As announced in April 2011 in Istanbul, the 2012 Annual Congress of CEIR will be held on 3 – 5 May 2012 in Paris. The Tiara Chateau Hotel Mont Royal Chantilly will be hosting this most important event of the European valve industry, where all technical committees will meet and decisions will be taken about the future of the industry. PROFLUID, the French national association of valves, is in charge of the organisation of this event. Participants will be able to visit CETIM (Technical Centre of the Mechanical Industry) in Senlis and the CSTB (Technical and Scientific Centre of the Construction Industry) in Marne la Vallee. External speakers will be invited to debate with all participants on current issues affecting the industry: materials in contact with drinking water, environmental declarations and the economic outlook. For more information, please contact Roxane Nicolas at PROFLUID: micolas@profluid.org. We invite all our members to register for this event.