Combois holds its 42nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Bilbao, Spain

Hosted by its Spanish member MAESMA the international member countries of Combois e.V. met in Bilbao, the commercial center of the Basque region of Spain and home of the famed Guggenheim museum designed by Frank Gehry.

Combois was founded in 1967 with the mission to facilitate the exchange of woodworking technology and know-how between leading machinery suppliers from different countries and to raise the standards of customer service through the development of innovative approaches to customer care.

Although most member countries suffered from the worldwide economic downturn delegates reported that stabilization had occurred in almost all markets and that encouraging trends towards new technology investments were developing in many areas. As every year the members exchanged experiences with different manufacturers and compared data sheets with figures of their individual member companies.

During the meeting Fritz Peine was unanimously re-elected President. Peter Kleinschmidt, President of Stiles Machinery, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA and Jesper Nicholaisen of Nicholaisen A/S, Denmark were re-confirmed as Vice Presidents and members of the Board.

Stiles Machinery, Inc. the exclusive member for the United States will be the host for the 2010 AGM event.