About EuroWindoor
This information gives an overview of EuroWindoor targets and Member benefits.
EuroWindoor Strategy and Statute
Mission: The mission of EuroWindoor is to represent the interest of the European window, door and facade manufacturers through close dialogue with EU and other relevant institutions. Thereby contributing to the EU’s commitment regarding better regulation as well as job creation, energy security, resource efficiency and carbon emission reductions without imposing unnecessary burdens on the sector.
Vision: To be a valued stakeholder for EU institutions when developing legal framework with impact on the European window, door and facade sector is EuroWindoor’s Vision.
EuroWindoor Targets
Windows and doors as positive products
Ensure window and door products are on the agenda as a positive product. Daylight providers providing energy efficiency and better comfort and health in buildings.
Ensure knowledge of key EU regulations
Ensure sufficient knowledge of key EU regulation for the industry. Monitor and react on key relevant EU legislation and initiatives. Make sure key EU regulation does not take us by surprise
Work for Better regulation for the industry
Unnecessary burdens and double regulation to be avoided
Support to replacement agenda in Europe
Window, door and facade contribute to energy savings and better comfort in Europe.
Contribution to sustainability & recyclability
Contribution to sustainability and recyclability agenda. Secure that products are fairly assessed on technical verified facts
Securing a strong and efficient organization
Seen as a constructive cooperation partner, that are agile and can react and contribute within the necessary time span.
EuroWindoor Member benefits
Be part of a strong lobby organization on the European level
An organization concentrating on those specific items of relevance to windows, doors and facades
Talking with a stronger unified voice
Influence and strengthen the voice of our industry
Influencing, support and early information on future regulation
E.g. standardisation on thermal comfort, daylight requirements and internal air quality
Access to research, facts and figures
E.g. study on End of Life, Infographics
Building a European network
Exchange of market figures and insights with European colleagues
Perfect support for your work on the national level
E.g. through publications (Position paper, Studies, etc.) and latest information about developments and trends
EuroWindoor national member associations
A - Austria
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hersteller von Metall-Fenster / Türen / Tore / Fassaden (AMFT)
Tel.: +43 (0)5 90 900-3412 | Fax: +43 (0)1 505 10 20 | E-Mail: amft@fmti.at
Fachverband der Holzindustrie Österreichs
Phone: +43 (1) 712 26 01 | Fax: +43 (1) 713 03 09 | Email: office@holzbauindustrie.at
B - Belgium
Agoria VZW/AISBL
Phone: +32 (2) 706 80 00 | Fax: +32 (2) 706 78 01 | Email: herman.looghe@agoria.be
CH - Switzerland
SZFF - Schweizerische Zentrale Fenster und Fassaden
Phone: +41 (62) 287 40 00 | Fax: +41 (62) 287 40 09 | Email: info@szff.ch
CZ - Czech Republic
Česká komora LOP - Czech Chamber of light envelope of buildings
Phone: +420 (246) 083 810 | Email: cklop@cklop.cz
D - Germany
Verband Fenster + Fassade
Phone: +49 (69) 95 50 54-0 | Fax: +49 (69) 95 50 54-11 | Email: vff@window.de
DK - Denmark
VinduesIndustrien - Association of Danish Window Manufacturers
Phone: +45 31902090 | Email: info@vinduesindustrien.dk
ES - Spain
ASOVEN - Asociación de Ventanas de PVC
Phone:+34 91 639 84 84 | Email: asoven@asoven.com
FIN - Finland
Federation of the Finnish Woodworking Industries
Phone: +358 (40) 539 6670 | Email: info@puutuoteteollisuus.fi
F - France
UFME - Union des Fabricants de Menuiseries Extérieures
Phone: +33 (1) 47176937 | Fax: +33 (1) 47176939 | Email: info@ufme.fr
GR - Greece
POVAS - Panhellenic Federation of Craftsmen in Aluminium and Metal Constructions
Phone: +30 (210) 6453740 | Fax: +30 (210) 6453741 | Email: info@povas.gr
N - Netherlands
NBvT - Nederlandse Branchevereniging voor de Timmerindustrie
Phone: +31 (35) 6947014 | Fax: +31 (35) 6944910 | Email: info@nbvt.nl
VMRG - Vereniging Metalen Ramen en Gevelbranche
Phone: +31 (30) 605 36 44 | Email: info@vmrg.nl
VKG - Vereniging Kunststof Gevelementenindustrie
Phone: +31 (30) 750 98 01 | Email: info@vkgkozijn.nl
N - Norway
Norske Trevarer
Phone: +47 23088000 | Email: post@norsktrevare.no
PL - PoLAND
PT - Portugal
ANFAJE - Associação Nacional dos Fabricantes de Janelas Eficientes
Phone: (+ 351) 925 987 696 | Email: janelaseficientes@anfaje.pt
SK - Slovakia
S - Sweden
TMF - Swedish Federation of Wood and Furniture Industry
Phone: +46 (8) 7627225 | Fax: +46 (8) 7627224 | Email: info@tmf.se
U - Ukraine
UVSK - Ukrainian Manufacturers of Transparent Structures
Phone: +38 (050) 441 67 67 | Email: info@auvsk.org
EuroWindoor is partner of
EuroWindoor is in liaison with
CEN - European Committee for Standardization
CEN/TC 33 - Doors, windows, shutters, building hardware and curtain walling
Chairperson: Mr. Frédéric Ducloyer
ISO Central Secretariat contact: Nuno Pargana
ISO - International Organization for Standardization
ISO/TC 162 - Doors and windows
Chairperson: Mr. Yasuo Omi
ISO Central Secretariat contact: Dr Anna Caterina Rossi
Collaboration with associations on European and international level
At the European level, EuroWindoor maintains good contacts with the associations
Our history: From FEMIB and EPW to EuroWindoor AISBL
EuroWindoor AISBL builds on a long tradition of European cooperation between national associations for windows, doors and facades. Before the foundation of EuroWindoor AISBL in 2015, two sectoral European associations – FEMIB and EPW – coordinated European activities for the timber and plastic window industries.
FEMIB – Federation of the European Building Joinery Associations
Scope and mission:
FEMIB is the European federation for national associations of the industrial wood based building joinery sector. It brought together organisations representing manufacturers of timber windows, doors and other joinery products and supported them through information exchange, coordination of positions and cooperation on technical, educational and economic issues.
FEMIB members agreed in a meeting for preparation of a new AISBL founding on 25 March 2015 to suspend the operations of FEMIB and to participate instead to the new European Association EuroWindoor AISBL.
Seat and contact
The FEMIB General Secretariat is hosted in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, at the shared office of the European window associations (Walter Kolb Str. 1–7, 60594 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; femib@femib.eu).
EPW – The European Plastic Window Association
Scope and mission:
EPW iwas established in January 1999 as a non profit association to safeguard the common interests of the European industry and manufacturers of plastic windows. Its purpose was to promote plastic windows, safeguard the supranational interests of its members, exchange information and experiences on issues important to the sector, and conduct joint technical, educational and economic activities.
EPW members agreed in a meeting for preparation of a new AISBL founding on 25 March 2015 to suspend the operations of EPW and to participate instead to the new European Association EuroWindoor AISBL.
Seat and contact
The EPW General Secretariat is likewise hosted in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Walter Kolb Str. 1–7, 60594 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; secretariat@e-p-w.eu).
EuroWindoor as cooperative alliance
Before EuroWindoor AISBL was founded, the name “EuroWindoor” was already used for a cooperative alliance in the form of a roundtable of the European materials based associations FAECF, FEMIB, EPW and UEMV. Since 1999, this alliance coordinated positions across materials but did not have a legal status.
To strengthen the sector’s voice in Brussels and streamline representation, FEMIB and EPW decided in 2015 to create a single, legally established European association. They founded EuroWindoor AISBL in Brussels in 2015 as an international non‑profit association.
With this new association, the former “EuroWindoor” round table – the cooperative alliance between FAECF, FEMIB, EPW and UEMV – came to an end. FEMIB and EPW gradually discontinued their separate European activities and committed this work to EuroWindoor AISBL.
Today, EuroWindoor AISBL – seated in Brussels with a General Secretariat at VFF in Frankfurt am Main – represents the European window, door and curtainwalling industry across all frame materials and speaks for the sector on key EU policies such as energy performance of buildings, climate policy, construction products, health and environment, sustainability and digitalisation.