Overview
The International Roundtable of Household Appliance Manufacturer Associations (IRHMA) was cofounded by the United States, the EU, China, Japan and Mexico after a memorandum of understanding signed by representatives from these five countries at the founding conference in Brussels on February 18, 2014.
Membership
IRHMA has members, including
Association of European Businesses (AEB - Russia)
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM - United States of America and Canada)
Asociación Nacional de Fabricantes de Aparatos Domésticos A.C. (ANFAD - Mexico)
Home Appliance Europe (APPLiA)
Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association (CEAMA - India)Consumer Electronics Suppliers Association (CESA - Australia)
China Household Electrical Appliances Association (CHEAA - China)
Japanese Electrical Manufacturers' Association (JEMA - Japan)
Korea Electronics (KEA - Korea)
South African Domestic Appliance Association (SADA - South Africa)
AHAM, APPLiA, CHEAA, JEMA and ANFAD were the founding members.
Concerned Issues
IRHMA members discussed globally concerned issues regarding consumer, environment, and innovation amid highly globalized market, and advocated the following ones:
Clear, informative product labels, guiding consumers to choose environmentally sound products.
Product sustainability.
Safety standards on product safety, convenience, and efficiency.
Market supervision, to win consumers' trust.
Consistent policies and standards on smart home appliances for the benefit of consumers.
Power grid efficiency.
Organisation
IRHMA, with a steering committee and a working group, runs by rules made in the memorandum of understanding signed by founding members on February 18, 2014. The steering committee, as the decision-making body of IRHMA, has an annual meeting hosted by its members in turn. It is responsible for issues including making annual work list, setting up working groups, verifying and approving member applications, managing expenses and its sharing. A decision is made only when it is unanimously approved at the committee meeting, where only one representative is allowed from each member, and only one vote is counted from each member. At the working group, every issue discussed comes with a report, which is responsible by one specially assigned representative. Each working team has one or more qualified representatives or experts from each member, and it requires at least one representative assigned by each member to be responsible for a certain issue.
News List
Global home appliance manufacturers associations call for wider access to energy-efficient technologies
The 29th UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29) convenes in Baku, Abseron, Azerbaijan. The Conference presents a unique opportunity to advance the global effort to combat climate change. Members of the International Roundtable of Household Appliance Manufacturer Associations (IRHMA) gathering ...
CHEAA attended IRHMA2024 for international recognition of its carbon footprint accounting standards
IRHMA2024 (International Roundtable of Household Appliance Manufacturer Associations) was held at Cape Town, South Africa, on May 17, 2024. Chaired by SADA (South African Domestic Appliance Association), the meeting brought together delegates from home appliance associations worldwide including...
A bilateral meeting between CHEAA and APPLiA held in Brussels
A bilateral meeting between CHEAA and APPLiA was held in Brussels on August 29, 2023. The meeting discussed the overview of the current EU and Chinese legislative, industrial and market landscape, environment topics, digital & competitiveness topics, corporate topics, and topics related to carbon...
CHEAA participated in IRHMA’s online meeting regarding policy updates on microplastics
CHEAA participated in IRHMA’s online meeting on June 10, 2022. The meeting focused on microplastics policy updates relevant to home appliance industry, the possible impacts on manufacturers and consumers as well as the efforts made by IRHMA members to safeguard the interests of home appliance...
Read More →Global home appliance associations propose a joint statement for COP26
In view of the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), several industry associations representing the home appliance industry in different parts of the world would like to remark the home appliance recommendations to achieve the goals set by the UN in the fight against Climate Change.
IRHMA 2019 successfully held in Seoul
International Roundtable of Household Appliance Manufacturer Associations 2019 (IRHMA 2019) was convened in Seoul, Korea on September 5, 2019. Representatives from Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), Home Appliance Europe (APPLiA), the Japan Electrical Manufacturers’ Association ...
CHEAA attended IRHMA 2017
International Roundtable of Household Appliance Manufacturer Associations 2017 (IRHMA 2017) was convened in Kyoto, Japan on March 28, 2017. Representatives from Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), the European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers (CECED), the Japan...
Shanghai held the 3rd International Roundtable of Household Appliance Manufacturer Associations
The 3rd International Roundtable of Household Appliance Manufacturer Association (IRHMA) was held in Shanghai by rotating chair China Household Electrical Appliances Association (CHEAA) on March12, 2016. This conference brought together experts in this field from China, the US, the EU, Japan and...