About CEMA
About CEMA
| April | Japan Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) was established as a private organization, and split from Japan Society of Industrial Machinery Manufacturers, an incorporated association |
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| May | The establishment of CEMA, an incorporated association, was resolved at the inauguration meeting.
Tetsuya Katada of Komatsu Ltd. was appointed as the first Chairman. |
| June | The establishment of CEMA, an incorporated association, was approved by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (the current Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry). |
| November | CEMA unveiled its official logo. |
| February | The European Community rescinded its anti-dumping duties. |
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| March | CEMA amended its Articles of Incorporation.
CEMA published the “Manual for Anti-monopoly Laws”.
The in-house magazine CEMA MONTHLY was launched. |
| May | CEMA signed the “Memorandum for the Intercontinental Statistics” with CECE, CIMA and EMI. |
| October | CEMA published the “Manual for Quotations and Order Sheets”. |
| March | CEMA published the “Introduction of CEMA Activities and Anti-monopoly Laws”.
CEMA released the first statistics on shipment value.
CEMA released its first demand forecast. |
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| May | CEMA hosted the sixth conference of the ISC in Tokyo.
CEMA published a new paradigm, “Toward the Further Advancement of CEMA”. |
| June | The Construction Equipment (CE) industry became eligible to employment adjustment subsidies. |
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| August | CEMA began regular press conferences by the Chairman |
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| January | In response to the Great Hanshin Earthquake, CEMA set up a contact point for recovery support. |
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| May | CEMA began a campaign to improve the industry’s image |
| June | CEMA published the “Safety Manual”. |
| July | CEMA started offering a product liability (PL) insurance plan. |
| January | The PR magazine for overseas “CEMA NEWS DIGEST” was launched. |
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| March | CEMA established a supporting member status and started accepting applications for it. |
| April | CEMA hosted an International Technological Exchange meeting in Yokohama. |
| August | A working-level meeting between CEMA and the KOCEMA (Korea Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association) was held. |
| May | CEMA underwent an organizational reform including committees.
CEMA published the “Guidelines on Pre-assessment at Product Design Stages for Recycling”. |
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| August | CEMA launched a homepage “CEMA WORLD” |
| September | CEMA published the “Guidelines for Unified Safety Standards and Warning Signs for Construction Equipment”. |
| March | CEMA published guidelines for smoother, more efficient supplies of CE repair parts. |
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| November | CEMA launched the “Voluntary Action Plan for Environmental Conservation”. |
| March | CEMA signed an Intercontinental Statistics agreement with CECE, CIMA, EMI and KOCEMA. |
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| June | CEMA established a voluntary regular inspection program for mobile cranes. |
| March | CEMA compiled the “Year 2000 Vision of Japan’s Construction Equipment Industry”. |
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| May | CEMA celebrated its 10th anniversary. |
| September | CEMA began official exchanges with the China Construction Machinery Association (CCMA) |
| October | CEMA began posting used CE information on its website. |
| July | CEMA developed the “Action Plan to Promote Recycling of Construction Equipment at the End of its Life”. |
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| April | CEMA renewed its website to include members-only pages. Subsequently publication of the “CEMA MONTHLY” ceased. |
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| November | CEMA created the “Maintenance Certification Scheme for Concrete Pumping Trucks”. |
| March | CEMA developed the “Guidelines for Correction of Quotations under Misleading Representations”.
CEMA developed the “Guidelines regarding Anti-theft Devices for Construction Equipment”.
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| September | CEMA laid down the “Code of the Fair Trading Center”. |
| November | CEMA developed the “Guidelines for Fair Representation and Relevant Matters”. |
| December | CEMA established the fair trading center. |
| June |
CEMA amended its Articles of Incorporation. |
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| May | CEMA celebrated its 15th anniversary. |
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| March | CEMA issued the “Research Study Paper on the Outlook of Japan’s Construction Equipment Industry (Vision 2005)”.
CEMA began official exchanges with the Indian Earthmoving and Construction Industry Association Limited (IECIAL – the present Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association, iCEMA). |
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| October | The so-called Off-road Act (Act on Regulations for Emissions from Non-Road Vehicles) was enacted in Japan. |
| July | CEMA hosted the first IAC (International Association Committees: a global industrial association for construction equipment) conference in Kamakura. |
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| November | CEMA opened a recycling management center. |
| March | CEMA revised its “Voluntary Action Plan for Environmental Conservation” to change the reduction target from 10% to 15%.
CEMA released the “Manual to Promote Recycling of Counter-weights”. |
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| November | The recycling management center began a nationwide rollout of the used rubber crawler recycling program.
The construction equipment industry became a designated industry for the government’s emergency credit guarantee system. |
| October | A special committee was formed to consider changing CEMA’s corporate status. |
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| May | CEMA celebrated its 20th anniversary and issued a book about its 20-year History.
CEMA revised the paradigm “Toward the Further Advancement of CEMA”. |
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| March | The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred. CEMA set up a contact point for consultation. |
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| September | The Cabinet Office granted permission to change CEMA’s corporate status to a general incorporated association.
CEMA amended its Articles of Incorporation.
CEMA issued the “Guidelines for Service Activities” following the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. |
| March | CEMA set up an in-house system for compliance. |
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| October | CEMA amended its Articles of Incorporation. |
| November | CEMA developed the “Future Vision for CEMA”. |
| May | CEMA amended its Articles of Incorporation. |
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| December | CEMA compiled the “Q&A Manual on Anti-monopoly Laws for the Construction Equipment Industry”. |
| April | CEMA set up the Research Subcommittee. |
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| May | CEMA developed the “Action Plan for a Low Carbon Society (2020 Targets)” for the construction equipment manufacturing industry. |
| March | CEMA developed the “New Action Plan for a Low Carbon Society (2030 Targets)” for the construction equipment manufacturing industry. |
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| May | CEMA celebrated its 25th anniversary. |
| June | CEMA set up an innovation committee. |
| March | The CEMA developed the “Action Plan to Promote Fair Transactions with Partner Companies”. |
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| April | The CEMA’s Subcommittees by Types of Equipment were reorganized into the Subcommittees by Areas. |
| September | The CEMA revised the “Provisions for Administration of the New Construction Equipment Certification System for Export”. |
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| November | The CEMA revised the “Provisions for Administration of the Voluntary Regular Inspection Program for Mobile Cranes”. |
| March | CEMA revised the “Designs of Warning Signs for Unified Safety Signage”. |
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| December | The CEMA made public a movie clip for recruiting service personnel. |
| May | CEMA amended its Articles of Incorporation.
CEMA published “CEMA’s 30-year History” to commemorate the 30th anniversary. |
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| July | CEMA submitted a public comment regarding the investigations on mobile cranes under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 of the United States. |
| February | The CEMA submitted a public comment regarding a request by the Republic of South Africa for a tariff increase on off-highway trucks. |
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| May | CEMA submitted a public comment to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 6(h). |
| July | CEMA submitted a compiled written request for the achievement of carbon neutrality (CN) to the Japanese government. |
| December | CEMA submitted a public comment to the USEPA regarding the newly regulated substances under the TSCA. |
| July | CEMA submitted a compiled written request (the 2022 version) for the achievement of carbon neutrality to the Japanese government.
CEMA submitted a public comment regarding Canada’s proposed regulations to prohibit decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE). |
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