small and medium industries [ small and medium-sized industries | SMI ]

medium-sized industry

small and medium-sized industries | SMI [Abbr.] | SMIs [Abbr.]

small and medium industries [ SMI | small-and-medium-scale industries | SMISI ]

Support Programme for Small and Medium-sized Industries in Central America | PAPIC [Abbr.]

European Committee for Small and Medium-Sized Independent Companies | European Committee for Small and Medium-sized Industries | European Committee of Independent Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises | Europmi [Abbr.] | EUROSME [Abbr.]

UNIDO programme for small- and medium-scale industries

International Workshop on the Transfer of Technology for Small and Medium Industries

phenomenon of regression to the mean | phenomenon of regression toward the mean | mean reversion phenomenon | phenomenon of mean reversion | phenomenon of regression

small and medium-sized enterprises [ EBIC | European Business and Innovation Centre | European Observatory for SMEs | small and medium-sized businesses | small and medium-sized undertakings | SMEs | SMUs ]

The participation of small businesses and mid-size industries in the supply chain is essential for the competitiveness of the European space manufacturing industry and for not merely consolidating, but also expanding a skilled workforce.

The projects covered a wide range of business sectors and activities, including chambers of commerce, small and medium sized craft enterprises, the furniture and wood industry; producer's co-operatives, social enterprises and participative enterprises, the chemical industry; the food and drink industry, the iron and steel industry; the textile and clothing industry, animal production and the information and communication technology industry.

Points out that although European electricity retail prices for small and medium-sized industrial and business customers and private consumers are relatively high in many Member States, investing in energy efficiency can boost the competitiveness of European businesses and reduce energy costs for private consumers; stresses, however, that the electricity bill in the EU consists on average of one third of indirect, state-induced tax and levies for private households, which when applied as fixed elements on bills, can make it difficult for consumers to feel the benefits from energy saving, and contributes to energy poverty; notes that levies to finance European climate and energy policies are the smallest part of the bill; and underlines t ...[+++]hat the high energy prices in the EU result in a difference in energy prices between EU Member States and our main competitors in large parts of the world, which inhibit the competitiveness of European energy-intensive industries; notes that innovation also increases with greater investment in energy efficiency, placing EU industry in a world-leading position.

The participation of small businesses and mid-size industries in the supply chain is essential for the competitiveness of the European space manufacturing industry and for not merely consolidating, but also expanding a skilled workforce.