/boulangerie/">The National Bakery and Patisserie Fair</a>, which will next take place from 7 to 9 March 2009. <br /> </p> </font> </p> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuPucePDF.jpg" style=" margin-top: 10px;" /> <a href="http://www.koama.com/00_koama/visu_afipa/getdocument.asp?doc=946&sid=241" style=" padding-right: 50px;color: #e63d00; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> REVIEW OF EUROPAIN 2008 </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style=" margin-bottom: 40px;"> <img src="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/contenuSoulignage.jpg" /> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" background="http://koama.com/uffeb/images_mail/charte/footer.jpg" height="74"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=" font-size: 9px;"> <center> <b> EKIP - 64, rue de Caumartin - 75009 Paris, FRANCE - Tél : + 33 (0)1.55.07.82.22 - Fax : + 33 (0)1.42.85.29.00 - <a href="http://www.ekip.com" style="color: #e63d00;">www.ekip.com</a> - <a href="mailto:contact@ekip.com" style="color: #e63d00;">contact@ekip.com</a> <br /> <br /> Si vous ne souhaitez plus recevoir cette newsletter, <a href="mailto:contact@ekip.com?subject=desinscription newsletter&amp;body=Je souhaite me desinscrire de la newsletter EKIP" style="color: #e63d00;">cliquez ici</a> <br /> If you don t want to receive this newsletter, <a href="mailto:contact@ekip.com?subject=desinscription newsletter&amp;body=Je souhaite me desinscrire de la newsletter EKIP" style="color: #e63d00;">click here</a> </b> </center> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>