Almost two months after the negotiations of the EU conflict minerals regulation were concluded, there has been some movement towards the end of the European legislative cycle. On January 24, 2017, the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee approved the text of the conflict minerals regulation...
CLEPA and Deloitte are pleased to invite you to submit proposals for the CLEPA Innovation Awards 2017 which will be handed over on 29th of June 2017 in Rome. The CLEPA Innovation Award recognizes the innovation capabilities of European automotive suppliers for novel technologies, products or business...
The World Trade Organization has ruled in favour of the European Union after launching a challenge in May 2014 against Russian anti-dumping duties on German and Italian light commercial vehicles. But the panel of WTO adjudicators threw out many of the EU’s arguments. Russia had imposed duties...
The Bosch Group once again increased its sales. According to preliminary figures, sales rose last year by a nominal 3.5 percent to some 73.1 billion euros. Dr. Volkmar Denner, chairman of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH said Bosch is in the midst...
On the 24th of January, the members of the Committee for International Trade of the European Parliament backet the CETA, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada. In addition to the opinions adopted by AFET, ENVI and EMPL Committees, Members have discussed the...
European automotive suppliers and automakers are working together to develop self-driving car technology. Several suppliers - notably Delphi Automotive and Bosch - are among the more popular technology partners with multiple alliances around the globe. Some companies, such as Tesla Motors, General Motors and Ford...
The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) published a study on the "Cyber security and resilience of smart cars". The report identifies good practices and recommendations to ensure the security of smart cars against cyber threats. The study suggests the following recommendations, to increase...
On the 17th of January, the European Commission published two regulations concerning the implementation of the eCall directive. This directive is aimed at equipping all new vehicles with eCall technology from April 2018. The eCall technology is a safety system dialling automatically Europe's single emergency...
SKF is investing a further SEK 145 million in improving the competitiveness of its large-size bearing production in Schweinfurt, Germany. Part of the investment will go to installing a new, automatised hard machining channel and a new heat treatment process. Combining this with the latest in...
On the 10th of January, the European Commission published a Communication on "Building a data economy". It is aimed at paving the way for new legislative actions in order to achieve the Digital Single Market. For the European Commission, big data is an essential resource for...