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FEM Racking and Shelving

Welcome to  the FEM Racking and Shelving (FEM R&S), (formerly known as the European Racking Federation) that represents, promotes and protects the interests of the Racking and Shelving Industry by:

  • Establishing a source of information for manufacturers, distributors, test houses, control organisations, users, teaching bodies and government authorities
  • Facilitating European discussion about technical, commercial and economic storage equipment and methods issues
  • Facilitating European collaboration
    • definition and classification of equipment
    • terminology
    • production of standards
    • safety and quality
    • market data
    • research and development
  • Publishing a range of studies and documents promoting safer utilisation of storage equipment
  • Promoting any other activity of value to manufacturers and users

Please note that for an Association to become a member of this FEM Product Group, they must also be a member of FEM, within the eligibility criteria of FEM (see website http://www.fem-eur.com/index.php/about_intro/en/). Subscription fees are payable to both FEM and FEM R&S on an annual basis.

Racking & Shelving News

Letter regarding Seismic Design in Italy

As agreed at the recent 2023 FEM AGM, please find below a link to the letter from FEM R&S registering our concern over the publication of the document: ‘LINEE GUIDA PER LA PROGETTAZIONE,...

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New Working Group 14 on Industrial Platforms

We are pleased to announce that FEM R&S has decided to further develop the DSISP design code for industrial platforms, which has been created over the past few years under the Dutch National...

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Our Mission Statement

Representing the interests of Racking and Shelving manufacturers and National Associations

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The FEM R&S of national manufacturers Associations has the aim of influencing all manufacturers and the market worldwide towards common, cost effective, safe technical standards.

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