ANIMA Confindustria represents more than 1,000 manufacturing companies operating in the mechanical engineering and component sectors, active across 35 different industries along the entire industrial value chain. These companies are strongly involved in public procurement markets, both as direct suppliers to public administrations and as downstream operators in major infrastructure, energy, and industrial projects.
ANIMA Confindustria
Industry association · Italy · EU Transparency Register 222607318896-47
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Who they are
Among the 1518 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #329 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
Declares membership of
- ANIMA CONFINDUSTRIA Meccanica Varia aderisce a Confindustria (http://www.confindustria.it) e Orgalim (https://orgalim…
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- ANIMA CONFINDUSTRIA MECCANICA VARIA (ANIMA)
- Head office
- Milano, Italy
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
ANIMA Confindustria filed 14 positions between 10 Feb 2019 and 23 Jan 2026, across 10 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 8 times.
What they argued
ANIMA Federation is the organization representing the mechanical and engineering industries in Italy Regarding the Inception Impact Assessments for a potential revision of the Energy Performances of Buildings Directive, our opinion is that the issues of energy efficiency and renovation of buildings are fully among the most relevant to achieve the objectives of decarbonisation of the public and private building stock…
ANIMA Confindustria, the Italian federation of mechanical manufacturers, is generally supportive of extending the CBAM scope to downstream products. However, several concerns remain. First, ANIMA strongly advocates for a sector-specific rather than a general approach to determining which downstream products should fall under the CBAM scope, given that some products are part of multiple value chains.
ANIMA Confindustria, as an umbrella organization of 34 Associations, represents the interests of more than 1.000 companies of the mechanical engineering industry in general, promoting companies and their products, both in Italy and abroad, supporting them in resolving their technical and economic challenges.
The corner represents the Italian mechanical industry, a historically dynamic and innovative sector which relies heavily on the success of harmonised Community legislation. Our industries welcome the European Commission’s proposal for a new Machinery Regulation, but we have a number of concerns on some particular aspects.
Filed in Italian · English published by the European Commission
Position ANIMA on the Inception Impact Assesment — Revision of the Machinery Directive The business organisation in Confindustria Meccanica Varia is the Italian machinery industry. The Commission welcomes the publication of the Commission’s Inception Impact Assesment document on the future revision of the Machinery Directive as it provides a clear summary of the options to be addressed in the revision of the…
Filed in Italian · English published by the European Commission
The proposed reporting requirements under Article 24 of the ESPR Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 are set to be implemented across industries. Anima Confindustria wishes to express its concerns regarding the potential impact these obligations may have on the sectors it represents. You can find in the attached document the ANIMA contribution to the call for feedback on disclosure of information on unsold consumer products.
Please consider the attached document, below a sum of the contents: Within this text, Assoclima would like to provide its comments to the main options that the Impact Assessment will consider. Taking care of the previous studies in the context of the Regulations’ revision process and the previous comments already sent by Assoclima, below are summarized some comments about options 3, 4, 6.
Please consider the attached document, below a sum of the contents: Within this text, Assoclima would like to provide its comments to the main options that the Impact Assessment will consider. Taking care of the previous studies in the context of the Regulations’ revision process and the previous comments already sent by Assoclima, below are summarized some comments about options 3, 4, 6.
Please consider the attached document, below a sum of the contents: Within this text, Assoclima would like to provide its comments to the main options that the Impact Assessment will consider. Taking care of the previous studies in the context of the Regulations’ revision process and the previous comments already sent by Assoclima, below are summarized some comments about options 3, 4, 6.
Please consider our attached document for a deeper analysis, here below you can find a synthesis. 4. Ecodesign requirements – extending the rules to cover appliances with a capacity from 400 kW to 1 MW Having in mind the last version of the draft Regulation presentend, in the future a reversible appliance will be a heating product if its capacity is below 400 kW and starting from 401 kW it will must be declared as a…
Please consider our attached document for a deeper analysis, here below you can find a synthesis. 4. Ecodesign requirements – extending the rules to cover appliances with a capacity from 400 kW to 1 MW Having in mind the last version of the draft Regulation presentend, in the future a reversible appliance will be a heating product if its capacity is below 400 kW and starting from 401 kW it will must be declared as a…
ANIMA considers that PED and SPVD, over the years, have achieved a high level of reliability and are adequate to ensure the safety of pressure equipment, each one with its own specificities for the products covered by.
As a general comment, Assoclima is not against the merging of labels and scales of Room Air Conditioners and Room Heaters for the heating function. Assoclima is also open to evaluate and contribute whether a separate cooling scales scenario will be analysed by the Commission.
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