虽然国际竞争日趋激烈,欧洲仍处于世界机械和技术设备制造业的领先地位。 正如欧洲机械工程协会Orgalime的总裁Enrico Massimo Carle所表明的那样:统计结果比预期要好,未来的发展趋势也非常乐观。2000年的平均增长率为8.7％,这是自1994-1995年经济复苏后该行业表现最好的一年。 去年拥有760万雇员的机械和电器设备制造业产值达12,000亿欧元,其中包括电脑、办 Despite the increasingly fierce international competition, Europe is still at the leading position of the world’s machinery and technology equipment manufacturing industry. As Enrico Massimo Carle, president of Orgalime, a European mechanical engineering association, puts it: The results are better than expected and the future is very optimistic. The average rate of increase in 2000 was 8.7%, the best year for the sector since the economic recovery of 1994-1995. Last year, 7.6 million employees in the machinery and electrical equipment manufacturing output value of 1.2 trillion euros, including computers, do