As of 1 July 2012, the EMVA Secretariat will be relocated to new premises in Barcelona, Spain. The relocation is the first step in implementing the growth strategy formally adopted at the EMVA's General Assembly in Lisbon in April 2012. "The EMVA Executive Committee is pushing the new strategy ahead dynamically. The new secretariat is a first step to further develop and grow our association", says EMVA President Toni Ventura-Traveset. The transfer of the secretariat also marks the beginning of a new era for the EMVA as an independent legal entity and concludes the hosting by the VDMA in Frankfurt.
From July 2012, former Executive Committee member Cor Maas will be the General Secretary of EMVA for an interim period. "We would like to thank the VDMA for hosting and supporting the development of the EMVA from the very beginning. This has been of great value for the European machine vision industry", the EMVA President adds.