Insight

NEVIB – the Dutch fastener distributors association – celebrates its 10^th anniversary in 2022 – developing from its humble beginnings to become widely recognised by the authorities and others as the official representative of Dutch fastener distributors.

With its members representing the vast majority of the Dutch fastener import volumes, NEVIB has become a key part of the Dutch market – providing members with a package of services, such as information and intelligence gathering; monitoring of public policy and product quality; support with technical issues; and lobbying work.

These services proved to be very useful during the recent anti-dumping duty procedures. Thanks to the early information and pro-active lobbying by NEVIB and, EFDA, it helped reduce the major damage caused by these negative measures on members.

“As a rule, NEVIB supports free trade, but we understand that dumping may be a cause for measures. In this case however there was no dumping that would justify EU action,” states Vincent Van Dijk, secretary general at NEVIB. “Together with our sister-organisations in the EU, and of course EFDA, we argued that the EU ignored the difference between special and standard fasteners, resulting in wrong calculations of price differences and thus unjustified penalties. We assume that China will again fight these anti-dumping duties in EU courts and at the WTO.”

In addition to the services it provides, NEVIB is also a key networking platform – with members meeting each other at regular intervals at dedicated meetings across the country.

“We are very proud to be celebrating our 10^th anniversary and looking forward to continuing to work with our members and supporting them as much as possible, “ concludes Vincent.

NEVIB members

With NEVIB celebrating its 10^th anniversary we offered its members the opportunity to submit articles on how they as a business have developed over the last decade and how NEVIB has helped support them.