GLOBEMEN Global Engineering and Manufacturing in Enterprise Networks

1. GLOBEMENGlobal Engineering and Manufacturing in Enterprise Networks The activities of Bühler AG are focussed on manufacturing complete systems for food or feed production plants, for specific processes in the chemical industry and for die casting of light metals. ETH-Center for Enterprise Science (BWI) is active in teaching, research, and knowledge transfer in the areas of Information and Logistics Management. G L O B E M E N Project Partners YIT Corporation (YIT) is a Finnish construction company. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) is an international heavy engineering industry company mainly in the fields of plant and steel structure construction, shipbuilding and machinery manufacture. FORTUM Engineering Ltd is a Finnish engineering company specialised in the turnkey delivery of energy systems. BAAN helps companies to compete in the“networked economy”, where information, integration and collaboration are essential for success, through its iBaan suite of Internet-enabled solutions. Omron Corporation is a company of computers, communications and control. Toyo Engineering Corporation (TEC) specialises in design, equipment procurement and construction of chemical, petroleum, fertiliser, nuclear, electric and other plants. INTRACOM S.A. - Hellenic Telecommuni-cations and Electronics Industry is the largest Greek industrial group in the field of Telecommunications, Electronics and Information Technology. Switzerland European Union IBM Japan offers information processing systems, software, communications systems, and solutions consisting of other products and services. Japan EPM Technology is a Norwegian SME focusing on developing software tools for the implementation of Product Data Technology. Hosei University has expertise in data exchange, including STEP and EDI, also skills and experience in enterprise integration and business modelling. Technical Research Centre of Finland(VTT). VTT brings strengths in logistics, global enterprise management, remote operator support and other areas. Australia Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry(JSPMI) is a non-profit foundation for research and development concerning economics and engineering in the machine industry. Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Research of the Department of Industrial Management and Engineering (IPV) includes development and operation of industrial production systems. Griffith University has expertise in enterprise integration, database multimedia technology and computer assisted learning. Hawker de Havilland is an aerospace company designing and making components for companies such as Boeing, Airbus and British Aerospace. Cooperative Research Centre for Intelligent Manufacturing Systems & Technology Ltd (CRC-IMST) is a research company incorporated by 13 manufacturing companies, 5 universities and CSIRO. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is Australia’s major research organisation.