We are pleased to announce that the preparations for the JAMA-CLEPA Business Summit 2016 are well under way, with the event set to take place this year in Venice, Italy, on October 27-28. Top speakers from the European and Japanese automotive industries will participate in the summit,...
Amazon.com and Microsoft are in talks to supply cloud computing to digital mapping business HERE, owned by a group of German carmakers developing self-driving cars, sources familiar with the matter said. Amazon is also considering becoming a shareholder in HERE, two sources said. Last year, carmakers BMW,...
On April 1st, CLEPA welcomed its new Aftermarket Director Frank Schlehuber. Mr Schlehuber succeeds Wolfgang Meyer who is retiring after three successful years as head of the CLEPA Aftermarket Department. Prior to joining CLEPA, Mr Schlehuber was Senior Vice President, Sales Independent Aftermarket at Robert...
CLEPA Corporate Member, Schaeffler, have published a fourth issue of their technology magazine “tomorrow”, which is entirely devoted to innovation. The magazine gives a wide-ranging insight into humanity’s most important inventions and highlights the importance of an innovative culture and innovation management for companies. In addition,...
The next CLEPA Materials Regulations Event will be held in Bad Homburg (Germany) on 20th April 2016 GENERAL ISSUES The 168th session of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP29) was held in Geneva from 8 to 11 March 2016. A new UN Regulation under the...
Brussels, 18 March 2016 Last night, more than 160 guests from the European automotive industry along with EU policymakers gathered in Brussels to celebrate the CLEPA Innovation Awards 2016. Organised in cooperation with Deloitte, the Innovation Awards highlight the outstanding achievements made in the European automotive industry,...
On Friday, March 18th, CLEPA members, during their Annual General Assembly in Brussels, highlighted Sustainable Mobility as the defining challenge for the automotive industry for the year to come. To achieve this goal, CLEPA has identified the following priorities: the reduction of CO2 emissions post 2020,...
In today’s meeting, the Supervisory Board of Schaeffler AG appointed Matthias Zink (46), Global Head of the business division 'Transmissions Systems', as a member of the Executive Board of Schaeffler AG as of January 1, 2017. Matthias Zink will succeed Norbert Indlekofer (58), whose contract was...
Schaeffler has been nominated as one of four finalists in the “Industrie 4.0” category for the German Business Innovation Award for its innovation project “Machine tool 4.0”. The award ceremony will take place on April 16, 2016 in Darmstadt. Schaeffler developed the “Machine tool 4.0” machine...
This week, we welcomed more than 250 representatives from the automotive industry and other relevant stakeholders to the seventh edition of the CLEPA Aftermarket Conference, in Brussels. This event is the annual gathering between the executives and policymakers in this sector. “Future” was this year’s overarching...