VENDING ASSOCIATIONS The Automatic Vending Association (AVA)
European Vending & Coffee Service Association (EVA)
EVA campaigns for fair competition in the vending industry
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t’s been a packed month at the AVA, with progress across training, events, policy and board leadership. We kicked off June with the announcement of our newly
elected AVA Board for 2025–2027. New members include Tom Williams (Coinadrink Ltd) as Treasurer, Michelle Hefferon (Montagu Group), and Carl Hunter (Kepak), joining a strong line-up of returning board representatives across operations, technology, and sustainability.
Bookings also opened for the AVA Christmas Luncheon 2025, taking place Thursday 11th December at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London. With festive dining and an iconic afterparty, it’s our most anticipated social event of the year. We continued our focus on safety
and professional development with a hands-on AVA Electrical Safety Awareness Training course in Greater Manchester. Delegates gained practical and testing, receiving a on completion. In policy, we launched
The Policy Edit, a monthly advocacy bulletin tracking the 37+ pieces of legislation
impacting our sector. Our new Public Affairs Manager, Alex, brings extensive political experience and is already engaging with issues like the Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme, Deposit Return Scheme exemptions for vending, and a rise in contested payments (chargebacks) hitting operators. As always, stay tuned for updates via our newsletter and social channels—because we’re just getting started.
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most other industries – has changed dramatically. For continue to work from home at least once per week, cashless payments have since become hugely important, and many new concepts and new players have entered the market. Competition is good for
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innovation, new developments and for the end user. But with regards to vending machines,
are some of the new players truly providing fair competition to established European-based manufacturers? If we look at recent vending exhibitions, it sadly appears to be the case that a number of new players, in particular non- European manufacturers, are not following the rules. And by marking, no energy labelling when mandatory, and using high global warming refrigerants which were banned in the EU years ago. Of course these are the visible elements of legal non- compliance - one wonders what type or components or even safety hazards may lie behind the machine fascia. machines are allowed to enter the EU market. And even more so, at a temptingly lower price, which naturally means vending operators are considering and purchasing such machines in ever greater numbers.
But what are the legal consequences? For one, an operator purchasing non-European machines where the manufacturer does not have a headquarters in the EU, ultimately becomes the legal representative and is therefore action and removal from the market. As agreed with its manufacturer members, the EVA is intensifying its campaign for fair competition in the vending industry. Visibly non-compliant machines are being directly reported to national supervisory authorities, and we have asked the EU Commission for further border checks and to put meaningful pressure on national governments. We need to root out bad players. Our advice is to buy machines from an EVA or national vending association member.
s we all know, since the pandemic the vending industry – as
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