The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has announced the winning teams that will set up Innovation Communities: EIT Manufacturing and EIT Urban Mobility. These two pan-European partnerships bring together leading organisations from business, education, research and the public sector to tackle challenges through innovation and contribute...
Steel Using Industries - Joint Statement on the EU Steel Safeguard Investigation This coalition of downstream users of steel – including the automotive, technology industries, electricity transmission and distribution equipment, construction equipment, wind energy, agriculture machinery, home appliance, and packaging sectors – express their continued concern...
CLEPA, together with the European Forum for Manufacturing, hosted a dinner debate at the European Parliament yesterday, focusing on the importance of innovation for preserving and boosting European leadership in the mobility sector. MEPs John Procter and Andor Deli during the dinner-debate The dinner-debate “Driving innovation...
Today, representatives of the EU member states in the Council adopted their position on the General Safety Regulation published by the European Commission in May 2018. The draft regulation proposes to make obligatory a list of safety measures for various vehicles classes over the coming...
The European Commission adopted today the Communication on the strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction, containing scenarios for future policy making going from business-as-usual to net-zero emissions by 2050. Sigrid de Vries, Secretary General of CLEPA, the European association of automotive suppliers, says: “Strong efforts...
CLEPA membership now counts of more than 145 organisations, including corporate members, national association and associated members. During the last weeks, four new companies have been approved to join CLEPA illustrating the wide interest in the automotive supplier’s industry. Among the new members, representing a different...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 22nd November, CLEPA has held a special event called “Counterfeit Day”, providing high-level expertise on the enforcement of intellectual property infringement in the EU and beyond. Counterfeiting is a global topic and it has a detrimental impact across...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 20 and 21 November, a "European Truck Platooning Challenge" (ETPC) network workshop was held in Brussels, where the project ENSEMBLE was presented. The project, of which CLEPA is a partner, will implement and demonstrate multi-brand truck platooning on European...
CLEPA, in collaboration with McKinsey, carried out the first “Supply Industry Pulse Check”, in order to get interesting insights into the current situation and the outlook for the industry. The exercise, that will be carried out twice a year, will provide regular insights into current...
The negotiations between the European co-legislators on curbing CO2 emissions from cars, vans and trucks are in their final stages. Worryingly, they remain dominated by the artificial divide between ‘pro-electric/pro-climate’ and ‘pro-combustion/pro-status quo’. That’s too simple a vision to sustain, and it clouds our view on...